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HOUSE BILL NO. 2663 Offered January 11, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-1402 of the Code of Virginia, relating to watercraft sales and use tax; eliminates cap and reduces rate. ---------- Patron-- Carter ---------- Referred to Committee on Finance ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 58.1-1402 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 58.1-1402. Tax levied.

There is hereby levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes and fees of every kind now imposed by law, a tax upon the sale of every watercraft sold in this the Commonwealth, upon the use in this the Commonwealth of any watercraft, and upon the gross receipts from the lease, charter, or other use of any watercraft by a registered dealer in this the Commonwealth. The amount of the tax to be collected shall be determined by applying the following rate against the sale price, market value, or gross receipts 1.95 percent of:

1. Two percent of the The sale price of each watercraft sold in the Commonwealth.

2. Two percent of the The sale price of each watercraft not sold in the Commonwealth but required to be titled in the Commonwealth. However, if the watercraft is first required to be titled in the Commonwealth six months or more after its acquisition, the tax shall be two percent of applied to the market value of such watercraft at the time it is titled.

3. Two percent of the The gross receipts from the lease, charter, or other use of any watercraft by a registered dealer.

The maximum tax levied under subdivisions 1 and 2 of this section shall be $2,000. A transaction taxed under subdivision 1 shall not be taxed under subdivision 2 or 3, nor shall the same transaction be taxed more than once under either subdivision 1, 2, or 3. Use of any watercraft by a registered dealer resulting in taxation under subdivision 3 shall not exempt any subsequent sale or use of such watercraft from being taxed under subdivision 1 or 2 if applicable.