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6 AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALES AND USE TAX ACT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS
7 RELATING TO THE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MANUFACTURING;
8 INCLUDING A SCRAP RECYCLER IN THE DEFINITION OF A MANUFACTURING
9 FACILITY; MAKING TECHNICAL CHANGES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
10 DATE.
11 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
12 AMENDS:
13 59-12-102, as last amended by Chapters 126, 170, 232, 274, 287 and 342, Laws of Utah 1996
14 59-12-104, as last amended by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 1996, Third Special Session
15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
16 Section 1. Section 59-12-102 is amended to read:
17 59-12-102. Definitions.
18 As used in this chapter:
19 (1) (a) "Admission or user fees" includes season passes.
20 (b) "Admission or user fees" does not include annual membership dues to private
21 organizations.
22 (2) "Authorized carrier" means:
23 (a) in the case of vehicles operated over public highways, the holder of credentials
24 indicating that the vehicle is or will be operated pursuant to both the International Registration
25 Plan (IRP) and the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA);
26 (b) in the case of aircraft, the holder of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operating
27 certificate or air carrier's operating certificate; or
1 (c) in the case of locomotives, freight cars, railroad work equipment, or other rolling stock,
2 the holder of a certificate issued by the United States Interstate Commerce Commission.
3 (3) (a) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104(44), "coin-operated amusement device"
4 means:
5 (i) a coin-operated amusement, skill, or ride device;
6 (ii) that is not controlled through vendor-assisted, over-the-counter, sales of tokens; and
7 (iii) includes a music machine, pinball machine, billiard machine, video game machine,
8 arcade machine, and a mechanical or electronic skill game or ride.
9 (b) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104(44), "coin-operated amusement device" does
10 not mean a coin-operated amusement device possessing a coinage mechanism that:
11 (i) accepts and registers multiple denominations of coins; and
12 (ii) allows the vendor to collect the sales and use tax at the time an amusement device is
13 activated and operated by a person inserting coins into the device.
14 (4) "Commercial use" means the use of gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels
15 that does not constitute industrial use under Subsection (10) or residential use under Subsection
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17 (5) "Common carrier" means a person engaged in or transacting the business of
18 transporting passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire within this state.
19 (6) "Component part" includes:
20 (a) poultry, dairy, and other livestock feed, and their components;
21 (b) baling ties and twine used in the baling of hay and straw;
22 (c) fuel used for providing temperature control of orchards and commercial greenhouses
23 doing a majority of their business in wholesale sales, and for providing power for off-highway type
24 farm machinery; and
25 (d) feed, seeds, and seedlings.
26 (7) "Construction materials" means any tangible personal property that will be converted
27 into real property.
28 (8) (a) "Fundraising sales" means sales:
29 (i) (A) made by a public or private elementary or secondary school; or
30 (B) made by a public or private elementary or secondary school student, grades
31 kindergarten through 12;
1 (ii) that are for the purpose of raising funds for the school to purchase equipment,
2 materials, or provide transportation; and
3 (iii) that are part of an officially sanctioned school activity.
4 (b) For purposes of Subsection (8)(a)(iii), "officially sanctioned school activity" means
5 a school activity:
6 (i) that is conducted in accordance with a formal policy adopted by the school or school
7 district governing the authorization and supervision of fundraising activities;
8 (ii) that does not directly or indirectly compensate an individual teacher or other
9 educational personnel by direct payment, commissions, or payment in kind; and
10 (iii) the net or gross revenues from which are deposited in a dedicated account controlled
11 by the school or school district.
12 (9) (a) "Home medical equipment and supplies" means equipment and supplies that:
13 (i) a licensed physician prescribes or authorizes in writing as necessary for the treatment
14 of a medical illness or injury or as necessary to mitigate an impairment resulting from illness or
15 injury;
16 (ii) are used exclusively by the person for whom they are prescribed to serve a medical
17 purpose; and
18 (iii) are listed as eligible for payment under Title 18 of the federal Social Security Act or
19 under the state plan for medical assistance under Title 19 of the federal Social Security Act.
