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Gov. Terry McAuliffe will be faced again with a decision on whether to continue coal-related tax credits he has called ineffective after the General Assembly voted this week to extend the credits beyond their looming expiration dates.

The House of Delegates voted 74-23-1 on Friday to extend two tax credits intended to boost employment in the struggling Southwest Virginia coalfields. The Senate passed similar legislation Monday.

During a speech on the House floor Friday, Del. Terry G. Kilgore, R-Scott, said the credits help the “hard-working families back in Southwest Virginia” while displaying a photo showing a coal miner’s blackened hands.

“I just want to show you who we’re fighting for on this tax credit,” Kilgore said.

Extending the tax credits — one of which gives coal companies a break on income taxes, while the other benefits utility companies that purchase and burn coal — would mean the loss of millions in tax revenue during the next few years, including a negative impact of roughly $18 million in fiscal 2021 due to a mandated waiting period for claiming the former credit.

Some provisions in the bill — namely a $7.5 million yearly cap in the credits electricity generators could claim — would have a positive budgetary impact.