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

        February 5, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    The Political Subdivisions Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 203, LOCAL OPTION DISTRIBUTION FORMULA FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LOCAL OPTION SALES AND USE TAX, by Representative S. Wyatt, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 6, Lines 157 through 161 :    

             157          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection 59-12-205 (2),

  for a countywide distribution made on or after May 1, 2008,       if the commission designates a

             158      qualifying county as an alternate disbursal area:
             159          (a) the commission may not make the distributions required by Section 59-12-205
             160      directly to a municipality; and
             161          (b) shall pay the countywide distribution to the managing qualifying county.

2.    Page 6, Lines 162 through 177 :    

             162          (3)
  (a) For purposes of this Subsection (3), "deciding legislative body" means:

    (i) the legislative body of a qualifying county; or
    (ii) the legislative body of a municipality that is, in whole or in part, within a qualifying county.
    (b)  
A qualifying county shall be designated as an alternate disbursal area by the

             163      commission on the first day of the first calendar month after a 90-day period beginning on the
             164      day on which the commission receives written notice from the qualifying county that an
             165      alternate distribution formula is approved under Subsection (3)(b)
  (ii)       , if:

             166          
{   (a)   }        (i)       subject to Subsections (4) and (5):

             167          
{   (i)   }        (A)       for a qualifying county with seven or more municipalities that are, in whole or in

             168      part, within the qualifying county,
{   the county legislative body and   } a two-thirds majority of the

             169
    
{   municipalities   }        deciding legislative bodies            {   that are, in whole or in part, within that qualifying county   } agree, in writing, to an

             170      alternate distribution formula; or
             171          
{   (ii)   }        (B)       for a qualifying county with less than seven municipalities that are, in whole or in

             172      part, within the qualifying county, the county legislative body and each municipality that is, in
             173      whole or in part, within that qualifying county agree, in writing, to an alternate distribution
             174      formula; and
             175          
{   (b)   }        (ii)       in accordance with Subsection (8), after the agreement described in Subsection

             176     
{   (3)(a)   }        (3)(b)(i)       is reached, the alternate distribution formula is approved by a majority vote of the legal

             177      voters residing in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the qualifying county.

    Respectfully,

    Fred R Hunsaker
    Committee Chair

Voting: 8-0-3
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Bill Number
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*HB0203*
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*HCRAMD*

 HB0203
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HCRAMD