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First Substitute H.B. 74

This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:54 PM by lerror. --> This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:47 PM by lpoole. -->

Representative John G. Mathis proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
PROPERTY TAX MODIFICATIONS

             2     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: John G. Mathis

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Kevin T. Van Tassell

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill makes changes to Farmland Assessment Act provisions.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    defines terms;
             13          .    removes the Farmland Assessment Act rollback tax requirement under certain
             14      conditions related to a mineral rights owner exercising the right to extract minerals;
             15          .    amends Farmland Assessment Act qualification provisions when a mineral rights
             16      owner exercises the right to extract minerals; and
             17          .    makes technical and conforming changes.
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          This bill has retrospective operation to January 1, 2013.
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          59-2-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 240
             25          59-2-503, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 29


             26          59-2-506, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 208
             27     
             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 59-2-102 is amended to read:
             30           59-2-102. Definitions.
             31          As used in this chapter and title:
             32          (1) "Aerial applicator" means aircraft or rotorcraft used exclusively for the purpose of
             33      engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture or horticulture with an
             34      airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration certifying the aircraft or
             35      rotorcraft's use for agricultural and pest control purposes.
             36          (2) "Air charter service" means an air carrier operation which requires the customer to
             37      hire an entire aircraft rather than book passage in whatever capacity is available on a scheduled
             38      trip.
             39          (3) "Air contract service" means an air carrier operation available only to customers
             40      who engage the services of the carrier through a contractual agreement and excess capacity on
             41      any trip and is not available to the public at large.
             42          (4) "Aircraft" is as defined in Section 72-10-102 .
             43          (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), "airline" means an air carrier that:
             44          (i) operates:
             45          (A) on an interstate route; and
             46          (B) on a scheduled basis; and
             47          (ii) offers to fly one or more passengers or cargo on the basis of available capacity on a
             48      regularly scheduled route.
             49          (b) "Airline" does not include an:
             50          (i) air charter service; or
             51          (ii) air contract service.
             52          (6) "Assessment roll" means a permanent record of the assessment of property as
             53      assessed by the county assessor and the commission and may be maintained manually or as a
             54      computerized file as a consolidated record or as multiple records by type, classification, or
             55      categories.
             56          (7) (a) "Certified revenue levy" means a property tax levy that provides an amount of


             57      ad valorem property tax revenue equal to the sum of:
             58          (i) the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue to be generated statewide in the
             59      previous year from imposing a school minimum basic tax rate, as specified in Subsection
             60      53A-17a-135 (1)(a), or multicounty assessing and collecting levy, as specified in Section
             61      59-2-1602 ; and
             62          (ii) the product of:
             63          (A) new growth, as defined in:
             64          (I) Section 59-2-924 ; and
             65          (II) rules of the commission; and
             66          (B) the school minimum basic tax rate or multicounty assessing and collecting levy
             67      certified by the commission for the previous year.
             68          (b) For purposes of this Subsection (7), "ad valorem property tax revenue" does not
             69      include property tax revenue received by a taxing entity from personal property that is:
             70          (i) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             71          (ii) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             72          (c) For purposes of calculating the certified revenue levy described in this Subsection
             73      (7), the commission shall use:
             74          (i) the taxable value of real property assessed by a county assessor contained on the
             75      assessment roll;
             76          (ii) the taxable value of real and personal property assessed by the commission; and
             77          (iii) the taxable year end value of personal property assessed by a county assessor
             78      contained on the prior year's assessment roll.
             79          (8) "County-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             80          (a) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is not apportioned under
             81      Section 41-1a-301 and is not operated interstate to transport the vehicle owner's goods or
             82      property in furtherance of the owner's commercial enterprise;
             83          (b) any passenger vehicle owned by a business and used by its employees for
             84      transportation as a company car or vanpool vehicle; and
             85          (c) vehicles [which] that are:
             86          (i) especially constructed for towing or wrecking, and [which] that are not otherwise
             87      used to transport goods, merchandise, or people for compensation;


