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H.B. 50
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SALES AND USE TAX - SALES RELATING
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TO SCHOOLS
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2000 GENERAL SESSION
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STATE OF UTAH
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Sponsor: Bradley T. Johnson
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AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALES AND USE TAX ACT; EXPANDING THE EXEMPTION
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FOR SALES RELATING TO SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE AMOUNTS PAID OR CHARGED FOR
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ADMISSION TO CERTAIN SCHOOL-RELATED EVENTS OR SCHOOL-RELATED
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ACTIVITIES; MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
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AMENDS:
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59-12-102, as last amended by Chapters 63 and 362, Laws of Utah 1999
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59-12-103, as last amended by Chapter 133, Laws of Utah 1999
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1.
Section
59-12-102
is amended to read:
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59-12-102. Definitions.
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As used in this chapter:
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(1) (a) "Admission or user fees" includes season passes.
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(b) "Admission or user fees" does not include annual membership dues to private
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organizations.
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(2) "Area agency on aging" is as defined in Section
62A-3-101
.
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(3) "Authorized carrier" means:
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(a) in the case of vehicles operated over public highways, the holder of credentials
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indicating that the vehicle is or will be operated pursuant to both the International Registration
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Plan (IRP) and the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA);
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(b) in the case of aircraft, the holder of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operating
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certificate or air carrier's operating certificate; or
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(c) in the case of locomotives, freight cars, railroad work equipment, or other rolling stock,
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the holder of a certificate issued by the United States Interstate Commerce Commission.
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(4) (a) For purposes of Subsection
59-12-104
(43), "coin-operated amusement device"
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means:
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(i) a coin-operated amusement, skill, or ride device;
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(ii) that is not controlled through vendor-assisted, over-the-counter, sales of tokens; and
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(iii) includes a music machine, pinball machine, billiard machine, video game machine,
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arcade machine, and a mechanical or electronic skill game or ride.
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(b) For purposes of Subsection
59-12-104
(43), "coin-operated amusement device" does
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not mean a coin-operated amusement device possessing a coinage mechanism that:
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(i) accepts and registers multiple denominations of coins; and
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(ii) allows the vendor to collect the sales and use tax at the time an amusement device is
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activated and operated by a person inserting coins into the device.
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(5) "Commercial use" means the use of gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels
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that does not constitute industrial use under Subsection (13) or residential use under Subsection
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(21).
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(6) (a) "Common carrier" means a person engaged in or transacting the business of
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transporting passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire within this state.
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(b) (i) "Common carrier" does not include a person who, at the time the person is traveling
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to or from that person's place of employment, transports a passenger to or from the passenger's
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place of employment.
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(ii) For purposes of Subsection (6)(b)(i), in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
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Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules defining what constitutes a
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person's place of employment.
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(7) "Component part" includes:
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(a) poultry, dairy, and other livestock feed, and their components;
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(b) baling ties and twine used in the baling of hay and straw;
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(c) fuel used for providing temperature control of orchards and commercial greenhouses
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doing a majority of their business in wholesale sales, and for providing power for off-highway type
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farm machinery; and
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(d) feed, seeds, and seedlings.
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(8) "Construction materials" means any tangible personal property that will be converted
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into real property.
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(9) (a) "Fundraising sales" means sales:
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(i) (A) made by a public or private elementary or secondary school; or
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(B) made by a public or private elementary or secondary school student, grades
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kindergarten through 12;
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(ii) that are for the purpose of raising funds for the school to purchase equipment,
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materials, or provide transportation; and
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(iii) that are part of an officially sanctioned school activity.
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(b) For purposes of Subsection (9)(a)(iii), "officially sanctioned school activity" means a
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school activity:
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(i) that is conducted in accordance with a formal policy adopted by the school or school
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district governing the authorization and supervision of fundraising activities;
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(ii) that does not directly or indirectly compensate an individual teacher or other
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educational personnel by direct payment, commissions, or payment in kind; and
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(iii) the net or gross revenues from which are deposited in a dedicated account controlled
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by the school or school district.
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(10) (a) "Hearing aid" means:
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(i) an instrument or device having an electronic component that is designed to:
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(A) (I) improve impaired human hearing; or
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(II) correct impaired human hearing; and
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(B) (I) be worn in the human ear; or
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(II) affixed behind the human ear;
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(ii) an instrument or device that is surgically implanted into the cochlea; or
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(iii) a telephone amplifying device.