20 (b) "Home medical equipment and supplies" does not include:
21 (i) equipment and supplies purchased by, for, or on behalf of any health care facility, as
22 defined in Subsection (9)(c), doctor, nurse, or other health care provider for use in their
23 professional practice;
24 (ii) eyeglasses, contact lenses, or equipment to correct impaired vision; or
25 (iii) hearing aids or hearing aid accessories.
26 (c) For purposes of Subsection (9)(b)(i), "health care facility" includes:
27 (i) a clinic;
28 (ii) a doctor's office; and
29 (iii) a health care facility as defined in Subsection 26-21-2(11)(a).
30 (10) "Industrial use" means the use of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other
31 fuels in:
1 (a) mining or extraction of minerals;
2 (b) agricultural operations to produce an agricultural product up to the time of harvest or
3 placing the agricultural product into a storage facility, including:
4 (i) commercial greenhouses;
5 (ii) irrigation pumps;
6 (iii) farm machinery;
7 (iv) implements of husbandry as defined in Subsection 41-1a-102(23) that are not
8 registered under Title 41, Chapter 1a, Part 2, Registration; and
9 (v) other farming activities; and
10 (c) manufacturing tangible personal property at an establishment described in SIC Codes
11 2000 to 3999 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office
12 of the President, Office of Management and Budget.
13 (11) "Manufactured home" means any manufactured home or mobile home as defined in
14 Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform Building Standards Act.
15 (12) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104(15), "manufacturing facility" means:
16 (a) an establishment described in SIC Codes 2000 to 3999 of the 1987 Standard Industrial
17 Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
18 Budget; or
19 (b) a scrap recycler if:
20 (i) from a fixed location, the scrap recycler utilizes machinery or equipment to process one
21 or more of the following items into prepared grades of processed materials for use in new products:
22 (A) iron;
23 (B) steel;
24 (C) nonferrous metal;
25 (D) paper;
26 (E) glass;
27 (F) plastic;
28 (G) textile; or
29 (H) rubber; and
30 (ii) the new products under Subsection (12)(b)(i) would otherwise be made with
31 nonrecycled materials.
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2 (i) insulin, syringes, and any medicine prescribed for the treatment of human ailments by
3 a person authorized to prescribe treatments and dispensed on prescription filled by a registered
4 pharmacist, or supplied to patients by a physician, surgeon, or podiatric physician;
5 (ii) any medicine dispensed to patients in a county or other licensed hospital if prescribed
6 for that patient and dispensed by a registered pharmacist or administered under the direction of a
7 physician; and
8 (iii) any oxygen or stoma supplies prescribed by a physician or administered under the
9 direction of a physician or paramedic.
10 (b) "Medicine" does not include:
11 (i) any auditory, prosthetic, ophthalmic, or ocular device or appliance; or
12 (ii) any alcoholic beverage.
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14 energy.
15 (b) "Other fuels" includes oxygen when it is used in the manufacturing of tangible personal
16 property.
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18 corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, this state, any county, city,
19 municipality, district, or other local governmental entity of the state, or any group or combination
20 acting as a unit.
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22 property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), excluding only cash
23 discounts taken or any excise tax imposed on the purchase price by the federal government.
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25 sleeping quarters, and similar facilities or accommodations.
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27 or any other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), other than resale of such
28 property, item, or service by a retailer or wholesaler to a user or consumer.
29 (b) "Retail sale" includes sales by any farmer or other agricultural producer of poultry,
30 eggs, or dairy products to consumers if the sales have an average monthly sales value of $125 or
31 more.