             88          (ii) used or licensed as taxicabs or limousines;
             89          (iii) used as rental passenger cars, travel trailers, or motor homes;
             90          (iv) used or licensed in this state for use as ambulances or hearses;
             91          (v) especially designed and used for garbage and rubbish collection; or
             92          (vi) used exclusively to transport students or their instructors to or from any private,
             93      public, or religious school or school activities.
             94          (9) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(b), for purposes of Section 59-2-801 ,
             95      "designated tax area" means a tax area created by the overlapping boundaries of only the
             96      following taxing entities:
             97          (i) a county; and
             98          (ii) a school district.
             99          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a), "designated tax area" includes a tax area created
             100      by the overlapping boundaries of:
             101          (i) the taxing entities described in Subsection (9)(a); and
             102          (ii) (A) a city or town if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection (9)(a)
             103      and the boundaries of the city or town are identical; or
             104          (B) a special service district if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection
             105      (9)(a) are located entirely within the special service district.
             106          (10) "Eligible judgment" means a final and unappealable judgment or order under
             107      Section 59-2-1330 :
             108          (a) that became a final and unappealable judgment or order no more than 14 months
             109      prior to the day on which the notice required by Section 59-2-919.1 is required to be mailed;
             110      and
             111          (b) for which a taxing entity's share of the final and unappealable judgment or order is
             112      greater than or equal to the lesser of:
             113          (i) $5,000; or
             114          (ii) 2.5% of the total ad valorem property taxes collected by the taxing entity in the
             115      previous fiscal year.
             116          (11) (a) "Escaped property" means any property, whether personal, land, or any
             117      improvements to the property, subject to taxation and is:
             118          (i) inadvertently omitted from the tax rolls, assigned to the incorrect parcel, or assessed


             119      to the wrong taxpayer by the assessing authority;
             120          (ii) undervalued or omitted from the tax rolls because of the failure of the taxpayer to
             121      comply with the reporting requirements of this chapter; or
             122          (iii) undervalued because of errors made by the assessing authority based upon
             123      incomplete or erroneous information furnished by the taxpayer.
             124          (b) Property [which] that is undervalued because of the use of a different valuation
             125      methodology or because of a different application of the same valuation methodology is not
             126      "escaped property."
             127          (12) "Fair market value" means the amount at which property would change hands
             128      between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell
             129      and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts. For purposes of taxation, "fair
             130      market value" shall be determined using the current zoning laws applicable to the property in
             131      question, except in cases where there is a reasonable probability of a change in the zoning laws
             132      affecting that property in the tax year in question and the change would have an appreciable
             133      influence upon the value.
             134          (13) "Farm machinery and equipment," for purposes of the exemption provided under
             135      Section 59-2-1101 , means tractors, milking equipment and storage and cooling facilities, feed
             136      handling equipment, irrigation equipment, harvesters, choppers, grain drills and planters, tillage
             137      tools, scales, combines, spreaders, sprayers, haying equipment, and any other machinery or
             138      equipment used primarily for agricultural purposes; but does not include vehicles required to be
             139      registered with the Motor Vehicle Division or vehicles or other equipment used for business
             140      purposes other than farming.
             141          (14) "Geothermal fluid" means water in any form at temperatures greater than 120
             142      degrees centigrade naturally present in a geothermal system.
             143          (15) "Geothermal resource" means:
             144          (a) the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees centigrade;
             145      and
             146          (b) the energy, in whatever form, including pressure, present in, resulting from, created
             147      by, or which may be extracted from that natural heat, directly or through a material medium.
             148          (16) (a) "Goodwill" means:
             149          (i) acquired goodwill that is reported as goodwill on the books and records:


             150          (A) of a taxpayer; and
             151          (B) that are maintained for financial reporting purposes; or
             152          (ii) the ability of a business to:
             153          (A) generate income:
             154          (I) that exceeds a normal rate of return on assets; and
             155          (II) resulting from a factor described in Subsection (16)(b); or
             156          (B) obtain an economic or competitive advantage resulting from a factor described in
             157      Subsection (16)(b).
             158          (b) The following factors apply to Subsection (16)(a)(ii):
             159          (i) superior management skills;
             160          (ii) reputation;
             161          (iii) customer relationships;
             162          (iv) patronage; or
             163          (v) a factor similar to Subsections (16)(b)(i) through (iv).
             164          (c) "Goodwill" does not include:
             165          (i) the intangible property described in Subsection (20)(a) or (b);
             166          (ii) locational attributes of real property, including:
             167          (A) zoning;
             168          (B) location;
             169          (C) view;
             170          (D) a geographic feature;
             171          (E) an easement;
             172          (F) a covenant;
             173          (G) proximity to raw materials;
             174          (H) the condition of surrounding property; or
             175          (I) proximity to markets;
             176          (iii) value attributable to the identification of an improvement to real property,
             177      including:
             178          (A) reputation of the designer, builder, or architect of the improvement;
             179          (B) a name given to, or associated with, the improvement; or
             180          (C) the historic significance of an improvement; or


