2nd Sub. S.B. 45
         MILITARY INSTALLATION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AMENDMENTS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 24, 2014 3:11 PM



Senator Deidre M. Henderson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 23 :    

             23          
{   .    repeals the MIDA energy tax;   } and


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             39      REPEALS:
             40           19-6-504 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1991, Chapter 112
             41          
{   63H-1-204 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 362   }


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             161          
{   [   }      {   (8)   }        (9)       "Military Installation Development Authority energy tax" or "MIDA energy tax"

             162      means the tax levied under Section 63H-1-204 .
{   ]   }

             163          
{   (9)   }        (10)       "Military land" means land or a facility, including leased land or a leased facility,

             164      that is part of or affiliated with a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or installation under the
             165      jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Defense or the Utah National Guard.
             166          
{   (10)   }        (11)       "Municipal energy tax" means a municipal energy sales and use tax under Title

             167      10, Chapter 1, Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act.
             168          
{   (11)   }        (12)       "Municipal services revenue" means revenue that the authority:

             169          (a) collects from the authority's:
             170          (i) levy of a municipal energy tax;
             171          (ii) levy of a MIDA energy tax;
             172          (iii) levy of a telecommunications tax;
             173          (iv) imposition of a transient room tax; and
             174          (v) imposition of a resort communities tax;
             175          (b) receives under Subsection 59-12-205 (2)(b)(ii); and
             176          (c) receives as dedicated tax collections.
             177          
{   (12)   }        (13)       "Municipal tax" means a municipal energy tax,      {   [   } MIDA energy tax,      {   ]   }

             178      telecommunications tax, transient room tax, or resort communities tax.
             179          
{   (13)   }        (14)       "Project area" means the land, including military land, whether consisting of a

             180      single contiguous area or multiple noncontiguous areas, described in a project area plan or draft
             181      project area plan, where the development project set forth in the project area plan or draft


             182      project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place.
             183          
{   (14)   }        (15)       "Project area budget" means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative


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             205          
{   (15)   }        (16)       "Project area plan" means a written plan that, after its effective date, guides and

             206      controls the development within a project area.
             207          
{   (16)   }        (17)       (a) "Property tax" includes a privilege tax, except as described in Subsection

             208     
{   (16)   }        (17)       (b), and each levy on an ad valorem basis on tangible or intangible personal or real

             209      property.
             210          (b) "Property tax" does not include a privilege tax on the taxable value attributable to a
             211      portion of a facility leased to the military for a calendar year when:
             212          (i) a lessee of military land has constructed a facility on the military land that is part of
             213      a project area;
             214          (ii) the lessee leases space in the facility to the military for the entire calendar year; and
             215          (iii) the lease rate paid by the military for the space is $1 or less for the entire calendar
             216      year, not including any common charges that are reimbursements for actual expenses.
             217          
{   (17)   }        (18)       "Public entity" means:

             218          (a) the state, including each department or agency of the state; or
             219          (b) a political subdivision of the state, including a county, city, town, school district,
             220      local district, special service district, or interlocal cooperation entity.
             221          [(18) "Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements" means water, sewer, storm
             222      drainage, electrical, telecommunications, and other similar systems and lines, streets, roads,
             223      curb, gutter, sidewalk, walkways, parking facilities, public transportation facilities, and other
             224      buildings, facilities, infrastructure, and improvements that:]
             225          [(a) benefit the public; and]
             226          [(b) are:]
             227          [(i) publicly owned or owned by a utility; or]
             228          [(ii) publicly maintained or operated by the authority or another public entity.]
             229          
{   (18)   }        (19)       (a) "Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements" means infrastructure,

             230      improvements, facilities, or buildings that benefit the public and are:
             231          (i) publicly owned by the military, the authority, or another public entity;
             232          (ii) owned by a utility; or
             233          (iii) publicly maintained or operated by the military, the authority, or another public
             234      entity.
             235          (b) "Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements" includes:
             236          (i) facilities, lines, or systems that provide water, chilled water, steam, sewer, storm
             237      drainage, natural gas, electricity, or telecommunications; and
             238          (ii) streets, roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk, walkways, solid waste facilities, parking
             239      facilities, and public transportation facilities.


             240          
{   (19)   }        (20)       "Remaining municipal services revenue" means municipal services revenue that

             241      the authority has not spent during its fiscal year for municipal services as provided in
             242      Subsection 63H-1-503 (1).
             243          
{   (20)   }        (21)       "Resort communities tax" means a sales and use tax imposed under Section

             244      59-12-401 .
             245          
{   (21)   }        (22)       "Taxable value" means the value of property as shown on the last equalized

             246      assessment roll as certified by the county assessor.
             247          
{   (22)   }        (23)       "Tax increment" means the difference between:

             248          (a) the amount of property tax revenues generated each tax year by all taxing entities
             249      from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which
             250      the tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property; and
             251          (b) the amount of property tax revenues that would be generated from that same area
             252      using the base taxable value of the property.
             253          
{   (23)   }        (24)       "Taxing entity" means a public entity that levies a tax on property within a project

             254      area.
             255          
{   (24)   }        (25)       "Telecommunications tax" means a telecommunications license tax under Title

             256      10, Chapter 1, Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act.
             257          
{   (25)   }        (26)       "Transient room tax" means a tax under Section 59-12-352 .


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             285          63H-1-203. Levy of a municipal tax -- Direct tax payment to MIDA.
             286          (1) A levy of a municipal energy tax,
{   [   } MIDA energy tax,      {   ]   } telecommunications tax,

             287      transient room tax, or resort communities tax, including an increase in the applicable tax rate,
             288      requires the affirmative vote of:

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             340          (3) For purposes of Subsection (1), the authority may use:
             341          (a) tax revenues received under Subsection 59-12-205 (2)(b)(ii);
{   and   }

             342          (b) resort communities tax revenues generated from a project area that contains private
             343      land
{   [   } ; and      {   ]   }      {   .   }

             344          
{   [   } (c) MIDA energy tax revenue, received under Section 63H-1-204 , which does not

             345      have to be used in the project area where the revenue was generated.
{   ]   }

             346          (4) The determination of the authority board under Subsection (1)(e) regarding benefit
             347      to the project area is final.
             348          Section 7. Repealer.
             349          This bill repeals:
             350          Section 19-6-504 , Assurance of sufficient revenue to pay bonds.
             351          
{   Section 63H-1-204 , MIDA energy tax.   }


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