1 (c) "Retail sale" does not include, and no additional sales or use tax shall be assessed
2 against, those transactions where a purchaser of tangible personal property pays applicable sales
3 or use taxes on its initial nonexempt purchases of property and then enters into a sale-leaseback
4 transaction by which title to such property is transferred by the purchaser-lessee to a lessor for
5 consideration, provided:
6 (i) the transaction is intended as a form of financing for the property to the
7 purchaser-lessee; and
8 (ii) pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, the purchaser-lessee is required
9 to capitalize the subject property for financial reporting purposes, and account for the lease
10 payments as payments made under a financing arrangement.
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12 business in tangible personal property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection
13 59-12-103(1), and who is selling to the user or consumer and not for resale.
14 (b) "Retailer" includes commission merchants, auctioneers, and any person regularly
15 engaged in the business of selling to users or consumers within the state.
16 (c) "Retailer" includes any person who engages in regular or systematic solicitation of a
17 consumer market in this state by the distribution of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or
18 other advertising, or by means of print, radio or television media, by mail, telegraphy, telephone,
19 computer data base, cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.
20 (d) "Retailer" does not include farmers, gardeners, stockmen, poultrymen, or other growers
21 or agricultural producers producing and doing business on their own premises, except those who
22 are regularly engaged in the business of buying or selling for a profit.
23 (e) For purposes of this chapter the commission may regard as retailers the following if
24 they determine it is necessary for the efficient administration of this chapter: salesmen,
25 representatives, peddlers, or canvassers as the agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, or
26 employers under whom they operate or from whom they obtain the tangible personal property sold
27 by them, irrespective of whether they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf of these
28 dealers, distributors, supervisors, or employers, except that:
29 (i) a printer's facility with which a retailer has contracted for printing shall not be
30 considered to be a salesman, representative, peddler, canvasser, or agent of the retailer; and
31 (ii) the ownership of property that is located at the premises of a printer's facility with
1 which the retailer has contracted for printing and that consists of the final printed product, property
2 that becomes a part of the final printed product, or copy from which the printed product is
3 produced, shall not result in the retailer being deemed to have or maintain an office, distribution
4 house, sales house, warehouse, service enterprise, or other place of business, or to maintain a stock
5 of goods, within this state.
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7 in any manner, of tangible personal property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection
8 59-12-103(1), for a consideration. It includes:
9 (a) installment and credit sales;
10 (b) any closed transaction constituting a sale;
11 (c) any sale of electrical energy, gas, services, or entertainment taxable under this chapter;
12 (d) any transaction if the possession of property is transferred but the seller retains the title
13 as security for the payment of the price; and
14 (e) any transaction under which right to possession, operation, or use of any article of
15 tangible personal property is granted under a lease or contract and the transfer of possession would
16 be taxable if an outright sale were made.
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18 or private elementary or secondary school, grades kindergarten through 12, that are directly related
19 to the school's or school district's educational functions or activities and include:
20 (i) the sale of textbooks, textbook fees, laboratory fees, laboratory supplies, and safety
21 equipment;
22 (ii) the sale of clothing that:
23 (A) a student is specifically required to wear as a condition of participation in a
24 school-related event or activity; and
25 (B) is not readily adaptable to general or continued usage to the extent that it takes the
26 place of ordinary clothing;
27 (iii) sales of food if the net or gross revenues generated by the food sales are deposited into
28 a school district fund or school fund dedicated to school meals; and
29 (iv) transportation charges for official school activities.
30 (b) "Sales relating to schools" does not include:
31 (i) gate receipts;
1 (ii) special event admission fees;
2 (iii) bookstore sales of items that are not educational materials or supplies; and
3 (iv) except as provided in Subsection [
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6 other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), in this state for any purpose except
7 sale in the regular course of business.
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9 (i) all goods, wares, merchandise, produce, and commodities;
10 (ii) all tangible or corporeal things and substances which are dealt in or capable of being
11 possessed or exchanged;
12 (iii) water in bottles, tanks, or other containers; and
13 (iv) all other physically existing articles or things, including property severed from real
14 estate.
