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H.B. 318

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SALES TAX - EXEMPTION FOR SALES

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RELATING TO SCHOOLS

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1997 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: John W. Hickman

6    AN ACT RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION; REPEALING THE EXEMPTION
7    FOR SALES RELATING TO SCHOOLS AND FUNDRAISING SALES; CREATING AN
8    EXEMPTION FOR SALES BY SCHOOLS IF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS OF THE SALE
9    ARE COLLECTED BY THE SCHOOL, DEPOSITED INTO A SCHOOL ACCOUNT, AND
10    USED FOR AN OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED SCHOOL ACTIVITY; MAKING
11    TECHNICAL CHANGES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12    This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
13    AMENDS:
14         10-1-303 (Effective 07/01/97), as enacted by Chapter 280, Laws of Utah 1996
15         59-12-102, as last amended by Chapters 126, 170, 232, 274, 287 and 342, Laws of Utah 1996
16         59-12-104, as last amended by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 1996, Third Special Session
17         59-12-105, as last amended by Chapter 296, Laws of Utah 1996
18    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
19        Section 1. Section 10-1-303 (Effective 07/01/97) is amended to read:
20         10-1-303 (Effective 07/01/97). Definitions.
21        As used in this part:
22        (1) "Commission" means the State Tax Commission.
23        (2) "Contractual franchise fee" means:
24        (a) a fee:
25        (i) provided for in a franchise agreement; and
26        (ii) that is consideration for the franchise agreement; or
27        (b) (i) a fee similar to Subsection (2)(a); or


1        (ii) any combination of Subsections (2)(a) and (b).
2        (3) (a) "Delivered value" means the fair market value of the taxable energy delivered for
3    sale or use in the municipality and includes:
4        (i) the value of the energy itself; and
5        (ii) any transportation, freight, customer demand charges, services charges, or other costs
6    typically incurred in providing taxable energy in usable form to each class of customer in the
7    municipality.
8        (b) "Delivered value" does not include the amount of a tax paid under:
9        (i) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection; or
10        (ii) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 2, The Local Sales and Use Tax Act.
11        (4) "De minimis amount" means an amount of taxable energy that does not exceed the
12    greater of:
13        (a) 5% of the energy supplier's estimated total Utah gross receipts from sales of property
14    or services; or
15        (b) $10,000.
16        (5) "Energy supplier" means a person supplying taxable energy, except that the
17    commission may by rule exclude from this definition a person supplying a de minimis amount of
18    taxable energy.
19        (6) "Franchise agreement" means a franchise or an ordinance, contract, or agreement
20    granting a franchise.
21        (7) "Franchise tax" means:
22        (a) a franchise tax;
23        (b) a tax similar to a franchise tax; or
24        (c) any combination of Subsections (7)(a) and (b).
25        (8) "Person" is as defined in [Subsection] Section 59-12-102[(10)].
26        (9) "Taxable energy" means gas and electricity.
27        Section 2. Section 59-12-102 is amended to read:
28         59-12-102. Definitions.
29        As used in this chapter:
30        (1) (a) "Admission or user fees" includes season passes.
31        (b) "Admission or user fees" does not include annual membership dues to private

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1    organizations.
2        (2) "Authorized carrier" means:
3        (a) in the case of vehicles operated over public highways, the holder of credentials
4    indicating that the vehicle is or will be operated pursuant to both the International Registration
5    Plan (IRP) and the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA);
6        (b) in the case of aircraft, the holder of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operating
7    certificate or air carrier's operating certificate; or
8        (c) in the case of locomotives, freight cars, railroad work equipment, or other rolling stock,
9    the holder of a certificate issued by the United States Interstate Commerce Commission.
10        (3) (a) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104(44), "coin-operated amusement device"
11    means:
12        (i) a coin-operated amusement, skill, or ride device;
13        (ii) that is not controlled through vendor-assisted, over-the-counter, sales of tokens; and
14        (iii) includes a music machine, pinball machine, billiard machine, video game machine,
15    arcade machine, and a mechanical or electronic skill game or ride.
16        (b) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104(44), "coin-operated amusement device" does
17    not mean a coin-operated amusement device possessing a coinage mechanism that:
18        (i) accepts and registers multiple denominations of coins; and
19        (ii) allows the vendor to collect the sales and use tax at the time an amusement device is
20    activated and operated by a person inserting coins into the device.
21        (4) "Commercial use" means the use of gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels
22    that does not constitute industrial use under Subsection [(10)] (9) or residential use under
23    Subsection [(16)] (15).
24        (5) "Common carrier" means a person engaged in or transacting the business of
25    transporting passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire within this state.
26        (6) "Component part" includes:
27        (a) poultry, dairy, and other livestock feed, and their components;
28        (b) baling ties and twine used in the baling of hay and straw;
29        (c) fuel used for providing temperature control of orchards and commercial greenhouses
30    doing a majority of their business in wholesale sales, and for providing power for off-highway type
31    farm machinery; and