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(b) "Hearing aid" does not include:
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(i) except as provided in Subsection (10)(a)(i)(B) or (10)(a)(ii), an instrument or device
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having an electronic component that is designed to be worn on the body;
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(ii) except as provided in Subsection (10)(a)(iii), an assistive listening device or system
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designed to be used by one individual, including:
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(A) a personal amplifying system;
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(B) a personal FM system;
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(C) a television listening system; or
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(D) a device or system similar to a device or system described in Subsections
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(10)(b)(ii)(A) through (C); or
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(iii) an assistive listening device or system designed to be used by more than one
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individual, including:
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(A) a device or system installed in:
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(I) an auditorium;
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(II) a church;
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(III) a conference room;
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(IV) a synagogue; or
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(V) a theater; or
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(B) a device or system similar to a device or system described in Subsections
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(10)(b)(iii)(A)(I) through (V).
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(11) (a) "Hearing aid accessory" means a hearing aid:
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(i) component;
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(ii) attachment; or
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(iii) accessory.
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(b) "Hearing aid accessory" includes:
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(i) a hearing aid neck loop;
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(ii) a hearing aid cord;
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(iii) a hearing aid ear mold;
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(iv) hearing aid tubing;
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(v) a hearing aid ear hook; or
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(vi) a hearing aid remote control.
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(c) "Hearing aid accessory" does not include:
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(i) a component, attachment, or accessory designed to be used only with an:
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(A) instrument or device described in Subsection (10)(b)(i); or
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(B) assistive listening device or system described in Subsection (10)(b)(ii) or (iii); or
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(ii) a hearing aid battery.
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(12) (a) "Home medical equipment and supplies" means equipment and supplies that:
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(i) a licensed physician prescribes or authorizes in writing as necessary for the treatment
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of a medical illness or injury or as necessary to mitigate an impairment resulting from illness or
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injury;
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(ii) are used exclusively by the person for whom they are prescribed to serve a medical
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purpose; and
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(iii) are listed as eligible for payment under Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act or
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under the state plan for medical assistance under Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act.
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(b) "Home medical equipment and supplies" does not include:
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(i) equipment and supplies purchased by, for, or on behalf of any health care facility, as
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defined in Subsection (12)(c), doctor, nurse, or other health care provider for use in their
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professional practice;
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(ii) eyeglasses, contact lenses, or equipment to correct impaired vision; or
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(iii) hearing aids or hearing aid accessories.
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(c) For purposes of Subsection (12)(b)(i), "health care facility" includes:
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(i) a clinic;
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(ii) a doctor's office; and
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(iii) a health care facility as defined in Section
26-21-2
.
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(13) "Industrial use" means the use of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other
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fuels in:
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(a) mining or extraction of minerals;
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(b) agricultural operations to produce an agricultural product up to the time of harvest or
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placing the agricultural product into a storage facility, including:
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(i) commercial greenhouses;
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(ii) irrigation pumps;
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(iii) farm machinery;
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(iv) implements of husbandry as defined in Subsection
41-1a-102
(23) that are not
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registered under Title 41, Chapter 1a, Part 2, Registration; and
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(v) other farming activities; and
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(c) manufacturing tangible personal property at an establishment described in SIC Codes
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2000 to 3999 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office
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of the President, Office of Management and Budget.
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(14) "Manufactured home" means any manufactured home or mobile home as defined in
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Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform Building Standards Act.
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(15) For purposes of Subsection
59-12-104
(14), "manufacturing facility" means:
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(a) an establishment described in SIC Codes 2000 to 3999 of the 1987 Standard Industrial
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Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
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Budget; or
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(b) a scrap recycler if:
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(i) from a fixed location, the scrap recycler utilizes machinery or equipment to process one
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or more of the following items into prepared grades of processed materials for use in new products:
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(A) iron;
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(B) steel;
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(C) nonferrous metal;
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(D) paper;
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(E) glass;
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(F) plastic;
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(G) textile; or
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(H) rubber; and
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(ii) the new products under Subsection (15)(b)(i) would otherwise be made with
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nonrecycled materials.
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(16) (a) "Medicine" means:
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(i) insulin, syringes, and any medicine prescribed for the treatment of human ailments by
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a person authorized to prescribe treatments and dispensed on prescription filled by a registered
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pharmacist, or supplied to patients by a physician, surgeon, or podiatric physician;
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(ii) any medicine dispensed to patients in a county or other licensed hospital if prescribed
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for that patient and dispensed by a registered pharmacist or administered under the direction of a
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physician; and
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(iii) any oxygen or stoma supplies prescribed by a physician or administered under the
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direction of a physician or paramedic.