15 (b) "Tangible personal property" does not include:
16 (i) real estate or any interest or improvements in real estate;
17 (ii) bank accounts, stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes, and other evidence of debt;
18 (iii) insurance certificates or policies;
19 (iv) personal or governmental licenses;
20 (v) water in pipes, conduits, ditches, or reservoirs;
21 (vi) currency and coinage constituting legal tender of the United States or of a foreign
22 nation; and
23 (vii) all gold, silver, or platinum ingots, bars, medallions, or decorative coins, not
24 constituting legal tender of any nation, with a gold, silver, or platinum content of not less than
25 80%.
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27 property under Subsection 59-12-103(1), incident to the ownership or the leasing of that property,
28 item, or service.
29 (b) "Use" does not include the sale, display, demonstration, or trial of that property in the
30 regular course of business and held for resale.
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1 defined in Section 41-1a-102; any off-highway vehicle, as defined in Section 41-22-2; and any
2 vessel, as defined in Section 41-1a-102; that is required to be titled, registered, or both. "Vehicle"
3 for purposes of Subsection 59-12-104(37) only, also includes any locomotive, freight car, railroad
4 work equipment, or other railroad rolling stock.
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6 exchanging vehicles as defined in Subsection [
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8 (i) any person receiving any payment or consideration upon a sale of tangible personal
9 property or any other taxable item or service under Subsection 59-12-103(1), or to whom such
10 payment or consideration is payable; and
11 (ii) any person who engages in regular or systematic solicitation of a consumer market in
12 this state by the distribution of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or other advertising, or by
13 means of print, radio or television media, by mail, telegraphy, telephone, computer data base,
14 cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.
15 (b) "Vendor" does not mean a printer's facility described in Subsection [
16 Section 2. Section 59-12-104 is amended to read:
17 59-12-104. Exemptions.
18 The following sales and uses are exempt from the taxes imposed by this chapter:
19 (1) sales of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuel subject to a Utah state excise tax
20 under Title 59, Chapter 13, Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act;
21 (2) through December 31, 1995, sales to the state, its institutions, and its political
22 subdivisions, except sales of construction materials however, construction materials purchased by
23 the state, its institutions, or its political subdivisions which are installed or converted to real
24 property by employees of the state, its institutions, or its political subdivisions are exempt;
25 (3) beginning January 1, 1996, sales to the state, its institutions, and its political
26 subdivisions; however, this exemption does not apply to sales of construction materials except:
27 (a) construction materials purchased by or on behalf of institutions of the public education
28 system as defined in Utah Constitution Article X, Section 2, provided the construction materials
29 are clearly identified and segregated and installed or converted to real property which is owned by
30 institutions of the public education system; and
31 (b) construction materials purchased by the state, its institutions or its political
1 subdivisions which are installed or converted to real property by employees of the state, its
2 institutions, or its political subdivisions;
3 (4) sales of food, beverage, and dairy products from vending machines in which the
4 proceeds of each sale do not exceed $1 if the vendor or operator of the vending machine reports
5 an amount equal to 150% of the cost of items as goods consumed;
6 (5) sales of food, beverage, dairy products, similar confections, and related services to
7 commercial airline carriers for in-flight consumption;
8 (6) sales of parts and equipment installed in aircraft operated by common carriers in
9 interstate or foreign commerce;
10 (7) sales of commercials, motion picture films, prerecorded audio program tapes or
11 records, and prerecorded video tapes by a producer, distributor, or studio to a motion picture
12 exhibitor, distributor, or commercial television or radio broadcaster;
13 (8) sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal property by a coin-operated laundry
14 or dry cleaning machine;
15 (9) sales made to or by religious or charitable institutions in the conduct of their regular
16 religious or charitable functions and activities, if the requirements of Section 59-12-104.1 are
17 fulfilled;