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1        (d) feed, seeds, and seedlings.
2        (7) "Construction materials" means any tangible personal property that will be converted
3    into real property.
4        [(8) (a) "Fundraising sales" means sales:]
5        [(i) (A) made by a public or private elementary or secondary school; or]
6        [(B) made by a public or private elementary or secondary school student, grades
7    kindergarten through 12;]
8        [(ii) that are for the purpose of raising funds for the school to purchase equipment,
9    materials, or provide transportation; and]
10        [(iii) that are part of an officially sanctioned school activity.]
11        [(b) For purposes of Subsection (8)(a)(iii), "officially sanctioned school activity" means
12    a school activity:]
13        [(i) that is conducted in accordance with a formal policy adopted by the school or school
14    district governing the authorization and supervision of fundraising activities;]
15        [(ii) that does not directly or indirectly compensate an individual teacher or other
16    educational personnel by direct payment, commissions, or payment in kind; and]
17        [(iii) the net or gross revenues from which are deposited in a dedicated account controlled
18    by the school or school district.]
19        [(9)] (8) (a) "Home medical equipment and supplies" means equipment and supplies that:
20        (i) a licensed physician prescribes or authorizes in writing as necessary for the treatment
21    of a medical illness or injury or as necessary to mitigate an impairment resulting from illness or
22    injury;
23        (ii) are used exclusively by the person for whom they are prescribed to serve a medical
24    purpose; and
25        (iii) are listed as eligible for payment under Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act or
26    under the state plan for medical assistance under Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act.
27        (b) "Home medical equipment and supplies" does not include:
28        (i) equipment and supplies purchased by, for, or on behalf of any health care facility, as
29    defined in Subsection [(9)] (8)(c), doctor, nurse, or other health care provider for use in their
30    professional practice;
31        (ii) eyeglasses, contact lenses, or equipment to correct impaired vision; or

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1        (iii) hearing aids or hearing aid accessories.
2        (c) For purposes of Subsection [(9)] (8)(b)(i), "health care facility" includes:
3        (i) a clinic;
4        (ii) a doctor's office; and
5        (iii) a health care facility as defined in Subsection 26-21-2(11)(a).
6        [(10)] (9) "Industrial use" means the use of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or
7    other fuels in:
8        (a) mining or extraction of minerals;
9        (b) agricultural operations to produce an agricultural product up to the time of harvest or
10    placing the agricultural product into a storage facility, including:
11        (i) commercial greenhouses;
12        (ii) irrigation pumps;
13        (iii) farm machinery;
14        (iv) implements of husbandry as defined in Subsection 41-1a-102(23) that are not
15    registered under Title 41, Chapter 1a, Part 2, Registration; and
16        (v) other farming activities; and
17        (c) manufacturing tangible personal property at an establishment described in SIC Codes
18    2000 to 3999 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office
19    of the President, Office of Management and Budget.
20        [(11)] (10) "Manufactured home" means any manufactured home or mobile home as
21    defined in Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform Building Standards Act.
22        [(12)] (11) (a) "Medicine" means:
23        (i) insulin, syringes, and any medicine prescribed for the treatment of human ailments by
24    a person authorized to prescribe treatments and dispensed on prescription filled by a registered
25    pharmacist, or supplied to patients by a physician, surgeon, or podiatric physician;
26        (ii) any medicine dispensed to patients in a county or other licensed hospital if prescribed
27    for that patient and dispensed by a registered pharmacist or administered under the direction of a
28    physician; and
29        (iii) any oxygen or stoma supplies prescribed by a physician or administered under the
30    direction of a physician or paramedic.
31        (b) "Medicine" does not include:

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1        (i) any auditory, prosthetic, ophthalmic, or ocular device or appliance; or
2        (ii) any alcoholic beverage.
3        [(13)] (12) (a) "Other fuels" means products that burn independently to produce heat or
4    energy.
5        (b) "Other fuels" includes oxygen when it is used in the manufacturing of tangible personal
6    property.
7        [(14)] (13) "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association,
8    corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, this state, any county, city,
9    municipality, district, or other local governmental entity of the state, or any group or combination
10    acting as a unit.
11        [(15)] (14) "Purchase price" means the amount paid or charged for tangible personal
12    property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), excluding only cash
13    discounts taken or any excise tax imposed on the purchase price by the federal government.
14        [(16)] (15) "Residential use" means the use in or around a home, apartment building,
15    sleeping quarters, and similar facilities or accommodations.
16        [(17)] (16) (a) "Retail sale" means any sale within the state of tangible personal property
17    or any other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), other than resale of such
18    property, item, or service by a retailer or wholesaler to a user or consumer.
19        (b) "Retail sale" includes sales by any farmer or other agricultural producer of poultry,
20    eggs, or dairy products to consumers if the sales have an average monthly sales value of $125 or
21    more.
22        (c) "Retail sale" does not include, and no additional sales or use tax shall be assessed
23    against, those transactions where a purchaser of tangible personal property pays applicable sales
24    or use taxes on its initial nonexempt purchases of property and then enters into a sale-leaseback
25    transaction by which title to such property is transferred by the purchaser-lessee to a lessor for
26    consideration, provided:
27        (i) the transaction is intended as a form of financing for the property to the
28    purchaser-lessee; and
29        (ii) pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, the purchaser-lessee is required
30    to capitalize the subject property for financial reporting purposes, and account for the lease
31    payments as payments made under a financing arrangement.

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1        [(18)] (17) (a) "Retailer" means any person engaged in a regularly organized retail
2    business in tangible personal property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection
3    59-12-103(1), and who is selling to the user or consumer and not for resale.
4        (b) "Retailer" includes commission merchants, auctioneers, and any person regularly
5    engaged in the business of selling to users or consumers within the state.
6        (c) "Retailer" includes any person who engages in regular or systematic solicitation of a
7    consumer market in this state by the distribution of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or
8    other advertising, or by means of print, radio or television media, by mail, telegraphy, telephone,
9    computer data base, cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.
10        (d) "Retailer" does not include farmers, gardeners, stockmen, poultrymen, or other growers
11    or agricultural producers producing and doing business on their own premises, except those who
12    are regularly engaged in the business of buying or selling for a profit.
13        (e) For purposes of this chapter the commission may regard as retailers the following if
14    they determine it is necessary for the efficient administration of this chapter: salesmen,
15    representatives, peddlers, or canvassers as the agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, or
16    employers under whom they operate or from whom they obtain the tangible personal property sold
17    by them, irrespective of whether they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf of these
18    dealers, distributors, supervisors, or employers, except that:
19        (i) a printer's facility with which a retailer has contracted for printing shall not be
20    considered to be a salesman, representative, peddler, canvasser, or agent of the retailer; and
21        (ii) the ownership of property that is located at the premises of a printer's facility with
22    which the retailer has contracted for printing and that consists of the final printed product, property
23    that becomes a part of the final printed product, or copy from which the printed product is
24    produced, shall not result in the retailer being deemed to have or maintain an office, distribution
25    house, sales house, warehouse, service enterprise, or other place of business, or to maintain a stock
26    of goods, within this state.
27        [(19)] (18) "Sale" means any transfer of title, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise,
28    in any manner, of tangible personal property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection
29    59-12-103(1), for a consideration. It includes:
30        (a) installment and credit sales;
31        (b) any closed transaction constituting a sale;

