The amendments to this article made by this act shall take effect as provided in the Constitution of this state and, upon the effective date, these amendments shall apply to the estates of all decedents dying after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred eighty-five, for which no estate tax lien release has been issued by the tax commissioner prior to the effective date of these amendments in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, and to estates of all decedents dying on or after the effective date of these amendments.
W. Va. Code § 11-11-43