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(b) "Medicine" does not include:
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(i) any auditory, prosthetic, ophthalmic, or ocular device or appliance; or
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(ii) any alcoholic beverage.
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(17) "Olympic merchandise" means tangible personal property bearing an Olympic
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designation, emblem, insignia, mark, logo, service mark, symbol, terminology, trademark, or other
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copyrighted or protected material, including:
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(a) one or more of the following terms:
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(i) "Olympic;"
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(ii) "Olympiad;" or
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(iii) "Citius Altius Fortius;"
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(b) the symbol of the International Olympic Committee, consisting of five interlocking
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rings;
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(c) the emblem of the International Olympic Committee Corporation;
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(d) a United States Olympic Committee designation, emblem, insignia, mark, logo, service
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mark, symbol, terminology, trademark, or other copyrighted or protected material;
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(e) any emblem of the Winter Olympic Games of 2002 that is officially designated by the
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Salt Lake Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympic Games of 2002; or
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(f) the mascot of the Winter Olympic Games of 2002.
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(18) (a) "Other fuels" means products that burn independently to produce heat or energy.
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(b) "Other fuels" includes oxygen when it is used in the manufacturing of tangible personal
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property.
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(19) "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association,
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corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, this state, any county, city,
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municipality, district, or other local governmental entity of the state, or any group or combination
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acting as a unit.
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(20) "Purchase price" means the amount paid or charged for tangible personal property or
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any other taxable [item or service] transaction under Subsection
59-12-103
(1), excluding only cash
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discounts taken or any excise tax imposed on the purchase price by the federal government.
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(21) "Residential use" means the use in or around a home, apartment building, sleeping
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quarters, and similar facilities or accommodations.
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(22) (a) "Retail sale" means any sale within the state of tangible personal property or any
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other taxable [item or service] transaction under Subsection
59-12-103
(1), other than resale of such
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property, item, or service by a retailer or wholesaler to a user or consumer.
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(b) "Retail sale" includes sales by any farmer or other agricultural producer of poultry,
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eggs, or dairy products to consumers if the sales have an average monthly sales value of $125 or
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more.
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(c) "Retail sale" does not include, and no additional sales or use tax shall be assessed
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against, those transactions where a purchaser of tangible personal property pays applicable sales
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or use taxes on its initial nonexempt purchases of property and then enters into a sale-leaseback
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transaction by which title to such property is transferred by the purchaser-lessee to a lessor for
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consideration, provided:
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(i) the transaction is intended as a form of financing for the property to the
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purchaser-lessee; and
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(ii) pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, the purchaser-lessee is required
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to capitalize the subject property for financial reporting purposes, and account for the lease
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payments as payments made under a financing arrangement.
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(23) (a) "Retailer" means any person engaged in a regularly organized retail business in
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tangible personal property or any other taxable [item or service] transaction under Subsection
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59-12-103
(1), and who is selling to the user or consumer and not for resale.
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(b) "Retailer" includes commission merchants, auctioneers, and any person regularly
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engaged in the business of selling to users or consumers within the state.
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(c) "Retailer" includes any person who engages in regular or systematic solicitation of a
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consumer market in this state by the distribution of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or
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other advertising, or by means of print, radio or television media, by mail, telegraphy, telephone,
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computer data base, cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.
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(d) "Retailer" does not include farmers, gardeners, stockmen, poultrymen, or other growers
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or agricultural producers producing and doing business on their own premises, except those who
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are regularly engaged in the business of buying or selling for a profit.
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(e) For purposes of this chapter the commission may regard as retailers the following if
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they determine it is necessary for the efficient administration of this chapter: salesmen,
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representatives, peddlers, or canvassers as the agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, or
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employers under whom they operate or from whom they obtain the tangible personal property sold
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by them, irrespective of whether they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf of these
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dealers, distributors, supervisors, or employers, except that:
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(i) a printer's facility with which a retailer has contracted for printing shall not be
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considered to be a salesman, representative, peddler, canvasser, or agent of the retailer; and
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(ii) the ownership of property that is located at the premises of a printer's facility with
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which the retailer has contracted for printing and that consists of the final printed product, property
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that becomes a part of the final printed product, or copy from which the printed product is
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produced, shall not result in the retailer being deemed to have or maintain an office, distribution
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house, sales house, warehouse, service enterprise, or other place of business, or to maintain a stock
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of goods, within this state.