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1        (c) any sale of electrical energy, gas, services, or entertainment taxable under this chapter;
2        (d) any transaction if the possession of property is transferred but the seller retains the title
3    as security for the payment of the price; and
4        (e) any transaction under which right to possession, operation, or use of any article of
5    tangible personal property is granted under a lease or contract and the transfer of possession would
6    be taxable if an outright sale were made.
7        [(20) (a) "Sales relating to schools" means sales by a public school district or public or
8    private elementary or secondary school, grades kindergarten through 12, that are directly related
9    to the school's or school district's educational functions or activities and include:]
10        [(i) the sale of textbooks, textbook fees, laboratory fees, laboratory supplies, and safety
11    equipment;]
12        [(ii) the sale of clothing that:]
13        [(A) a student is specifically required to wear as a condition of participation in a
14    school-related event or activity; and]
15        [(B) is not readily adaptable to general or continued usage to the extent that it takes the
16    place of ordinary clothing;]
17        [(iii) sales of food if the net or gross revenues generated by the food sales are deposited
18    into a school district fund or school fund dedicated to school meals; and]
19        [(iv) transportation charges for official school activities.]
20        [(b) "Sales relating to schools" does not include:]
21        [(i) gate receipts;]
22        [(ii) special event admission fees;]
23        [(iii) bookstore sales of items that are not educational materials or supplies; and]
24        [(iv) except as provided in Subsection (20)(a)(ii), clothing.]
25        [(21)] (19) "State" means the state of Utah, its departments, and agencies.
26        [(22)] (20) "Storage" means any keeping or retention of tangible personal property or any
27    other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), in this state for any purpose except
28    sale in the regular course of business.
29        [(23)] (21) (a) "Tangible personal property" means:
30        (i) all goods, wares, merchandise, produce, and commodities;
31        (ii) all tangible or corporeal things and substances which are dealt in or capable of being

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1    possessed or exchanged;
2        (iii) water in bottles, tanks, or other containers; and
3        (iv) all other physically existing articles or things, including property severed from real
4    estate.
5        (b) "Tangible personal property" does not include:
6        (i) real estate or any interest or improvements in real estate;
7        (ii) bank accounts, stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes, and other evidence of debt;
8        (iii) insurance certificates or policies;
9        (iv) personal or governmental licenses;
10        (v) water in pipes, conduits, ditches, or reservoirs;
11        (vi) currency and coinage constituting legal tender of the United States or of a foreign
12    nation; and
13        (vii) all gold, silver, or platinum ingots, bars, medallions, or decorative coins, not
14    constituting legal tender of any nation, with a gold, silver, or platinum content of not less than
15    80%.
16        [(24)] (22) (a) "Use" means the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal
17    property under Subsection 59-12-103(1), incident to the ownership or the leasing of that property,
18    item, or service.
19        (b) "Use" does not include the sale, display, demonstration, or trial of that property in the
20    regular course of business and held for resale.
21        [(25)] (23) "Vehicle" means any aircraft, as defined in Section 2-1-1; any vehicle, as
22    defined in Section 41-1a-102; any off-highway vehicle, as defined in Section 41-22-2; and any
23    vessel, as defined in Section 41-1a-102; that is required to be titled, registered, or both. "Vehicle"
24    for purposes of Subsection 59-12-104(37) only, also includes any locomotive, freight car, railroad
25    work equipment, or other railroad rolling stock.
26        [(26)] (24) "Vehicle dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or
27    exchanging vehicles as defined in Subsection [(25)] (23).
28        [(27)] (25) (a) "Vendor" means:
29        (i) any person receiving any payment or consideration upon a sale of tangible personal
30    property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), or to whom such
31    payment or consideration is payable; and

