2001 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 359

File Code: Taxes - Miscellaneous Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 244
Sponsored By:
Delegate Hixson
Entitled:
Inheritance Tax - Corrective

Synopsis:

Clarifying and correcting inheritance tax law provisions made obsolete by the exemption from the tax for a decedent's lineal relatives and siblings and the repeal of the lineal inheritance tax rate; clarifying the tax's applicability under specified circumstances when property passes to spouses as tenants by the entireties or an application to prepay the tax on a subsequent interest is filed; repealing an elective inheritance tax exemption for farmland passing to lineal relatives of a decedent; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/31
First Reading Ways and Means
2/7
Hearing 2/22 at 11:00 a.m.
3/5
Favorable Report by Ways and Means
3/6
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/9
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
3/28
Returned Passed
5/17
Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
Senate Action
3/12
First Reading Budget and Taxation
3/30
Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
3/31
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CORRECTIVE LEGISLATION
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
EXEMPTIONS
FARMLAND
INHERITANCE TAX
INTEREST
PENALTIES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Tax - General
( 7-209 , 7-210 , 7-211 , 7-221 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 9, 2001: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
Senate
March 31, 2001: Third Reading Passed (47-0)