HB 5388
Creating the official motorist services logo signing program
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Bill overview
This bill creates a tax credit for independently owned West Virginia businesses that participate in the state’s official motorist services logo signing program. The program aims to provide travelers with information about local businesses along West Virginia’s highways. The bill seeks to make this program more accessible to smaller, locally-owned businesses by offering a credit equal to the cost of their signage, while preventing larger companies from dominating the program. This is intended to support economic development in rural communities.
Key provisions
- Creates a tax credit for eligible West Virginia businesses participating in the official motorist services logo signing program.
- Defines ‘eligible motorist services signage expense’ as fees paid to the West Virginia Division of Highways.
- Specifies that ‘Independent West Virginia business’ must be locally owned and operated.
- The credit is equal to 100% of eligible signage expenses paid.
- The credit is nontransferable and cannot be carried forward or backward.
- Businesses must certify their eligibility and provide documentation to the Tax Commissioner.
- The West Virginia Division of Highways will verify payment of expenses, but not eligibility.
- The Tax Commissioner can create rules to administer the credit and prevent fraud.
Who is affected
- West Virginia Businesses
- Small, Locally-Owned Businesses
- West Virginia Division of Highways
- Taxpayers
- Travelers in West Virginia
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Primary sponsor
G. Howell
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