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1        (ii) any person who engages in regular or systematic solicitation of a consumer market in
2    this state by the distribution of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or other advertising, or by
3    means of print, radio or television media, by mail, telegraphy, telephone, computer data base,
4    cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.
5        (b) "Vendor" does not mean a printer's facility described in Subsection [(18)] (17)(e).
6        Section 3. Section 59-12-104 is amended to read:
7         59-12-104. Exemptions.
8        The following sales and uses are exempt from the taxes imposed by this chapter:
9        (1) sales of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuel subject to a Utah state excise tax
10    under Title 59, Chapter 13, Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act;
11        (2) through December 31, 1995, sales to the state, its institutions, and its political
12    subdivisions, except sales of construction materials however, construction materials purchased by
13    the state, its institutions, or its political subdivisions which are installed or converted to real
14    property by employees of the state, its institutions, or its political subdivisions are exempt;
15        (3) beginning January 1, 1996, sales to the state, its institutions, and its political
16    subdivisions; however, this exemption does not apply to sales of construction materials except:
17        (a) construction materials purchased by or on behalf of institutions of the public education
18    system as defined in Utah Constitution Article X, Section 2, provided the construction materials
19    are clearly identified and segregated and installed or converted to real property which is owned by
20    institutions of the public education system; and
21        (b) construction materials purchased by the state, its institutions or its political
22    subdivisions which are installed or converted to real property by employees of the state, its
23    institutions, or its political subdivisions;
24        (4) sales of food, beverage, and dairy products from vending machines in which the
25    proceeds of each sale do not exceed $1 if the vendor or operator of the vending machine reports
26    an amount equal to 150% of the cost of items as goods consumed;
27        (5) sales of food, beverage, dairy products, similar confections, and related services to
28    commercial airline carriers for in-flight consumption;
29        (6) sales of parts and equipment installed in aircraft operated by common carriers in
30    interstate or foreign commerce;
31        (7) sales of commercials, motion picture films, prerecorded audio program tapes or

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1    records, and prerecorded video tapes by a producer, distributor, or studio to a motion picture
2    exhibitor, distributor, or commercial television or radio broadcaster;
3        (8) sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal property by a coin-operated laundry
4    or dry cleaning machine;
5        (9) sales made to or by religious or charitable institutions in the conduct of their regular
6    religious or charitable functions and activities, if the requirements of Section 59-12-104.1 are
7    fulfilled;
8        (10) sales of vehicles of a type required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of
9    this state which are made to bona fide nonresidents of this state and are not afterwards registered
10    or used in this state except as necessary to transport them to the borders of this state;
11        (11) sales of medicine;
12        (12) sales or use of property, materials, or services used in the construction of or
13    incorporated in pollution control facilities allowed by Sections 19-2-123 through 19-2-127;
14        (13) sales of meals served by:
15        (a) churches, charitable institutions, and institutions of higher education, if the meals are
16    not available to the general public; and
17        (b) inpatient meals provided at medical or nursing facilities;
18        (14) isolated or occasional sales by persons not regularly engaged in business, except the
19    sale of vehicles or vessels required to be titled or registered under the laws of this state in which
20    case the tax is based upon:
21        (a) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle or vessel being sold;
22    or
23        (b) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing fair
24    market value of the vehicle or vessel being sold as determined by the commission;
25        (15) (a) the following purchases or leases by a manufacturer on or after July 1, 1995:
26        (i) machinery and equipment:
27        (A) used in the manufacturing process;
28        (B) having an economic life of three or more years; and
29        (C) used:
30        (I) to manufacture an item sold as tangible personal property; and
31        (II) in new or expanding operations in a manufacturing facility in the state;