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(24) "Sale" means any transfer of title, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any
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manner, of tangible personal property or any other taxable [item or service] transaction under
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Subsection
59-12-103
(1), for [a] consideration. It includes:
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(a) installment and credit sales;
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(b) any closed transaction constituting a sale;
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(c) any sale of electrical energy, gas, services, or entertainment taxable under this chapter;
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(d) any transaction if the possession of property is transferred but the seller retains the title
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as security for the payment of the price; and
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(e) any transaction under which right to possession, operation, or use of any article of
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tangible personal property is granted under a lease or contract and the transfer of possession would
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be taxable if an outright sale were made.
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(25) (a) "Sales relating to schools" means the following sales or amounts paid h
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h or
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charged
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by a public school district or public or private elementary or secondary school, grades kindergarten
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through 12[, that]:
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(i) sales that are directly related to the school's or school district's educational functions
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or activities [and include], including:
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[(i)] (A) the sale of:
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(I) textbooks[,];
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(II) textbook fees[,];
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(III) laboratory fees[,];
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(IV) laboratory supplies[, and]; or
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(V) safety equipment;
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[(ii)] (B) the sale of clothing that:
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[(A)] (I) a student is specifically required to wear as a condition of participation in a
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school-related event or activity; and
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[(B)] (II) is not readily adaptable to general or continued usage to the extent that it takes
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the place of ordinary clothing;
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[(iii)] (C) sales of food if the net or gross revenues generated by the food sales are
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deposited into a school district fund or school fund dedicated to school meals; and
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[(iv)] (D) transportation charges for official school activities[.];
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(ii) amounts paid or charged for admission to a school-related event or school-related
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activity h [
, including:
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(A) a concert;
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(B) a sports event;
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(C) a sports activity;
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(D) a play;
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(E) a dance; or
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(F) a school-related event or school-related activity similar to Subsections (25)(a)(ii)(A)
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through (E).
]
, EXCEPT FOR AMOUNTS PAID OR CHARGED FOR ADMISSION TO A
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SCHOOL-RELATED EVENT OR SCHOOL-RELATED ACTIVITY IF THE AMOUNTS PAID OR CHARGED
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ARE PASSED THROUGH TO A PERSON:
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(A) OTHER THAN A:
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(I) SCHOOL;
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(II) SCHOOL DISTRICT;
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(III) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED BY A SCHOOL BOARD OR A GOVERNING
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BODY OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL TO ORGANIZE AND DIRECT A COMPETITIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL
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ACTIVITY; OR
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(IV) NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZED BY A SCHOOL BOARD OR A GOVERNING
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BODY OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL TO ORGANIZE AND DIRECT A COMPETITIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL
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ACTIVITY; AND
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(B) THAT IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT SALES AND USE TAXES UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
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(b) "Sales relating to schools" does not include:
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[(i) gate receipts;]
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[(ii) special event admission fees;]
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[(iii)] (i) bookstore sales of items that are not educational materials or supplies; [and] or
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[(iv)] (ii) except as provided in Subsection (25)(a)[(ii)] (i)(B), clothing.
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(c) IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 63, CHAPTER 46a, UTAH ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING
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ACT, THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE RULES DEFINING THE TERM "PASSED THROUGH".
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(26) "Senior citizen center" means a facility having the primary purpose of providing
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services to the aged as defined in Section
62A-3-101
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(27) "State" means the state of Utah, its departments, and agencies.
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(28) "Storage" means any keeping or retention of tangible personal property or any other
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taxable [item or service] transaction under Subsection
59-12-103
(1), in this state for any purpose
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except sale in the regular course of business.
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(29) (a) "Tangible personal property" means:
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(i) all goods, wares, merchandise, produce, and commodities;
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(ii) all tangible or corporeal things and substances which are dealt in or capable of being
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possessed or exchanged;
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(iii) water in bottles, tanks, or other containers; and
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(iv) all other physically existing articles or things, including property severed from real
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estate.
