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1999 SESSION

990683264
HOUSE BILL NO. 1523
Offered January 13, 1999
Prefiled January 6, 1999
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 58.1 a section numbered 58.1-318, relating to the distribution of income tax revenues.
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Patron-- Hamilton
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Referred to Committee on Finance
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 58.1 a section numbered 58.1-318 as follows:

§ 58.1-318. Distribution of income tax revenues to localities.

Effective for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 1999, a percentage of the Commonwealth’s individual income tax revenues shall be returned to the localities based on the residence of the taxpayer in accordance with the following schedule:

Date payment made to localities Percentage of individual income tax revenues December 1, 2000 Two percent of taxable year 1999 December 1, 2001 Four percent of taxable year 2000 December 1, 2002, and Eight percent of taxable year 2001 each year thereafter and each taxable year thereafter

Adjustments to such payments due to amended returns shall be made in the following year’s payment.