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1        (ii) subject to the provisions of Subsection (15)(a)(iii), normal operating replacements that:
2        (A) have an economic life of three or more years;
3        (B) are used in the manufacturing process in a manufacturing facility in the state;
4        (C) are used to replace or adapt an existing machine to extend the normal estimated useful
5    life of the machine; and
6        (D) do not include repairs and maintenance;
7        (iii) the rates for the exemption under Subsection (15)(a)(ii) are as follows:
8        (A) beginning July 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997, 30% of the sale or lease described in
9    Subsection (15)(a)(ii) is exempt;
10        (B) beginning July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998, 60% of the sale or lease described in
11    Subsection (15)(a)(ii) is exempt; and
12        (C) beginning July 1, 1998, 100% of the sale or lease described in Subsection (15)(a)(ii)
13    is exempt; and
14        (iv) (A) manufacturing facility means an establishment described in SIC Codes 2000 to
15    3999 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the
16    President, Office of Management and Budget; and
17        (B) for purposes of this subsection, the commission shall by rule define the terms "new
18    or expanding operations" and "establishment"; and
19        (b) on or before October 1, 1991, and every five years after October 1, 1991, the
20    commission shall:
21        (i) review the exemptions described in Subsection (15)(a) and make recommendations to
22    the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee concerning whether the exemptions should be
23    continued, modified, or repealed; and
24        (ii) include in its report:
25        (A) the cost of the exemptions;
26        (B) the purpose and effectiveness of the exemptions; and
27        (C) the benefits of the exemptions to the state;
28        (16) sales of tooling, special tooling, support equipment, and special test equipment used
29    or consumed exclusively in the performance of any aerospace or electronics industry contract with
30    the United States government or any subcontract under that contract, but only if, under the terms
31    of that contract or subcontract, title to the tooling and equipment is vested in the United States

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1    government as evidenced by a government identification tag placed on the tooling and equipment
2    or by listing on a government-approved property record if a tag is impractical;
3        (17) intrastate movements of:
4        (a) freight by common carriers; and
5        (b) people by taxicabs as described in SIC Code 4121 of the Standard Industrial
6    Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
7    Budget;
8        (18) sales of newspapers or newspaper subscriptions;
9        (19) tangible personal property, other than money, traded in as full or part payment of the
10    purchase price, except that for purposes of calculating sales or use tax upon vehicles not sold by
11    a vehicle dealer, trade-ins are limited to other vehicles only, and the tax is based upon:
12        (a) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle being sold and the
13    vehicle being traded in; or
14        (b) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing fair
15    market value of the vehicle being sold and the vehicle being traded in, as determined by the
16    commission;
17        (20) sprays and insecticides used to control insects, diseases, and weeds for commercial
18    production of fruits, vegetables, feeds, seeds, and animal products, but not those sprays and
19    insecticides used in the processing of the products;
20        (21) (a) sales of tangible personal property used or consumed primarily and directly in
21    farming operations, including sales of irrigation equipment and supplies used for agricultural
22    production purposes, whether or not they become part of real estate and whether or not installed
23    by farmer, contractor, or subcontractor, but not sales of:
24        (i) machinery, equipment, materials, and supplies used in a manner that is incidental to
25    farming, such as hand tools with a unit purchase price not in excess of $250, and maintenance and
26    janitorial equipment and supplies;
27        (ii) tangible personal property used in any activities other than farming, such as office
28    equipment and supplies, equipment and supplies used in sales or distribution of farm products, in
29    research, or in transportation; or
30        (iii) any vehicle required to be registered by the laws of this state, without regard to the
31    use to which the vehicle is put;

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1        (b) sales of hay;
2        (22) exclusive sale of locally grown seasonal crops, seedling plants, or garden, farm, or
3    other agricultural produce if sold by a producer during the harvest season;
4        (23) purchases of food as defined in 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2012(g) under the Food Stamp Program,
5    7 U.S.C. Sec. 2011 et seq.;
6        (24) sales of nonreturnable containers, nonreturnable labels, nonreturnable bags,
7    nonreturnable shipping cases, and nonreturnable casings to a manufacturer, processor, wholesaler,
8    or retailer for use in packaging tangible personal property to be sold by that manufacturer,
9    processor, wholesaler, or retailer;
10        (25) property stored in the state for resale;
11        (26) property brought into the state by a nonresident for his or her own personal use or
12    enjoyment while within the state, except property purchased for use in Utah by a nonresident
13    living and working in Utah at the time of purchase;
14        (27) property purchased for resale in this state, in the regular course of business, either in
15    its original form or as an ingredient or component part of a manufactured or compounded product;
16        (28) property upon which a sales or use tax was paid to some other state, or one of its
17    subdivisions, except that the state shall be paid any difference between the tax paid and the tax
18    imposed by this part and Part 2, and no adjustment is allowed if the tax paid was greater than the
19    tax imposed by this part and Part 2;
20        (29) any sale of a service described in Subsections 59-12-103(1)(b), (c), and (d) to a person
21    for use in compounding a service taxable under the subsections;
22        (30) purchases of supplemental foods as defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1786(b)(14) under the
23    special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established in 42 U.S.C.
24    Sec. 1786;
25        (31) (a) sales or leases made before June 30, 1996, of rolls, rollers, refractory brick,
26    electric motors, and other replacement parts used in the furnaces, mills, and ovens of a steel mill
27    described in SIC Code 3312 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal
28    Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; or
29        (b) contracts entered into or orders placed on or before January 1, 1996, to purchase or
30    lease an item described in Subsection (31)(a) if the contract or order constitutes a:
31        (i) legal obligation to purchase or lease an item described in Subsection (31)(a); and