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(b) "Tangible personal property" does not include:
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(i) real estate or any interest or improvements in real estate;
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(ii) bank accounts, stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes, and other evidence of debt;
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(iii) insurance certificates or policies;
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(iv) personal or governmental licenses;
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(v) water in pipes, conduits, ditches, or reservoirs;
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(vi) currency and coinage constituting legal tender of the United States or of a foreign
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nation; and
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(vii) all gold, silver, or platinum ingots, bars, medallions, or decorative coins, not
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constituting legal tender of any nation, with a gold, silver, or platinum content of not less than
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80%.
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(30) (a) "Use" means the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal property
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under Subsection
59-12-103
(1), incident to the ownership or the leasing of that property, item, or
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service.
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(b) "Use" does not include the sale, display, demonstration, or trial of that property in the
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regular course of business and held for resale.
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(31) "Vehicle" means any aircraft, as defined in Section
72-10-102
; any vehicle, as defined
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in Section
41-1a-102
; any off-highway vehicle, as defined in Section
41-22-2
; and any vessel, as
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defined in Section
41-1a-102
; that is required to be titled, registered, or both. "Vehicle" for
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purposes of Subsection
59-12-104
(36) only, also includes any locomotive, freight car, railroad
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work equipment, or other railroad rolling stock.
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(32) "Vehicle dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or
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exchanging vehicles as defined in Subsection (31).
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(33) (a) "Vendor" means:
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(i) any person receiving any payment or consideration upon a sale of tangible personal
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property or any other taxable [item or service] transaction under Subsection
59-12-103
(1), or to
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whom such payment or consideration is payable; and
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(ii) any person who engages in regular or systematic solicitation of a consumer market in
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this state by the distribution of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or other advertising, or by
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means of print, radio or television media, by mail, telegraphy, telephone, computer data base,
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cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.
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(b) "Vendor" does not mean a printer's facility described in Subsection (23)(e).
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Section 2.
Section
59-12-103
is amended to read:
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59-12-103. Sales and use tax base -- Rate -- Use of sales and use tax revenues.
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(1) [There is levied a] A tax is imposed on the purchaser as provided in this part for [the
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amount] amounts paid or charged for the following transactions:
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(a) retail sales of tangible personal property made within the state;
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(b) [amount] amounts paid to common carriers or to telephone or telegraph corporations,
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whether the corporations are municipally or privately owned, for:
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(i) all transportation;
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(ii) intrastate telephone service; or
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(iii) telegraph service;
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(c) sales of the following for commercial use:
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(i) gas[,];
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(ii) electricity[,];
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(iii) heat[,];
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(iv) coal[,];
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(v) fuel oil[,]; or
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(vi) other fuels [sold for commercial use];
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(d) sales of the following for residential use:
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(i) gas[,];
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(ii) electricity[,];
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(iii) heat[,];
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(iv) coal[,];
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(v) fuel oil[,]; or
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(vi) other fuels [sold for residential use];
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(e) sales of meals [sold];
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(f) except as provided in Subsection
59-12-104
(38), amounts paid or charged as admission
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or user fees for theaters, movies, operas, museums, planetariums, shows of any type or nature,
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exhibitions, concerts, carnivals, amusement parks, amusement rides, circuses, menageries, fairs,
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races, contests, sporting events, dances, boxing matches, [and] wrestling matches, closed circuit
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television broadcasts, billiard [or] parlors, pool parlors, bowling lanes, golf [and], miniature golf,
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golf driving ranges, batting cages, skating rinks, ski lifts, ski runs, ski trails, snowmobile trails,
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tennis courts, swimming pools, water slides, river runs, jeep tours, boat tours, scenic cruises,
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horseback rides, sports activities, or any other amusement, entertainment, recreation, exhibition,
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cultural, or athletic activity;
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(g) amounts paid or charged for services:
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(i) for repairs or renovations of tangible personal property; or [services]
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(ii) to install tangible personal property in connection with other tangible personal property;
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(h) except as provided in Subsection
59-12-104
(7), amounts paid or charged for cleaning
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or washing of tangible personal property;
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(i) amounts paid or charged for tourist home, hotel, motel, or trailer court accommodations
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and services for less than 30 consecutive days;
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(j) amounts paid or charged for laundry [and] or dry cleaning services;
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(k) amounts paid or charged for leases [and] or rentals of tangible personal property if [the
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property]:
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(i) the tangible personal property's situs is in this state[, if];
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(ii) the lessee took possession of the tangible personal property in this state[,]; or [if]
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(iii) within this state the property is:
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(A) stored[,];
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(B) used[,]; or
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(C) otherwise consumed [in this state];
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(l) amounts paid or charged for tangible personal property if within this state the tangible
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personal property is:
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(i) stored[,];
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(ii) used[,]; or
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(iii) consumed [in this state]; and
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(m) amounts paid or charged for prepaid telephone calling cards.