             181          (iv) the enhancement or assemblage value specifically attributable to the interrelation
             182      of the existing tangible property in place working together as a unit.
             183          (17) "Governing body" means:
             184          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             185          (b) for a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities -
             186      Local Districts, the local district's board of trustees;
             187          (c) for a school district, the local board of education; or
             188          (d) for a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District
             189      Act:
             190          (i) the legislative body of the county or municipality that created the special service
             191      district, to the extent that the county or municipal legislative body has not delegated authority
             192      to an administrative control board established under Section 17D-1-301 ; or
             193          (ii) the administrative control board, to the extent that the county or municipal
             194      legislative body has delegated authority to an administrative control board established under
             195      Section 17D-1-301 .
             196          (18) (a) For purposes of Section 59-2-103 :
             197          (i) "household" means the association of persons who live in the same dwelling,
             198      sharing its furnishings, facilities, accommodations, and expenses; and
             199          (ii) "household" includes married individuals, who are not legally separated, that have
             200      established domiciles at separate locations within the state.
             201          (b) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             202      commission may make rules defining the term "domicile."
             203          (19) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (19)(c), "improvement" means a building,
             204      structure, fixture, fence, or other item that is permanently attached to land, regardless of
             205      whether the title has been acquired to the land, if:
             206          (i) (A) attachment to land is essential to the operation or use of the item; and
             207          (B) the manner of attachment to land suggests that the item will remain attached to the
             208      land in the same place over the useful life of the item; or
             209          (ii) removal of the item would:
             210          (A) cause substantial damage to the item; or
             211          (B) require substantial alteration or repair of a structure to which the item is attached.


             212          (b) "Improvement" includes:
             213          (i) an accessory to an item described in Subsection (19)(a) if the accessory is:
             214          (A) essential to the operation of the item described in Subsection (19)(a); and
             215          (B) installed solely to serve the operation of the item described in Subsection (19)(a);
             216      and
             217          (ii) an item described in Subsection (19)(a) that:
             218          (A) is temporarily detached from the land for repairs; and
             219          (B) remains located on the land.
             220          (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (19)(a) and (b), "improvement" does not include:
             221          (i) an item considered to be personal property pursuant to rules made in accordance
             222      with Section 59-2-107 ;
             223          (ii) a moveable item that is attached to land:
             224          (A) for stability only; or
             225          (B) for an obvious temporary purpose;
             226          (iii) (A) manufacturing equipment and machinery; or
             227          (B) essential accessories to manufacturing equipment and machinery;
             228          (iv) an item attached to the land in a manner that facilitates removal without substantial
             229      damage to:
             230          (A) the land; or
             231          (B) the item; or
             232          (v) a transportable factory-built housing unit as defined in Section 59-2-1502 if that
             233      transportable factory-built housing unit is considered to be personal property under Section
             234      59-2-1503 .
             235          (20) "Intangible property" means:
             236          (a) property that is capable of private ownership separate from tangible property,
             237      including:
             238          (i) money;
             239          (ii) credits;
             240          (iii) bonds;
             241          (iv) stocks;
             242          (v) representative property;


