Real and personal property tax; exemption for religious bodies. (HB361)

Introduced By

Del. Rich Anderson (R-Woodbridge)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Real property tax exemption for religious bodies. Clarifies the meaning of real property used exclusively for religious worship for determining the real property tax exemption for religious bodies. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/03/2014Committee
01/03/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102746D
01/03/2014Referred to Committee on Finance
01/16/2014Impact statement from TAX (HB361)
01/17/2014Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
01/22/2014Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/12/2014Left in Finance

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB156.

Comments

Bob Lindsey writes:

HB-156 permits fundraising activity that would compete with, and grant competitive advantage over nearby private sector commercial activity.

Pete Fundsten writes:

HB 156 tracks the Virginia Constitution better than the current law and will make it easier for tax assessors to figure out what church-owned land is taxable and what is not.

This is a growing problem.

See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/prince-william-church-leaders-clash-with-the-county-over-tax-bills/2013/09/22/77e2e54e-2193-11e3-966c-9c4293c47ebe_story.html

This is a good bill.