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First Substitute S.B. 255

Senator Peter C. Knudson proposes to substitute the following bill:


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TASK FORCE ON GOVERNMENT REVENUE

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AND TAX STRUCTURE

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2001 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Peter C. Knudson

             6      This act creates the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure. This act
             7      requires the task force to follow interim rules, and provides for the membership of the task
             8      force, task force chairs, establishment of subcommittees, compensation of task force and
             9      subcommittee members. The act provides for the task force duties and responsibilities, the
             10      task force meeting schedule, task force reporting requirements, and staff support. The act
             11      appropriates a total of $112,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000-01 to the Senate,
             12      House of Representatives, and the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to
             13      fund the two-year task force. This act is repealed on November 30, 2002.
             14      This act enacts uncodified material.
             15      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             16          Section 1. Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure -- Creation --
             17      Membership -- Chairs -- Interim rules followed -- Compensation.
             18          (1) There is created the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure consisting
             19      of the following 20 members:
             20          (a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
             21      three of whom may be from the same political party; and
             22          (b) eight members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
             23      of Representatives, no more than five of whom may be from the same political party;
             24          (c) two representatives of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, appointed by the Utah
             25      League of Cities and Towns; and


             26          (d) a representative of the Utah Association of Counties, appointed by the Utah
             27      Association of Counties;
             28          (e) a representative of the Utah Association of Special Districts, appointed by the Utah
             29      Association of Special Districts;
             30          (f) a representative of the education community jointly appointed by the president of the
             31      Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives; and
             32          (g) two representatives from the general public jointly appointed by the president of the
             33      Senate and the speaker of the House:
             34          (i) one representing land development interests; and
             35          (ii) one representing public utility interests.
             36          (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
             37      Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure.
             38          (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
             39      of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the Task Force on
             40      Government Revenue and Tax Structure.
             41          (3) (a) The Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure may establish one or
             42      more subcommittees.
             43          (b) If the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure establishes a
             44      subcommittee, the cochairs of the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure may
             45      appoint members of the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure or persons who
             46      are not members of the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure to the
             47      subcommittee.
             48          (c) (i) A majority of the members of the subcommittee constitutes a quorum.
             49          (ii) The action of a majority of a quorum constitutes the action of the subcommittee.
             50          (4) (a) In conducting its business, a majority of the members of the Task Force on
             51      Government Revenue and Tax Structure constitutes a quorum.
             52          (b) The action of a majority of a quorum of the Task Force on Government Revenue and
             53      Tax Structure constitutes the action of the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure.
             54          (5) (a) Legislators on the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure, or of one
             55      of its subcommittees, shall receive compensation and expenses in accordance with Section 36-2-2
             56      and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.


             57          (b) (i) A member of the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure, or of one
             58      of its subcommittees, who is not a legislator or a government employee may not receive
             59      compensation or benefits for the member's services, but may receive per diem and expenses
             60      incurred in the performance of the member's official duties at the rates established by the Division
             61      of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             62          (ii) A nonlegislative member of the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax
             63      Structure, or of one of its subcommittees, may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their
             64      services.
             65          Section 2. Duties and responsibilities -- Meeting schedule -- Task force reporting
             66      requirements -- Staff support.
             67          (1) The Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall:
             68          (a) study the tax system of the state and its political subdivisions;
             69          (b) study state and local revenue sources, including:
             70          (i) property taxes;
             71          (ii) individual income taxes;
             72          (iii) corporate franchise and income taxes;
             73          (iv) sales and use taxes; and
             74          (v) other taxes or fees as determined by the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax
             75      Structure;
             76          (c) study the tax policy of the state;
             77          (d) study short-term and long-term impacts of any proposed changes to the tax system of
             78      the state or a political subdivision of the state; and
             79          (e) study any other issue as determined by the Task Force on Government Revenue and
             80      Tax Structure relating to:
             81          (i) the tax system of the state or its political subdivisions; or
             82          (ii) state or local revenue sources.
             83          (2) The Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall meet at least eight
             84      times but no more than 12 times per year during the:
             85          (a) 2001 interim; and
             86          (b) 2002 interim.
             87          (3) (a) The Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall make the


             88      following reports during the 2001 interim:
             89          (i) the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall make reports on its
             90      studies to the Utah Tax Review Commission and the Utah Advisory Council on Intergovernmental
             91      Relations:
             92          (A) on or before the July interim meeting; and
             93          (B) on or before the November interim meeting; and
             94          (ii) the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall make a report on its
             95      study to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee on or before the October interim meeting.
             96          (b) The Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall make the following
             97      reports during the 2002 interim:
             98          (i) the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall make reports on its
             99      studies to the Utah Tax Review Commission and the Utah Advisory Council on Intergovernmental
             100      Relations:
             101          (A) on or before the June interim meeting;
             102          (B) on or before the September interim meeting; and
             103          (C) on or before the November interim meeting; and
             104          (ii) the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure shall make a report on its
             105      study to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee on or before the October interim meeting.
             106          (4) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
             107      the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure.
             108          (5) The Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure may request information
             109      from the governor's Office of Planning and Budget in conducting the study required by this section.
             110          Section 3. Appropriation.
             111          There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000-01 to pay for the two-year
             112      Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure:
             113          (1) $20,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
             114      Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure;
             115          (2) $32,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
             116      representatives on the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure; and
             117          (3) $60,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
             118      the Task Force on Government Revenue and Tax Structure.


             119          Section 4. Repeal date.
             120          This act is repealed November 30, 2002.


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