SB 259 — Expanding Coyote Control Program

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia Legislaturelegislature regular session IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 259 By Senators Sypolt, Azinger, Beach, Boso, Clements, Hamilton, Maynard, Rucker, Smith, Stollings, Woelfel, Cline, Jeffries, Tarr, and MaroneyMaroney, [Introducedoriginal Januarysponsors 11,[Originating 2019;in the Committee on Finance;

ReferredReported on February 13, 2019]     A BILL to amend and reenact §7-7-6e of the CommitteeCode onof AgricultureWest andVirginia, Rural1931, Development;as amended, relating to expanding the Coyote Control Program by providing for an assessment on breeding cows;

and then to the Committee on Finance ] A BILL to amend and reenact §7-7-6e of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding the Coyote Control Program by providing for an assessment on breeding cows;

Collection of head tax on sheep and goats;

duties of county assessors and Commissioner of Agriculture;

deposit of tax collections;

creation of special revenue fund;

purposes.

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After June 30, 2005, it shall be the duty ofof   (b)(b) inIn order to fund our ability to better protect  the state’s livestock the county assessor and his or her deputies of each county within the state, at the time they are making assessments of the personal property within such county, to assess and collect an assessment of $1 on all breeding age sheep, and $1 on all breeding age goats, and $1 on all breeding age cows:

(c) The assessor collecting the assessment on breeding age sheep and goats shall be allowed a commission of 10 percent upon all such taxes moniesmoneys collected and shall send the Commissioner of Agriculture ninety 90 percent of such taxes so the assessment collected, who shall deposit the same in a special account in the State Treasury to be known as the “Integrated Predation Management Fund.” Expenditures from the Fundfund shall be for the purposes set forth in this section and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions set forth in §12-3-1 et seq.

(e) IfWithin 30 days of a cow ownerowner’s electselection to participate in the Coyote Control Program, withinand 30prior daysto the placement of suchany election,control method on the land, the participating cow owner shallmust provide written notice of his or her participation in the program toto: any landowner from whom the cow owner leases property to graze cattle and whose property may be affected by the cow owner’s participation in the program.

(1) Any landowner from whom the cow owner leases property to graze cattle and whose property may be affected by the cow owner’s participation in the program, and (2) Any landowner of property adjacent to the property on which the Coyote Control Program will be implemented.    NOTE:    Bill Status  |  Bill Tracking  |  Legacy WV Code  |  Bulletin Board  |  District Maps  |  Senate Roster  |  House Roster  |  Live  |  Blog  |  Jobs  |  Links  |  Home This Web site is maintained by the West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information.

The purpose of this bill is to the intent and policy of the Legislature that common law corporate “veil piercing” claims may not be used to impose personal liability on a member or manager of a limited liability company.

The bill nullifies the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decision in Joseph Kubican v.

The Tavern, LLC, 232 W.Va.

268, 752 S.E.

2d 299 (2013).

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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