Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB103%20SUB1.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=103
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SB103 SUB1 Senate Bill 103 History
(By Senators Snyder, Miller and Beach)
[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; reported March 7, 2013.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §29-18A-1, §29-18A-2, §29-18A-3, §29-18A-4 and §29-18A-5, all relating to creating the West Virginia Commuter Rail Access Act; definitions; agreement with other states requirement; verifications; and authorizing a tax credit to a railroad in lieu of payment of track access fees commencing July 1, 2014.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §29-18A-1, §29-18A-2, §29-18A-3, §29-18A-4 and §29-18A-5, all to read as follows:
This article may be known and cited as the West Virginia Commuter Rail Access Act.
§29-18A-2. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following words and terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) “Commuter rail” means a transit mode that is an electric or diesel propelled railway for urban passenger train service consisting of local short distance travel operating between a central city and adjacent suburbs. Service must be operated on a regular basis by or under contract with a transit operator for the purpose of transporting passengers within urbanized areas or between urbanized areas and outlying areas. The rail service, using either locomotive hauled or self-propelled railroad passenger cars, is generally characterized by multitrip tickets, specific station to station fares or railroad employment practices and usually has only one or two stations in the central business district. It does not include heavy rail rapid transit or light rail/streetcar transit service. Intercity rail service is excluded except for that portion of service operated by or under contract with a public transit agency for predominantly commuter services. Only the predominantly commuter service portion of an intercity route is eligible for inclusion when determining commuter rail route miles.
(b) “Heavy rail” means a transit mode that is an electric railway with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic. It is characterized by high speed and rapid acceleration passenger rail cars operating singly or in multicar trains on fixed rails, separate rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded, sophisticated signaling and high platform loading.
(c) “Light rail” means a transit mode that typically is an electric railway with a light volume traffic capacity compared to heavy rail. It is characterized by passenger rail cars operating singly or in short, usually two-car, trains, on fixed rails in shared or exclusive rights-of-way, low or high platform loading and vehicle power drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley or a pantograph.
(d) “Predominantly commuter services” means that for any given trip segment (i.e., distance between two stations), more than fifty percent of the average daily ridership travels on the train at least three times a week.
§29-18A-3. Agreements with other states.
Commencing July 1, 2014, the State of West Virginia shall negotiate agreements with other states to provide commuter rail operation in West Virginia when there are other states involved in providing the commuter rail operation.
§29-18A-4. Verification of track access fees.
(a) For a railroad to be eligible to receive a corporate tax credit under the provisions of this article, a railroad that provides track access to a commuter rail operation in West Virginia shall submit an unpaid invoice for the track access fees for the commuter rail operation in West Virginia to the West Virginia State Rail Authority.
(b) If there is another state involved in providing the commuter rail operation, a railroad may not receive a corporate tax credit under the provisions of this article unless all other states involved in providing the commuter rail operation have entered into an interstate agreement that includes operating and capital expenditure provisions with the State of West Virginia.
(c) Upon receipt by the West Virginia State Rail Authority of the unpaid invoice for the track access fees for the commuter rail operation in West Virginia from a railroad, verification of any interstate agreement if applicable, and verification by the provider of the commuter rail operation of the track access fees charged to the railroad, the railroad may take a corporate tax credit in lieu of payment of the West Virginia portion of the track access fees.
§29-18A-5. Tax credit for track access fees.
(a) Commencing July 1, 2014, a railroad that provides track access to a commuter rail operation in West Virginia, as verified pursuant to the provisions of this article, may be given a corporate tax credit against the corporate net income tax imposed by the provisions of article twenty-four, chapter eleven of this code, in an amount equal to the amount of the unpaid track access fees charged to the commuter rail operation in West Virginia.
(b) If a railroad accepts the corporate tax credit under the provisions of this article, the railroad is prohibited from accepting other payment for the track access fees for commuter rail operation in West Virginia.
(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Commuter Rail Access Act.
This bill is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.)
On page four, section four, line seventeen, by striking out the word “to” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “by”.