The Legislature, having carefully analyzed the fiscal affairs of the state and its political subdivisions with particular reference to the reduction of the outstanding bonded debt of political subdivisions incurred prior to the adoption of the Tax Limitation Amendment, finds:
(1) That the total outstanding bonded indebtedness of subdivisions of the state incurred prior to the adoption of the Tax Limitation Amendment has been reduced since the year 1939-1940, by approximately sixty-five percent and the annual requirements of service upon bonded debt have been reduced by completed amortizations from slightly less than $6,500,000 in that year, to approximately $2,300,000 for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1949, according to findings certified to the Legislature by the state sinking fund commission.
(2) That it is therefore now possible to adjust the allocation of levies to redistribute so much of the rates previously allocated for debts incurred prior to the adoption of the Tax Limitation Amendment as represent debts completely liquidated, so as to meet the increased levying requirements of county courts, boards of education, and municipalities, and that such adjustment is in keeping with sound finance, the preservation of local fiscal responsibility for local services, and the intention of the Tax Limitation Amendment.
Structure West Virginia Code
§11-8-4. Definition of Taxing Units
§11-8-5. Classification of Property for Levy Purposes
§11-8-6. Aggregate of Taxes on Different Classifications; Taxing Units Authorized to Lay Levies
§11-8-6a. Levies on Each Classification by Board of Public Works
§11-8-6b. Maximum Levies on Each Classification by County Courts; Order of Levies
§11-8-6d. Maximum Levies on Each Classification by Municipalities; Order of Levy
§11-8-6e. Effect on Regular Levy Rate When Appraisal Results in Tax Increase; Public Hearings
§11-8-7. Increase of Current Expense Levies When Debt Levies Not Required
§11-8-8. Levies by Board of Public Works; Certification
§11-8-9. Meetings of Local Levying Bodies
§11-8-10. Levy Estimate by County Court; Certification to Tax Commissioner and Publication
§11-8-12. Levy Estimate by Board of Education; Certification and Publication
§11-8-14. Levy Estimate by Municipality; Certification to Tax Commissioner and Publication
§11-8-14b. Levy of Additional Tax
§11-8-15. Certification of Municipal Levies
§11-8-25. Funds Expended Only for Purposes for Which Raised
§11-8-25a. Right of County Court to Expend Surplus Funds for Equalization and Revaluation
§11-8-26. Unlawful Expenditures by Local Fiscal Body
§11-8-26a. Revision of Levy Estimate
§11-8-27. When Indebtedness, Contracts or Drafts Are Void
§11-8-28. Suit to Recover Unlawful Expenditure or to Cancel Obligation
§11-8-29. Personal Liability of Official Participating in Unlawful Expenditure
§11-8-30. Recovery of Unlawful Expenditure From Participating Official by Action; Costs
§11-8-31. Criminal Liability of Official Violating Provisions of Article; Proceeding for Removal
§11-8-31a. Recovery of Attorneys' Fees Authorized
§11-8-33. Exceptions as to Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 1961, and as to City of Huntington