West Virginia Code Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness § 13-1-34. Bonded indebtedness of school districts; annual tax to be levied and collected to pay same; definition of value

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or of any other law to the contrary, every school district, by and through its board of education, shall levy and collect in each year a direct annual tax on all taxable property in such school district sufficient to pay the principal and interest maturing in such year, together with any deficiencies for prior years, within, and not exceeding thirty-four years, on any bonded indebtedness of such school district, now or hereafter contracted, not to exceed five percent of the value of the taxable property therein to be ascertained in accordance with section 8, article X of the Constitution, which levies shall be laid separate and apart and in addition to the maximum rates provided for tax levies by school districts on the several classes of property specified in section 1, article X of the Constitution, but in the same proportions as such maximum rates are levied on the several classes of property, and which tax may be levied outside the limits fixed by said section 1, article X of the Constitution.

(b) The term “value” as used in this section and in section 8, article X of the Constitution, is used in the same context that the term “value” is used in section 1, article X of the Constitution, and means the “worth in money” of a piece of property--its market value for ad valorem property tax purposes.