WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 730
By Senator Deeds [Passed March 8, 2024; in effect 90 days from passage]
Enr CS for SB 730
1 AN ACT to amend and reenact §11A-1-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
2 relating to sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. ACCRUAL AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
§11A-1-17. Sheriff's commission for collection.
1 After the sheriff has collected 85 percent of the combined total of all taxes assessed on real
2 and personal property, he or she shall, in addition to the salary and compensation now authorized
3 by law, be allowed a commission of $15,000 annually. The commission so allowed shall be
4 charged against the various funds for which the taxes are collected and become a regular part of
5 the budgeted and annual compensation of the sheriff and paid in accordance with provisions of §7-
6 7-9 of this code.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 11A-1-17
Committee Substitute: 11A-1-17
Enrolled Committee Substitute: 11A-1-17