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2009 SESSION
098546428Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-3712 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 58.1-3712. Counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax on coal, gases, sand, marl, and gravel.
The governing body of any county or city may levy a license
tax on every person engaging in the business of severing coal or,
gases, sand, marl, or gravel from the
earth. Such tax shall be at a rate not to exceed one percent of the gross
receipts from the sale of coal or, gases,
sand, marl, or gravel severed within such county. Such gross
receipts shall be the fair market value measured at the time such coal,
or
gases, sand, marl or gravel are utilized or
sold for utilization in such county or city or at the time they are placed in
transit for shipment therefrom, provided that if the tax provided herein is
levied, such county or city cannot enact the provisions of § 58.1-3286 relating
to a tax on gross receipts. In calculating the fair market value, no person
engaging in the production and operation of severing gases from the earth in
connection with coal mining shall be allowed to take deductions, including but
not limited to, depreciation, compression, marketing fees, overhead,
maintenance, transportation fees, and personal property taxes.
Any county or city enacting a license tax under this section
may require producers of coal or, gas,
sand, marl, or gravel and common carriers to maintain records and file
reports showing the quantities of and receipts from coal, or
gases, sand, marl, or
gravel which they have produced or transported.