             243          (vi) franchises;
             244          (vii) licenses;
             245          (viii) trade names;
             246          (ix) copyrights; and
             247          (x) patents;
             248          (b) a low-income housing tax credit;
             249          (c) goodwill; or
             250          (d) a renewable energy tax credit or incentive, including:
             251          (i) a federal renewable energy production tax credit under Section 45, Internal Revenue
             252      Code;
             253          (ii) a federal energy credit for qualified renewable electricity production facilities under
             254      Section 48, Internal Revenue Code;
             255          (iii) a federal grant for a renewable energy property under American Recovery and
             256      Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5, Section 1603; and
             257          (iv) a tax credit under Subsection 59-7-614 (2)(c).
             258          (21) "Low-income housing tax credit" means:
             259          (a) a federal low-income housing tax credit under Section 42, Internal Revenue Code;
             260      or
             261          (b) a low-income housing tax credit under:
             262          (i) Section 59-7-607 ; or
             263          (ii) Section 59-10-1010 .
             264          (22) "Metalliferous minerals" includes gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and uranium.
             265          (23) "Mine" means a natural deposit of either metalliferous or nonmetalliferous
             266      valuable mineral.
             267          (24) "Mining" means the process of producing, extracting, leaching, evaporating, or
             268      otherwise removing a mineral from a mine.
             269          (25) (a) "Mobile flight equipment" means tangible personal property that is:
             270          (i) owned or operated by an:
             271          (A) air charter service;
             272          (B) air contract service; or
             273          (C) airline; and


             274          (ii) (A) capable of flight;
             275          (B) attached to an aircraft that is capable of flight; or
             276          (C) contained in an aircraft that is capable of flight if the tangible personal property is
             277      intended to be used:
             278          (I) during multiple flights;
             279          (II) during a takeoff, flight, or landing; and
             280          (III) as a service provided by an air charter service, air contract service, or airline.
             281          (b) (i) "Mobile flight equipment" does not include a spare part other than a spare
             282      engine that is rotated:
             283          (A) at regular intervals; and
             284          (B) with an engine that is attached to the aircraft.
             285          (ii) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             286      commission may make rules defining the term "regular intervals."
             287          (26) "Nonmetalliferous minerals" includes, but is not limited to, oil, gas, coal, salts,
             288      sand, rock, gravel, and all carboniferous materials.
             289          (27) "Personal property" includes:
             290          (a) every class of property as defined in Subsection (28) [which] that is the subject of
             291      ownership and not included within the meaning of the terms "real estate" and "improvements";
             292          (b) gas and water mains and pipes laid in roads, streets, or alleys;
             293          (c) bridges and ferries;
             294          (d) livestock, which, for the purposes of the exemption provided under Section
             295      59-2-1112 , means all domestic animals, honeybees, poultry, fur-bearing animals, and fish; and
             296          (e) outdoor advertising structures as defined in Section 72-7-502 .
             297          (28) (a) "Property" means property that is subject to assessment and taxation according
             298      to its value.
             299          (b) "Property" does not include intangible property as defined in this section.
             300          (29) "Public utility," for purposes of this chapter, means the operating property of a
             301      railroad, gas corporation, oil or gas transportation or pipeline company, coal slurry pipeline
             302      company, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, sewerage corporation, or heat
             303      corporation where the company performs the service for, or delivers the commodity to, the
             304      public generally or companies serving the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation


             305      or an electrical corporation, where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or
             306      consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. Public utility also
             307      means the operating property of any entity or person defined under Section 54-2-1 except water
             308      corporations.
             309          (30) "Real estate" or "real property" includes:
             310          (a) the possession of, claim to, ownership of, or right to the possession of land;
             311          (b) all mines, minerals, and quarries in and under the land, all timber belonging to
             312      individuals or corporations growing or being on the lands of this state or the United States, and
             313      all rights and privileges appertaining to these; and
             314          (c) improvements.
             314a      H. (31) "Relationship with an owner of the property's land surface rights" means a
             314b      relationship described in Subsection 267(b), Internal Revenue Code:
             314c          (a) except that notwithstanding Subsection 267(b), Internal Revenue Code,
             314d      the term [ 1% ] 25% shall be substituted for the term 50% in Subsection 267(b),
             314e      Internal Revenue Code; and
             314f          (b) using the ownership rules of Subsection 267(c), Internal Revenue Code, for
             314g      determining the ownership of stock.
             315      [ (31) ] (32) .H "Residential property," for the purposes of the reductions and adjustments under
             316      this chapter, means any property used for residential purposes as a primary residence. It does
             317      not include property used for transient residential use or condominiums used in rental pools.
             318           H. [ (32) ] (33) .H "Split estate mineral rights owner" means a person who:
             319          (a) has a legal right to extract a mineral from property;
             320          (b) does not hold more than a H. [ 1% ] 25% .H interest in:
             321          (i) the S. [ property's ] .S land surface rights S. of the property where the wellhead is
             321a      located .S ; or
             322          (ii) an entity with an ownership interest in the S. [ property's ] .S land surface rights
             322a      S. of the property where the wellhead is located .S ;
             323          (c) is not an entity in which the owner of the S. [ property's ] .S land surface rights
             323a      S. of the property where the wellhead is located .S holds more
             324      than a H. [ 1% ] 25% .H interest; and
             325          (d) does not have a relationship with an owner of the S. [ property's ] .S land surface
             325a      rights S. of the property where the wellhead is located .S H. [ that
             326      is a relationship described in Subsection 267(b), Internal Revenue Code, except that the term
             327      1% shall be substituted for the term 50% in Subsection 267(b), Internal Revenue Code
] .H
.
             328          [(32)] H. [ (33) ] (34) .H (a) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             329          (i) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate or intrastate
             330      to transport passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire; or
             331          (ii) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate and
             332      transports the vehicle owner's goods or property in furtherance of the owner's commercial


