(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or of any other law to the contrary, every school district, by and through its Board of Education, shall levy and collect in each year a direct annual tax on all taxable property in such school district sufficient to pay the principle and interest maturing in such year, together with any deficiencies for prior years, within, and not exceeding thirty-four years, on any bonded indebtedness of such school district, now or hereafter contracted, not to exceed five percent of the value of the taxable property therein to be ascertained in accordance with section 8 of article X of the Constitution, which levies shall be laid separate and apart and in addition to the maximum rates provided for tax levies by school districts on the several classes of property specified in section 1, article X of the Constitution, but in the same proportions as such maximum rates are levied on the several classes of property, and which tax may be levied outside the limits fixed by said section 1, article X of the Constitution.
(b) The term "value" as used in this section and in section 8, article X of the Constitution, is used in the same context that the term "value" is used in section 1, article X of the Constitution, and means the "worth in money" of a piece of property -- its market value for ad valorem property tax purposes.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness
Article 1. Bond Issues for Original Indebtedness
§13-1-1. Political Divisions Authorized to Issue and Sell Bonds
§13-1-1a. Exemption From Interest Rate Ceilings
§13-1-2. Purposes for Which Bonds May Be Issued
§13-1-3. Amount and Purpose of Indebtedness for Which Bonds May Be Issued
§13-1-4. Bond Issue Proposal to Be Submitted to Voters; Election Order
§13-1-6. Bonds May Be Specified for More Than One Purpose; Single or General Purpose Defined
§13-1-6a. When Proceeds of Bond Issue Specified for One Project May Be Used for Another Project
§13-1-7. When Election to Be Held
§13-1-8. Publication of Notice of Election
§13-1-9. Registration of Voters
§13-1-11. General Election Laws to Apply; Recorders and Secretaries to Act in Lieu of Circuit Clerks
§13-1-13. Time and Manner of Canvassing Returns
§13-1-14. Resolution Authorizing Issuance and Fixing Terms of Bonds
§13-1-15. Bonds to Be Payable in Annual or Semiannual Installments
§13-1-15a. Bonds May Be Subject to Redemption
§13-1-17. Bonds Shall Be Registered
§13-1-19. Signing, Sealing and Delivery of Bonds
§13-1-20. Imposition and Collection of Tax to Pay Bonds and Interest
§13-1-21. Advertisement and Sale of Bonds
§13-1-22. Purposes for Which Proceeds to Be Used; Purchaser Need Not See to Application Thereof
§13-1-24. Legal Status of Bonds
§13-1-26. Review in Supreme Court of Appeals of Action of Attorney General
§13-1-28. Indorsement on Bonds by Attorney General
§13-1-30. Files and Records to Be Kept by Attorney General
§13-1-31. Proceedings to Issue Bonds Under Authority of Prior Statutes; Debts Heretofore Incurred