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License taxes; local gas road improvement/Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax, sunset.

It became law on Mar 19, 2025.

VA HB 1579 · House Bill · 2025

Stage
Became law
Started in
House
Sponsor
Will Morefield
Latest action
Mar 19, 2025

What it does

License taxes; local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax; sunset. Extends from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2028, the expiration date for provisions permitting any county or city to impose a license tax at a rate not to exceed one percent on every person engaged in the business of severing gases from the earth for the purposes of funding improvements to public roads or as otherwise provided for the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

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  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Mar 19, 2025

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It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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