The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the assistance, promotion, encouragement, development and advancement of economic prosperity and employment throughout this state requires an efficient, coherent, accurate and simplified system for the registration of businesses with state and local agencies. The Legislature further finds and declares that the establishment of such a system will promote […]
(a) There is hereby established in the Tax Division of the Department of Tax and Revenue the office of business registration. (b) For the purpose of designing and implementing the simplified business registration system contemplated by this article, there is hereby established the business registration interagency advisory group, which shall consist of representatives designated by […]
(a) An agency contact list consisting of state government agencies and offices having registration, licensing or other similar statutory provisions related to the initiation of new businesses in West Virginia or which should otherwise have contact with a new business, will be maintained by the office of business registration in conjunction with the centralized records […]
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, new business registration information may be disseminated to the State of West Virginia, its political subdivisions, agencies and offices in accordance with this article. (b) Information from the centralized records for new business registration received by any state, local or municipal agency or office is confidential and […]
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the staff of the office of business registration established by this article be composed of existing positions within the departments, divisions and agencies of the state whose functions are centralized by this article, and particularly from existing staff of the Department of Tax and Revenue and […]
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to simplify the methods by which government agencies gather information from businesses for the purposes of registration, licensing or other similar statutory purpose related to the initiation of new businesses in West Virginia: Provided, That this article shall not be construed to change any […]