             333      enterprise.
             334          (b) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" does not include vehicles used for hire which
             335      are specified in Subsection (8)(c) as county-assessed commercial vehicles.


             336          [(33)] H. [ (34) ] (35) .H "Taxable value" means fair market value less any applicable
             336a      reduction
             337      allowed for residential property under Section 59-2-103 .
             338          [(34)] H. [ (35) ] (36) .H "Tax area" means a geographic area created by the overlapping
             338a      boundaries
             339      of one or more taxing entities.
             340          [(35)] H. [ (36) ] (37) .H "Taxing entity" means any county, city, town, school district,
             340a      special taxing
             341      district, local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             342      Districts, or other political subdivision of the state with the authority to levy a tax on property.
             343          [(36)] H. [ (37) ] (38) .H "Tax roll" means a permanent record of the taxes charged on
             343a      property, as
             344      extended on the assessment roll and may be maintained on the same record or records as the
             345      assessment roll or may be maintained on a separate record properly indexed to the assessment
             346      roll. It includes tax books, tax lists, and other similar materials.
             347          Section 2. Section 59-2-503 is amended to read:
             348           59-2-503. Qualifications for agricultural use assessment.
             349          (1) For general property tax purposes, land may be assessed on the basis of the value
             350      that the land has for agricultural use if the land:
             351          (a) is not less than five contiguous acres in area, except that land may be assessed on
             352      the basis of the value that the land has for agricultural use:
             353          (i) if:
             354          (A) the land is devoted to agricultural use in conjunction with other eligible acreage;
             355      and
             356          (B) the land and the other eligible acreage described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) have
             357      identical legal ownership; or
             358          (ii) as provided under Subsection (4); and
             359          (b) except as provided in Subsection (5) or (6):
             360          (i) is actively devoted to agricultural use; and
             361          (ii) has been actively devoted to agricultural use for at least two successive years
             362      immediately preceding the tax year for which the land is being assessed under this part.
             363          (2) In determining whether land is actively devoted to agricultural use, production per


             364      acre for a given county or area and a given type of land shall be determined by using the first
             365      applicable of the following:
             366          (a) production levels reported in the current publication of the Utah Agricultural


             367      Statistics;
             368          (b) current crop budgets developed and published by Utah State University; and
             369          (c) other acceptable standards of agricultural production designated by the commission
             370      by rule adopted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking
             371      Act.
             372          (3) Land may be assessed on the basis of the land's agricultural value if the land:
             373          (a) is subject to the privilege tax imposed by Section 59-4-101 ;
             374          (b) is owned by the state or any of the state's political subdivisions; and
             375          (c) meets the requirements of Subsection (1).
             376          (4) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the commission or a county board of
             377      equalization may grant a waiver of the acreage limitation for land upon:
             378          (a) appeal by the owner; and
             379          (b) submission of proof that:
             380          (i) 80% or more of the owner's, purchaser's, or lessee's income is derived from
             381      agricultural products produced on the property in question; or
             382          (ii) (A) the failure to meet the acreage requirement arose solely as a result of an
             383      acquisition by a governmental entity by:
             384          (I) eminent domain; or
             385          (II) the threat or imminence of an eminent domain proceeding;
             386          (B) the land is actively devoted to agricultural use; and
             387          (C) no change occurs in the ownership of the land.
             388          (5) (a) [Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(b), the] The commission or a county board of
             389      equalization may grant a waiver of the requirement that the land is actively devoted to
             390      agricultural use for the tax year for which the land is being assessed under this part upon:
             391          (i) appeal by the owner; and
             392          (ii) submission of proof that:
             393          (A) the land was assessed on the basis of agricultural use for at least two years
             394      immediately preceding that tax year; and
             395          (B) the failure to meet the agricultural production requirements for that tax year was
             396      due to no fault or act of the owner, purchaser, or lessee.
             397          (b) As used in Subsection (5)(a), "fault" does not include:


             398          (i) intentional planting of crops or trees which, because of the maturation period, do
             399      not give the owner, purchaser, or lessee a reasonable opportunity to satisfy the production
             400      levels required for land actively devoted to agricultural use; or
             401          (ii) implementation of a bona fide range improvement program, crop rotation program,
             402      or other similar accepted cultural practices which do not give the owner, purchaser, or lessee a
             403      reasonable opportunity to satisfy the production levels required for land actively devoted to
             404      agricultural use.
             405          (6) Land that otherwise qualifies for assessment under this part qualifies for assessment
             406      under this part in the first year the land resumes being actively devoted to agricultural use if:
             407          (a) the land becomes ineligible for assessment under this part only as a result of a split
             408      estate mineral rights owner exercising the right to extract a mineral; and
             409          (b) the land qualified for assessment under this part in the year immediately preceding
             410      the year the land became ineligible for assessment under this part only as a result of a split
             411      estate mineral rights owner exercising the right to extract a mineral.
             412          [(6)] (7) Land that otherwise qualifies under Subsection (1) to be assessed on the basis
             413      of the value that the land has for agricultural use does not lose that qualification by becoming
             414      subject to a forest stewardship plan developed under Section 65A-8a-106 under which the land
             415      is subject to a temporary period of limited use or nonuse.
             416          Section 3. Section 59-2-506 is amended to read:
             417           59-2-506. Rollback tax -- Penalty -- Computation of tax -- Procedure -- Lien --
             418      Interest -- Notice -- Collection -- Distribution -- Appeal to county board of equalization.
             419          (1) Except as provided in this section, Section 59-2-506.5 , or Section 59-2-511 , if land
             420      is withdrawn from this part, the land is subject to a rollback tax imposed in accordance with
             421      this section.
             422          (2) (a) An owner shall notify the county assessor that land is withdrawn from this part
             423      within 120 days after the day on which the land is withdrawn from this part.
             424          (b) An owner that fails to notify the county assessor under Subsection (2)(a) that land is
             425      withdrawn from this part is subject to a penalty equal to the greater of:
             426          (i) $10; or
             427          (ii) 2% of the rollback tax due for the last year of the rollback period.
             428          (3) (a) The county assessor shall determine the amount of the rollback tax by


             429      computing the difference for the rollback period described in Subsection (3)(b) between:
             430          (i) the tax paid while the land was assessed under this part; and
             431          (ii) the tax that would have been paid had the property not been assessed under this
             432      part.
             433          (b) For purposes of this section, the rollback period is a time period that:
             434          (i) begins on the later of:
             435          (A) the date the land is first assessed under this part; or
             436          (B) five years preceding the day on which the county assessor mails the notice required
             437      by Subsection (5); and
             438          (ii) ends the day on which the county assessor mails the notice required by Subsection
             439      (5).
             440          (4) (a) The county treasurer shall:
             441          (i) collect the rollback tax; and
             442          (ii) after the rollback tax is paid, certify to the county recorder that the rollback tax lien
             443      on the property has been satisfied by:
             444          (A) preparing a document that certifies that the rollback tax lien on the property has
             445      been satisfied; and
             446          (B) providing the document described in Subsection (4)(a)(ii)(A) to the county recorder
             447      for recordation.
             448          (b) The rollback tax collected under this section shall:
             449          (i) be paid into the county treasury; and
             450          (ii) be paid by the county treasurer to the various taxing entities pro rata in accordance
             451      with the property tax levies for the current year.
             452          (5) (a) The county assessor shall mail to an owner of the land that is subject to a
             453      rollback tax a notice that:
             454          (i) the land is withdrawn from this part;
             455          (ii) the land is subject to a rollback tax under this section; and
             456          (iii) the rollback tax is delinquent if the owner of the land does not pay the tax within
             457      30 days after the day on which the county assessor mails the notice.
             458          (b) (i) The rollback tax is due and payable on the day the county assessor mails the
             459      notice required by Subsection (5)(a).