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(2) Except [for] as provided in Subsection [(1)(d)] (3), the [rates of the] tax [levied under]
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rates imposed on a transaction described in Subsection (1) [shall be] are as follows:
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[(a) 5% through June 30, 1994;]
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[(b) 4.875%] (a) beginning on July 1, 1994 through June 30, 1997, the tax rate is 4.875%;
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and
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[(c) 4.75%] (b) beginning on July 1, 1997, the tax rate is 4.75%.
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(3) [The rates of the] Notwithstanding Subsection (2), beginning on January 1, 1990, the
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tax [levied under] rate imposed on a transaction described in Subsection (1)(d) [shall be] is 2%
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[from and after January 1, 1990].
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(4) (a) There shall be deposited in an Olympics special revenue fund or funds as determined
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by the Division of Finance under Section
51-5-4
, for the use of the Utah Sports Authority created
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under Title 63A, Chapter 7, Utah Sports Authority Act:
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(i) from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1999, the amount of sales and use tax
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generated by a 1/64% tax rate on the taxable [items and services] transactions under Subsection
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(1);
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(ii) from January 1, 1990, through June 30, 1999, the amount of revenue generated by a
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1/64% tax rate under Section
59-12-204
or Section
59-12-205
on the taxable [items and services]
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transactions under Subsection (1); and
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(iii) interest earned on the amounts under Subsections (4)(a)(i) and (ii).
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(b) These funds shall be used:
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(i) by the Utah Sports Authority as follows:
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(A) to the extent funds are available, to transfer directly to a debt service fund or to
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otherwise reimburse to the state any amount expended on debt service or any other cost of any
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bonds issued by the state to construct any public sports facility as defined in Section
63A-7-103
;
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(B) to pay for the actual and necessary operating, administrative, legal, and other expenses
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of the Utah Sports Authority, but not including protocol expenses for seeking and obtaining the
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right to host the Winter Olympic Games; and
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(C) unless the Legislature appropriates additional funds from the Olympics Special
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Revenue Fund to the Utah Sports Authority, the Utah Sports Authority may not expend, loan, or
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pledge in the aggregate more than:
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(I) $59,000,000 of sales and use tax deposited into the Olympics special revenue fund
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under Subsection (4)(a);
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(II) the interest earned on the amount described in Subsection (4)(b)(i)(C)(I); and
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(III) the revenues deposited into the Olympics Special Revenue Fund that are not sales and
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use taxes deposited under Subsection (4)(a) or interest on the sales and use taxes;
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(ii) to pay salary, benefits, or administrative costs associated with the State Olympic
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Officer under Subsection
63A-10-103
(3), except that the salary, benefits, or administrative costs
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may not be paid from the sales and tax revenues generated by municipalities or counties and
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deposited under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
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(c) A payment of salary, benefits, or administrative costs under Subsection
63A-10-103
(3)
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is not considered an expenditure of the Utah Sports Authority.
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(d) If the Legislature appropriates additional funds under Subsection (4)(b)(i)(C), the
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authority may not expend, loan, pledge, or enter into any agreement to expend, loan, or pledge the
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appropriated funds unless the authority:
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(i) contracts in writing for the full reimbursement of the monies to the Olympics special
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revenue fund by a public sports entity or other person benefitting from the expenditure; and
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(ii) obtains a security interest that secures payment or performance of the obligation to
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reimburse.
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(e) A contract or agreement entered into in violation of Subsection (4)(d) is void.
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(5) (a) From July 1, 1997, the annual amount of sales and use tax generated by a 1/8% tax
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rate on the taxable [items and services] transactions under Subsection (1) shall be used as follows:
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(i) 50% shall be used for water and wastewater projects as provided in Subsections (5)(b)
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through (f); and
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(ii) 50% shall be used for transportation projects as provided in Subsections (5)(g) through
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(h).
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(b) Five hundred thousand dollars each year shall be transferred to the Agriculture
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Resource Development Fund created in Section
4-18-6
.
