At the WV Legislature: House Committee on Finance advances six bills to reallocate state funds

By Matt Young, WV Press Association

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A total of six bills relating to the reallocation of funding were advanced Monday, during an expedited meeting of the House Committee on Finance. 

HB 3013, which seeks to authorize Jefferson County Commissioners to levy a “special district excise tax,” was first before the committee.

As explained by counsel, “They (Jefferson County Commissioners) may exercise this special district excise tax for the…