West Virginia Code
Article 11B. West Virginia Tax Increment Financing Act
§7-11B-16. Valuation of Real Property

(a) Upon and after the effective date of the creation of a development or redevelopment district, the county assessor of the county in which the district is located shall transmit to the county clerk a certified statement of the base assessed value, total ad valorem regular levy rate, total general obligation bond debt service ad valorem rate and total excess levy rate applicable for the development or redevelopment district.
(1) The assessor shall undertake, upon request of the county commission, or the governing body of the municipality, creating the development or redevelopment district, an investigation, examination and inspection of the taxable real and tangible personal property having a tax situs in the district and shall reaffirm or revalue the base value for assessment of the property in accordance with the findings of the investigation, examination and inspection.
(2) The county assessor shall determine, according to his or her best judgment from all sources available to him or her, the full aggregate assessed value of the taxable property in the district, which aggregate assessed valuation, upon certification thereof by the assessor to the clerk, constitutes the base value of the development or redevelopment district.
(b) The county assessor shall give notice annually to the designated finance officer of each levying body having the power to levy taxes on property within each district of the current value and the incremental value of the property in the development or redevelopment district.
(c) The assessor shall also determine the tax increment by applying the applicable ad valorem regular levy rates to the incremental value.
(d) The notice shall also explain that the entire amount of the tax increment allocable to property within the development or redevelopment district will be paid to the tax increment financing fund of the development or redevelopment district until it is terminated.
(e) The assessor shall identify upon the landbooks those parcels of property that are within each existing development or redevelopment district, specifying on landbooks the name of each district.

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West Virginia Code

Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers

Article 11B. West Virginia Tax Increment Financing Act

§7-11B-1. Short Title

§7-11B-2. Findings and Legislative Purpose

§7-11B-3. Definitions

§7-11B-4. Powers Generally

§7-11B-5. Powers Supplemental

§7-11B-6. Application for Development or Redevelopment Plan

§7-11B-7. Creation of a Development or Redevelopment Area or District

§7-11B-8. Project Plan — Approval

§7-11B-9. Project Plan Amendment

§7-11B-10. Termination of Development or Redevelopment District

§7-11B-11. Costs of Formation of Development or Redevelopment District

§7-11B-12. Overlapping Districts Prohibited,

§7-11B-13. Conflicts of Interest; Required Disclosures and Abstention

§7-11B-14. Projects Financed by Tax Increment Financing Considered to Be Public Improvements Subject to Prevailing Wage, Local Labor Preference and Competitive Bid Requirements

§7-11B-15. Reports by County Commissions and Municipalities, Contents, and Publication; Procedure to Determine Progress of Project; Reports by Development Office, Content of Reports; Rule-Making Authority; Development Office to Provide Manual and Ass...

§7-11B-16. Valuation of Real Property

§7-11B-17. Division of Ad Valorem Real Property Tax Revenue

§7-11B-18. Payments in Lieu of Taxes and Other Revenues

§7-11B-19. Tax Increment Obligations Generally

§7-11B-20. Tax Increment Financing Obligations -- Authority to Issue

§7-11B-21. Tax Increment Financing Obligations -- Authorizing Order or Ordinance

§7-11B-22. Tax Increment Financing Obligations Terms, Conditions

§7-11B-23. Tax Increment Financing Obligations -– Security -– Marketability

§7-11B-24. Tax Increment Financing Obligations -- Special Fund for Repayment

§7-11B-25. Tax Increment Financing Obligations – Tax Exemption

§7-11B-26. Excess Funds

§7-11B-27. Computation of Local Share for Support of Public Schools When Tax Increment Financing Is Used

§7-11B-28. Effective Date

§7-11B-29. Joint Development or Redevelopment Districts

§7-11B-30. Application by Division of Highways