H.B. 64 Enrolled

MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOME
AMENDMENTS
2000 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Craig W. Buttars
AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX; AMENDING THE TANGIBLE PERSONAL
PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR INVENTORY AS IT APPLIES TO MANUFACTURED
AND MOBILE HOMES.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
59-2-1114, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 1998
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 59-2-1114 is amended to read:
59-2-1114. Exemption of inventory or other tangible personal property held for sale.
(1) Tangible personal property present in Utah on the assessment date, at noon, held for
sale in the ordinary course of business or for shipping to a final out-of-state destination within 12
months and which constitutes the inventory of any retailer, wholesaler, distributor, processor,
warehouseman, manufacturer, producer, gatherer, transporter, storage provider, farmer, or
livestock raiser, is exempt from property taxation.
(2) This exemption does not apply to:
(a) inventory which is not otherwise subject to personal property taxation;
(b) mines;
(c) natural deposits; or
(d) a manufactured home or mobile home [which is not sited at a dealer's lot or storage
facility and] which is sited at a location where occupancy could take place.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Assessment date" means:
(i) for tangible personal property and vehicles other than vehicles described in Subsection
(ii), January 1; and

(ii) for vehicles brought into Utah from out-of-state, the date the vehicles are brought into
Utah.
(b) "Inventory" means all items of tangible personal property described as materials,
containers, goods in process, finished goods, severed minerals, and other personal property owned
by or in possession of the person claiming the exemption.
(c) (i) "Mine" means a natural deposit of either metalliferous or nonmetalliferous valuable
mineral.
(ii) "Mine" does not mean a severed mineral.
(d) "Natural deposit" means a metalliferous or nonmetalliferous mineral located at or below
ground level that has not been severed or extracted from its natural state.
(e) "Severed mineral" means any mineral that has been previously severed or extracted from
a natural deposit including severed or extracted minerals that:
(i) are stored above, below, or within the ground; and
(ii) are ultimately recoverable for future sale.
(4) The commission may adopt rules to implement the inventory exemption.

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