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1        (ii) sale or lease under Section 59-12-102 on or before June 30, 1997;
2        (32) sales of boats of a type required to be registered under Title 73, Chapter 18, State
3    Boating Act, boat trailers, and outboard motors which are made to bona fide nonresidents of this
4    state and are not thereafter registered or used in this state except as necessary to transport them to
5    the borders of this state;
6        (33) sales of tangible personal property to persons within this state that is subsequently
7    shipped outside the state and incorporated pursuant to contract into and becomes a part of real
8    property located outside of this state, except to the extent that the other state or political entity
9    imposes a sales, use, gross receipts, or other similar transaction excise tax on it against which the
10    other state or political entity allows a credit for taxes imposed by this chapter;
11        (34) sales of aircraft manufactured in Utah if sold for delivery and use outside Utah where
12    a sales or use tax is not imposed, even if the title is passed in Utah;
13        (35) until July 1, 1999, amounts paid for purchase of telephone service for purposes of
14    providing telephone service;
15        (36) fares charged to persons transported directly by a public transit district created under
16    the authority of Title 17A, Chapter 2, Part 10, Public Transit Districts;
17        (37) sales or leases of vehicles to, or use of vehicles by an authorized carrier;
18        (38) until July 1, 2000, 45% of the sales price of any new manufactured home and 100%
19    of the sales price of any used manufactured home;
20        (39) sales [relating to] by schools [and fundraising sales] if the total proceeds of the sale
21    are:
22        (a) collected by the school;
23        (b) deposited into a school account; and
24        (c) used for an officially sanctioned school activity;
25        (40) sales or rentals of home medical equipment and supplies;
26        (41) (a) sales to a ski resort of electricity to operate a passenger tramway as defined in
27    Subsection 63-11-38(8); and
28        (b) the commission shall by rule determine the method for calculating sales exempt under
29    Subsection (41)(a) that are not separately metered and accounted for in utility billings;
30        (42) sales to a ski resort of:
31        (a) snowmaking equipment;

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1        (b) ski slope grooming equipment; and
2        (c) passenger tramways as defined in Subsection 63-11-38(8);
3        (43) sales of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels for industrial use;
4        (44) sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or
5    recreation a coin-operated amusement device as defined in Subsection 59-12-102(3); and
6        (45) sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal property by a coin-operated car wash
7    machine.
8        Section 4. Section 59-12-105 is amended to read:
9         59-12-105. Exempt sales to be reported.
10        The amount of sales or uses exempt under Subsections 59-12-104[(16)] (15), [(22)] (21),
11    (42), and (43) shall be reported to the commission by the owner, vendor, or purchaser, as the case
12    may be. Upon failure by the owner, vendor, or purchaser to report the full amount of the
13    exemptions granted under Subsections 59-12-104[(16)] (15), [(22)] (21), (42), and (43) on the
14    original filed return, the commission shall impose a penalty equal to 10% of the sales or use tax
15    that would have been imposed if the exemption had not applied. The penalty shall not be imposed
16    if an amended return containing the amount of the exemption is filed prior to notice of audit by
17    the tax commission to the owner, vendor, or purchaser.
18        Section 5. Effective date.
19        This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 2-12-97 2:49 PM


A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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