The governing body of a municipality is hereby authorized to lay not in excess of the following maximum levies, for the purposes specified, and in the following order:
(1) For the payment of (a) principal and interest upon bonded indebtedness incurred prior to the adoption of the Tax Limitation Amendment; and to the extent not so required, (b) other legally incurred contractual indebtedness, not bonded, if any, incurred prior to the adoption of the Tax Limitation Amendment, as follows: On Class I property, one and five tenths cents; on Class II property, 3¢; and on Class IV property, 6¢.
(2) For general current expense purposes, as follows: On Class I property, 11¢; on Class II property, 22¢; and on Class IV property, 44¢.
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