H.B. 388
         AMENDMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION FUNDING

House Committee Amendments

Amendment 1 February 26, 2014 10:43 AM



Representative Val L. Peterson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 12 through 13 :    

             12          .    authorizes a county
{   , city, or town   }        of the first class and a city or town within a county of the first class       to increase certain local option sales and use tax

             13      rates for public transit;

2.    Page 4, Lines 93 through 115 :    

             93          (1) Subject to
  Subsection (2) and       the other provisions of this part, a county, city, or town may impose a

             94      sales and use tax under this section of up to:
             95          (a) for a county, city, or town
  ,       other than a county, city, or town described in Subsection

             96      (1)(b),
{   [   } .25%      {   ]   }      {   .50%   } on the transactions described in Subsection 59-12-103 (1) located within

             97      the county, city, or town
  ,       to fund a system for public transit; or

             98          (b) for a county, city, or town within which a tax is not imposed under Section
             99      59-12-2216 ,
{   [   } .30%      {   ]   }      {   .55%   } on the transactions described in Subsection 59-12-103 (1) located

             100      within the county, city, or town, to fund a system for public transit.
             101          [(2) Notwithstanding Section 59-12-2208 , a county, city, or town legislative body is
             102      not required to submit an opinion question to the county's, city's, or town's registered voters in
             103      accordance with Section 59-12-2208 to impose a sales and use tax under this section if the
             104      county, city, or town imposes the sales and use tax under Section 59-12-2216 on or before July
             105      1, 2011.]
             106          
  (2) A county of the first class or a city or town located within a county of the first class may impose a sales and use tax under this section of up to:

    (a) for a county of the first class or a city or town located within a county of the first class, other than a county of the first class or a city or town located within a county of the first class described in Subsection (2)(b), .50% on the transactions described in Subsection 59-12-103(1) located within the county of the first class or the city or town located within a county of the first class, to fund a system for public transit; or
    (b) for a county of the first class or a city or town located within a county of the first class within which a tax is not imposed under Section 59-12-2216, .55% on the transactions described in Subsection 59-12-103(1) located within the county of the first class or the city or town located within a county of the

first class, to fund a system for public transit.  


    
{   (2)   }        (3)       (a) For a      {   county, city, or town   }        county of the first class or a city or town located within a county of the first class       that imposes a tax under Subsection      {   (1)   }        (2)       (a), the

             107     
{   county, city, or town   }        county of the first class or the city or town located within the county of the first class       may not expend more than the revenue collected from a tax rate of .25%

             108      to pay:
             109          (i) the costs of a project relating to the construction or extension of a fixed guideway
             110      that uses and occupies rail; or
             111          (ii) principal, interest, and issuance costs of bonds used in conjunction with a project
             112      relating to the construction or extension of a fixed guideway that uses and occupies rail.
             113          (b) For a
{   county, city, or town   }        county of the first class or a city or town located within the county of the first class       that imposes a tax under Subsection      {   (1)   }        (2)       (b), the      {   county,

             114      city, or town  
}
  county of the first class or the city or town located within a county of the first class       may not expend more than the revenue collected from a tax rate of .30% to pay

             115      the costs described in Subsection
{   (2)   }        (3)       (a).


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