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HOUSE BILL NO. 1477 House Amendments in [ ] – February 8, 2006 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-19.1:11, relating to filing of revenue bills that create or increase fees; consideration by the House Finance Committee or Senate Finance Committee. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Lingamfelter ---------- Referred to Committee on Finance ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 30-19.1:11 as follows:

§ 30-19.1:11. Filing of revenue bills creating or increasing a fee.

A. When any revenue bill creating or increasing any fee of the Commonwealth is referred to the General Assembly House Finance Committee or Senate Finance Committee, the chairman of the committee [ shall may ] require, prior to consideration of the bill by the committee, a written report from the Department of Taxation containing [ any or all of ] the following information: (i) when the fee was first established; (ii) the dates and amounts by which the fee has increased in the past 10 years; (iii) the purpose for the revenue from the fee [ if the purpose is established by law ] , and whether any amounts of such revenue have been spent for other purposes in the past 10 years; (iv) the total annual amount of revenue raised from the fee  in each of the past 10 years; and (v) the estimated amount of revenues that will be generated by the proposed increase and the reason for the increase.

[ 2. That all agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance as requested by the Department of Taxation to carry out the provisions of this act. ]