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(c) Fifty percent of the remaining amount generated by 50% of the 1/8% tax rate shall be
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transferred to the Water Resources Conservation and Development Fund created in Section
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73-10-24
for use by the Division of Water Resources. In addition to the uses allowed of the fund
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under Section
73-10-24
, the fund may also be used to:
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(i) provide a portion of the local cost share, not to exceed in any fiscal year 50% of the
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funds made available to the Division of Water Resources under this section, of potential project
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features of the Central Utah Project;
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(ii) conduct hydrologic and geotechnical investigations by the Department of Natural
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Resources in a cooperative effort with other state, federal, or local entities, for the purpose of
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quantifying surface and ground water resources and describing the hydrologic systems of an area
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in sufficient detail so as to enable local and state resource managers to plan for and accommodate
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growth in water use without jeopardizing the resource;
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(iii) fund state required dam safety improvements; and
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(iv) protect the state's interest in interstate water compact allocations, including the hiring
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of technical and legal staff.
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(d) Twenty-five percent of the remaining amount generated by 50% of the 1/8% tax rate
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shall be transferred to the Utah Wastewater Loan Program subaccount created in Section
73-10c-5
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for use by the Water Quality Board to fund wastewater projects as defined in Section
73-10b-2
.
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(e) Twenty-five percent of the remaining amount generated by 50% of the 1/8% tax rate
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shall be transferred to the Drinking Water Loan Program subaccount created in Section
73-10c-5
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for use by the Division of Drinking Water to:
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(i) provide for the installation and repair of collection, treatment, storage, and distribution
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facilities for any public water system, as defined in Section
19-4-102
;
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(ii) develop underground sources of water, including springs and wells; and
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(iii) develop surface water sources.
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(f) Notwithstanding Subsections (5)(b), (c), (d), and (e), $100,000 of the remaining amount
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generated by 50% of the 1/8% tax rate each year shall be transferred as dedicated credits to the
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Division of Water Rights to cover the costs incurred in hiring legal and other technical staff for the
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adjudication of water rights. Any remaining balance at the end of each fiscal year shall lapse back
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to the contributing funds on a prorated basis.
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(g) Fifty percent of the 1/8% tax rate shall be transferred to the class B and class C roads
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account to be expended as provided in Title 72, Chapter 2, Transportation Finances Act, for the
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use of class B and C road funds except as provided in Subsection (5)(h).
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(h) (i) If H.B. 53, "Transportation Corridor Preservation," passes in the 1996 General
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Session, $500,000 each year shall be transferred to the Transportation Corridor Preservation
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Revolving Loan Fund, and if H.B. 121, "State Park Access Roads," passes in the 1996 General
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Session, from July 1, 1997, through June 30, 2006, $500,000 shall be transferred to the Department
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of Transportation for the State Park Access Highways Improvement Program. The remaining
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amount generated by 50% of the 1/8% tax rate shall be transferred to the class B and class C roads
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account.
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(ii) At least 50% of the money transferred to the Transportation Corridor Preservation
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Revolving Loan Fund under Subsection (5)(h)(i) shall be used to fund loan applications made by
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the Department of Transportation at the request of local governments.
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(6) (a) Beginning on January 1, 2000, the Division of Finance shall deposit into the
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Centennial Highway Fund created in Section
72-2-118
a portion of the state sales and use tax
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under Subsections (2) and (3) equal to the revenues generated by a 1/64% tax rate on the taxable
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[items and services] transactions under Subsection (1).
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(b) Except for sales and use taxes deposited under Subsection (7), beginning on July 1,
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1999, the revenues generated by the 1/64% tax rate:
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(i) retained under Subsection
59-12-204
(7)(a) shall be retained by the counties, cities, or
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towns as provided in Section
59-12-204
; and
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(ii) retained under Subsection
59-12-205
(4)(a) shall be distributed to each county, city, and
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town as provided in Section
59-12-205
.
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(7) Beginning on July 1, 1999, the commission shall deposit into the Airport to University
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of Utah Light Rail Restricted Account created in Section
17A-2-1064
the portion of the sales and
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use tax under Sections
59-12-204
and
59-12-205
that is:
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(a) generated by a city or town that will have constructed within its boundaries the Airport
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to University of Utah Light Rail described in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century,
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Pub. L. No. 105-178, Sec. 3030(c)(2)(B)(i)(II), 112 Stat. 107; and
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(b) equal to the revenues generated by a 1/64% tax rate on the taxable items and services
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under Subsection (1).
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Section 3. Effective date.
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This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.
Legislative Review Note
as of 1-3-00 3:06 PM
A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.