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Second Substitute H.B. 86

Senator Michael G. Waddoups proposes to substitute the following bill:


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GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND TAX SYSTEM

             2     
TASK FORCE

             3     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Chad E. Bennion

             6      Martin R. Stephens
             7      Kevin S. Garn
             8      David Ure
Greg J. Curtis
Wayne A. Harper
Ben C. Ferry
James A. Ferrin


             9      This act creates the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force. This act provides for
             10      the membership of the task force, task force chairs, compensation of task force members,
             11      task force duties and responsibilities, the task force meeting schedule, task force reporting
             12      requirements, and staff support. The act requires the task force to follow interim rules. The
             13      act appropriates a total of $120,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000-01 to the
             14      Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Office of Legislative Research and General
             15      Counsel to fund the two-year task force. This act is repealed November 30, 2002.
             16      This act enacts uncodified material.
             17      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             18          Section 1. Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force -- Creation --
             19      Membership -- Chairs -- Interim rules followed -- Compensation.
             20          (1) There is created the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force consisting of
             21      the following 15 members:
             22          (a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
             23      three of whom may be from the same political party; and
             24          (b) ten members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
             25      of Representatives, no more than seven of whom may be from the same political party.


             26          (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
             27      Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force.
             28          (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
             29      of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the Government Revenue and
             30      Tax System Task Force.
             31          (3) (a) The Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force may establish one or more
             32      subcommittees.
             33          (b) If the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force establishes a subcommittee,
             34      the cochairs of the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force may appoint legislators or
             35      persons who are not legislators to the subcommittee.
             36          (4) In conducting its business, the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall
             37      comply with the rules of legislative interim committees.
             38          (5) (a) Legislators on the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall receive
             39      compensation and expenses in accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
             40          (b) (i) A member of a subcommittee of the Government Revenue and Tax System Task
             41      Force who is not a legislator or a government employee may not receive compensation or benefits
             42      for the member's services, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of
             43      the member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections
             44      63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             45          (ii) A member of a subcommittee of the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force
             46      may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their services.
             47          Section 2. Duties and responsibilities -- Meeting schedule -- Task force reporting
             48      requirements -- Staff support.
             49          (1) The Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall:
             50          (a) study the tax system of the state and its political subdivisions;
             51          (b) study state and local revenue sources, including:
             52          (i) property taxes;
             53          (ii) individual income taxes;
             54          (iii) corporate franchise and income taxes;
             55          (iv) sales and use taxes; and
             56          (v) other taxes or fees as determined by the Government Revenue and Tax System Task


             57      Force;
             58          (c) study the tax policy of the state;
             59          (d) study short-term and long-term impacts of any proposed changes to the tax system of
             60      the state or a political subdivision of the state; and
             61          (e) study any other issue as determined by the Government Revenue and Tax System Task
             62      Force relating to:
             63          (i) the tax system of the state or its political subdivisions; or
             64          (ii) state or local revenue sources.
             65          (2) The Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall meet at least eight times
             66      but no more than 12 times per year during the:
             67          (a) 2001 interim; and
             68          (b) 2002 interim.
             69          (3) (a) The Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall make the following
             70      reports during the 2001 interim:
             71          (i) the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall make reports on its studies
             72      to the Utah Tax Review Commission and the Utah Advisory Council on Intergovernmental
             73      Relations:
             74          (A) on or before the July interim meeting; and
             75          (B) on or before the November interim meeting; and
             76          (ii) the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall make a report on its study
             77      to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee on or before the October interim meeting.
             78          (b) The Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall make the following
             79      reports during the 2002 interim:
             80          (i) the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall make reports on its studies
             81      to the Utah Tax Review Commission and the Utah Advisory Council on Intergovernmental
             82      Relations:
             83          (A) on or before the June interim meeting;
             84          (B) on or before the September interim meeting; and
             85          (C) on or before the November interim meeting; and
             86          (ii) the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force shall make a report on its study
             87      to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee on or before the October interim meeting.


             88          (4) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
             89      the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force.
             90          (5) The Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force may request information from
             91      the governor's Office of Planning and Budget in conducting the study required by this section.
             92          Section 3. Appropriation.
             93          There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000-01 to pay for the two-year
             94      Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force:
             95          (1) $20,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
             96      Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force;

             97          (2) $40,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
             98      representatives on the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force; and

             99          (3) $60,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
             100      the Government Revenue and Tax System Task Force.

             101          Section 4. Repeal date.
             102          This act is repealed November 30, 2002.


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