1st Sub. S.B. 45
         MILITARY INSTALLATION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AMENDMENTS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 13, 2014 10:09 AM



Senator Deidre M. Henderson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 21 through Page 2, Line 29 :    

             21          .    modifies the definition of "publicly owned infrastructure and improvements";
  and      

             22          
{   .    provides that the Military Installation Development Authority may not levy the

             23      MIDA energy tax in an area in which construction on a federally owned data center
             24      began prior to January 1, 2012, unless a manager of the data center:
             25              .    provides written consent to the levy;
             26              .    specifies the percentage of the levy or the amount of money to be raised by the
             27      levy; and
             28              .    specifies the agreed uses of the money generated from the levy; and   }
             29          .    provides that the issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the authority, or an entity

2.    Page 2, Lines 37 through 41 :    

             37      AMENDS:
             38           19-6-502 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 89 and 360
             39           63H-1-102 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 362
             40          
{   63H-1-204 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 362   }

             41           63H-1-501 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 362

3.    Page 9, Line 260 through Page 10, Line 285 :    

             260          
{   Section 3. Section 63H-1-204 is amended to read:

             261          63H-1-204. MIDA energy tax.
             262          (1) By ordinance, an authority board may levy a MIDA energy tax, within a project
             263      area, on an energy supplier as defined in Section 10-1-303 .
             264          (2) The maximum rate of the MIDA energy tax is 6% of the delivered value as defined
             265      in Section 10-1-303 , except that delivered value does not include the amount of a tax paid
             266      under this section.
             267          (3) (a) An energy supplier may recover an amount equal to the MIDA energy tax from
             268      its customers, if the energy supplier includes the amount as a separate billing line item.
             269          (b) The MIDA energy tax levied under this section is in addition to the rate approved
             270      by the Public Service Commission and charged to the customer.
             271          (4) If the authority has levied a municipal energy tax in the project area, the MIDA
             272      energy tax paid by a customer is reduced by any municipal energy tax paid by that customer on

             273      the same delivered value.
             274          (5) (a) The MIDA energy tax is payable by the energy supplier to MIDA on a monthly
             275      basis as described by the ordinance levying the tax.
             276          (b) The ordinance shall allow the energy supplier to retain 1% of the tax remittance
             277      each month to offset the energy supplier's costs of collecting and remitting the tax.
             278          (6) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), the authority may not levy the MIDA
             279      energy tax in a project area in which construction on a federally owned data center began
             280      before January 1, 2012.
             281          (b) The MIDA energy tax may be levied if a manager of a federally owned data center
             282      that would otherwise be exempt from the tax provides written notice that:
             283          (i) the federally owned data center agrees to the levy;
             284          (ii) specifies the percentage of the levy or the amount of money to be raised; and
             285          (iii) specifies the agreed uses of money generated from the levy.   }

Renumber remaining sections accordingly.

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