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        SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 7, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    The Revenue and Taxation Committee recommends H.B. 158, AMENDMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS, by Representative W. Harper, be replaced and reports a favorable recommendation on 1st Sub. H.B. 158, AMENDMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 23 through 25 :    

             23          .    provides that

  beginning on July 1, 2009 until December 31, 2018,       the motor fuel and special fuel tax rate shall be increased      {   or decreased   }        by 2 cents      

             24      every two years
  in the odd numbered year            {   based on the actual percentage change in the consumer price index

             25      over the previous two calendar years   } ;

2.    Page 14, Lines 412 through 420 :    

             412          (c) (i) Beginning on or after January 1, 2009
  and until December 31, 2018       , the commission shall, every two years in

             413      the odd
  numbered       year, increase      {   or decrease   } the rate imposed under Subsection (1)(a) by      {   an amount equal

             414      to the actual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the previous two calendar
             415      years rounded up to the nearest half penny   }
  2 cents       .

             416     
{       (ii) For purposes of Subsection (1)(c)(i), the commission shall calculate the Consumer

             417      Price Index as provided in Sections 1(f)(4) and 1(f)(5), Internal Revenue Code.
             418          (iii)   }
  (ii)       The adjusted fuel tax rate shall take effect on January 1 in a year that the fuel tax

             419      rate is required to be adjusted in accordance with Subsection (1)(c)(i).
             420          
{   (iv)   }        (iii)       In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,

3.    Page 2, Lines 31-32:    Delete lines 31-32
4.    Page 3, Line 57:    Delete line 57
5.    Page 25, Lines 764-769:    Delete lines 764-769
6.    Page 26, Lines 770-800:    Delete lines 770-800
7.    Page 27, Lines 801-831:    Delete lines 801-831
8.    Page 28, Lines 832-839:    Delete lines 832-839
And renumber the remaining sections accordingly

    Respectfully,

    John Dougall
    Committee Chair

Voting: 7-3-5
7 HB0158.HC1.wpd 2/7/07 5:09 pm bhowe/BRH SCH/MBS

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