             460          (ii) Subject to Subsection (7), the rollback tax is delinquent if an owner of the land that
             461      is withdrawn from this part does not pay the rollback tax within 30 days after the day on which
             462      the county assessor mails the notice required by Subsection (5)(a).
             463          (6) (a) Subject to Subsection (6)(b), the following are a lien on the land assessed under
             464      this part:
             465          (i) the rollback tax; and
             466          (ii) interest imposed in accordance with Subsection (7).
             467          (b) The lien described in Subsection (6)(a) shall:
             468          (i) arise upon the imposition of the rollback tax under this section;
             469          (ii) end on the day on which the rollback tax and interest imposed in accordance with
             470      Subsection (7) are paid in full; and
             471          (iii) relate back to the first day of the rollback period described in Subsection (3)(b).
             472          (7) (a) A delinquent rollback tax under this section shall accrue interest:
             473          (i) from the date of delinquency until paid; and
             474          (ii) at the interest rate established under Section 59-2-1331 and in effect on January 1
             475      of the year in which the delinquency occurs.
             476          (b) A rollback tax that is delinquent on September 1 of any year shall be included on
             477      the notice required by Section 59-2-1317 , along with interest calculated on that delinquent
             478      amount through November 30 of the year in which the notice under Section 59-2-1317 is
             479      mailed.
             480          (8) (a) Land that becomes ineligible for assessment under this part only as a result of an
             481      amendment to this part is not subject to the rollback tax if the owner of the land notifies the
             482      county assessor that the land is withdrawn from this part in accordance with Subsection (2).
             483          (b) Land described in Subsection (8)(a) that is withdrawn from this part as a result of
             484      an event other than an amendment to this part, whether voluntary or involuntary, is subject to
             485      the rollback tax.
             486          (9) Except as provided in Section 59-2-511 , land that becomes exempt from taxation
             487      under Utah Constitution Article XIII, Section 3, is not subject to the rollback tax if the land
             488      meets the requirements of Section 59-2-503 to be assessed under this part.
             489          (10) Land that becomes ineligible for assessment under this part only as a result of a
             490      split estate mineral rights owner exercising the right to extract a mineral is not subject to the


             491      rollback tax:
             492          (a) (i) for the portion of the land required by a split estate mineral rights owner to
             493      extract a mineral if, after the split estate mineral rights owner exercises the right to extract a
             494      mineral, the H. portion of the .H property H. that remains in agricultural production .H
             494a      still meets the acreage requirements of Section 59-2-503 for assessment
             495      under this part; or
             496          (ii) for the entire acreage that would otherwise qualify for assessment under this part if,
             497      after the split estate mineral rights owner exercises the right to extract a mineral, the H. [ property ]
             497a      entire acreage that would otherwise qualify for assessment under this part .H
             498      no longer meets the acreage requirements of Section 59-2-503 for assessment under this part
             499      only due to the extraction of the mineral by the split estate mineral rights owner; and
             500          (b) for the period of time that the property described in Subsection (10)(a) is ineligible
             501      for assessment under this part due to the extraction of a mineral by the split estate mineral
             502      rights owner.
             503          [(10)] (11) (a) Subject to Subsection [(10)] (11)(b), an owner of land may appeal to the
             504      county board of equalization:
             505          (i) a decision by a county assessor to withdraw land from assessment under this part; or
             506          (ii) the imposition of a rollback tax under this section.
             507          (b) An owner shall file an appeal under Subsection [(10)] (11)(a) no later than 45 days
             508      after the day on which the county assessor mails the notice required by Subsection (5).
             509          Section 4. Retrospective operation.
             510          This bill has retrospective operation to January 1, 2013.


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