18 (10) sales of vehicles of a type required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of
19 this state which are made to bona fide nonresidents of this state and are not afterwards registered
20 or used in this state except as necessary to transport them to the borders of this state;
21 (11) sales of medicine;
22 (12) sales or use of property, materials, or services used in the construction of or
23 incorporated in pollution control facilities allowed by Sections 19-2-123 through 19-2-127;
24 (13) sales of meals served by:
25 (a) churches, charitable institutions, and institutions of higher education, if the meals are
26 not available to the general public; and
27 (b) inpatient meals provided at medical or nursing facilities;
28 (14) isolated or occasional sales by persons not regularly engaged in business, except the
29 sale of vehicles or vessels required to be titled or registered under the laws of this state in which
30 case the tax is based upon:
31 (a) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle or vessel being sold;
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2 (b) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing fair
3 market value of the vehicle or vessel being sold as determined by the commission;
4 (15) (a) the following purchases or leases by a manufacturer on or after July 1, 1995:
5 (i) machinery and equipment:
6 (A) used in the manufacturing process;
7 (B) having an economic life of three or more years; and
8 (C) used:
9 (I) to manufacture an item sold as tangible personal property; and
10 (II) in new or expanding operations in a manufacturing facility in the state; and
11 (ii) subject to the provisions of Subsection (15)[
12 that:
13 (A) have an economic life of three or more years;
14 (B) are used in the manufacturing process in a manufacturing facility in the state;
15 (C) are used to replace or adapt an existing machine to extend the normal estimated useful
16 life of the machine; and
17 (D) do not include repairs and maintenance;
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20 in Subsection (15)(a)(ii) is exempt;
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22 in Subsection (15)(a)(ii) is exempt; and
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29 "new or expanding operations" and "establishment"; and
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31 commission shall:
1 (i) review the exemptions described in Subsection (15)(a) and make recommendations to
2 the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee concerning whether the exemptions should be
3 continued, modified, or repealed; and
4 (ii) include in its report:
5 (A) the cost of the exemptions;
6 (B) the purpose and effectiveness of the exemptions; and
7 (C) the benefits of the exemptions to the state;
8 (16) sales of tooling, special tooling, support equipment, and special test equipment used
9 or consumed exclusively in the performance of any aerospace or electronics industry contract with
10 the United States government or any subcontract under that contract, but only if, under the terms
11 of that contract or subcontract, title to the tooling and equipment is vested in the United States
12 government as evidenced by a government identification tag placed on the tooling and equipment
13 or by listing on a government-approved property record if a tag is impractical;
14 (17) intrastate movements of:
15 (a) freight by common carriers; and
16 (b) people by taxicabs as described in SIC Code 4121 of the Standard Industrial
17 Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
18 Budget;
19 (18) sales of newspapers or newspaper subscriptions;
20 (19) tangible personal property, other than money, traded in as full or part payment of the
21 purchase price, except that for purposes of calculating sales or use tax upon vehicles not sold by
22 a vehicle dealer, trade-ins are limited to other vehicles only, and the tax is based upon:
23 (a) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle being sold and the
24 vehicle being traded in; or
25 (b) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing fair
26 market value of the vehicle being sold and the vehicle being traded in, as determined by the
27 commission;
28 (20) sprays and insecticides used to control insects, diseases, and weeds for commercial
29 production of fruits, vegetables, feeds, seeds, and animal products, but not those sprays and
30 insecticides used in the processing of the products;
31 (21) (a) sales of tangible personal property used or consumed primarily and directly in
1 farming operations, including sales of irrigation equipment and supplies used for agricultural
2 production purposes, whether or not they become part of real estate and whether or not installed
3 by farmer, contractor, or subcontractor, but not sales of:
4 (i) machinery, equipment, materials, and supplies used in a manner that is incidental to
5 farming, such as hand tools with a unit purchase price not in excess of $250, and maintenance and
6 janitorial equipment and supplies;
7 (ii) tangible personal property used in any activities other than farming, such as office
8 equipment and supplies, equipment and supplies used in sales or distribution of farm products, in
9 research, or in transportation; or
10 (iii) any vehicle required to be registered by the laws of this state, without regard to the
11 use to which the vehicle is put;
12 (b) sales of hay;
13 (22) exclusive sale of locally grown seasonal crops, seedling plants, or garden, farm, or
14 other agricultural produce if sold by a producer during the harvest season;
15 (23) purchases of food as defined in 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2012(g) under the Food Stamp Program,
16 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2011 et seq.;
17 (24) sales of nonreturnable containers, nonreturnable labels, nonreturnable bags,
18 nonreturnable shipping cases, and nonreturnable casings to a manufacturer, processor, wholesaler,
19 or retailer for use in packaging tangible personal property to be sold by that manufacturer,
20 processor, wholesaler, or retailer;
21 (25) property stored in the state for resale;
22 (26) property brought into the state by a nonresident for his or her own personal use or
23 enjoyment while within the state, except property purchased for use in Utah by a nonresident
24 living and working in Utah at the time of purchase;
25 (27) property purchased for resale in this state, in the regular course of business, either in
26 its original form or as an ingredient or component part of a manufactured or compounded product;
27 (28) property upon which a sales or use tax was paid to some other state, or one of its
28 subdivisions, except that the state shall be paid any difference between the tax paid and the tax
29 imposed by this part and Part 2, and no adjustment is allowed if the tax paid was greater than the
30 tax imposed by this part and Part 2;
31 (29) any sale of a service described in Subsections 59-12-103(1)(b), (c), and (d) to a person
1 for use in compounding a service taxable under the subsections;
2 (30) purchases of supplemental foods as defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1786(b)(14) under the
3 special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established in 42 U.S.C.
4 Sec. 1786;
5 (31) (a) sales or leases made before June 30, 1996, of rolls, rollers, refractory brick,
6 electric motors, and other replacement parts used in the furnaces, mills, and ovens of a steel mill
7 described in SIC Code 3312 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal
8 Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; or
9 (b) contracts entered into or orders placed on or before January 1, 1996, to purchase or
10 lease an item described in Subsection (31)(a) if the contract or order constitutes a:
11 (i) legal obligation to purchase or lease an item described in Subsection (31)(a); and
12 (ii) sale or lease under Section 59-12-102 on or before June 30, 1997;
13 (32) sales of boats of a type required to be registered under Title 73, Chapter 18, State
14 Boating Act, boat trailers, and outboard motors which are made to bona fide nonresidents of this
15 state and are not thereafter registered or used in this state except as necessary to transport them to
16 the borders of this state;
17 (33) sales of tangible personal property to persons within this state that is subsequently
18 shipped outside the state and incorporated pursuant to contract into and becomes a part of real
19 property located outside of this state, except to the extent that the other state or political entity
20 imposes a sales, use, gross receipts, or other similar transaction excise tax on it against which the
21 other state or political entity allows a credit for taxes imposed by this chapter;
22 (34) sales of aircraft manufactured in Utah if sold for delivery and use outside Utah where
23 a sales or use tax is not imposed, even if the title is passed in Utah;
24 (35) until July 1, 1999, amounts paid for purchase of telephone service for purposes of
25 providing telephone service;
26 (36) fares charged to persons transported directly by a public transit district created under
27 the authority of Title 17A, Chapter 2, Part 10, Public Transit Districts;
28 (37) sales or leases of vehicles to, or use of vehicles by an authorized carrier;
29 (38) until July 1, 2000, 45% of the sales price of any new manufactured home and 100%
30 of the sales price of any used manufactured home;
31 (39) sales relating to schools and fundraising sales;
1 (40) sales or rentals of home medical equipment and supplies;
2 (41) (a) sales to a ski resort of electricity to operate a passenger tramway as defined in
3 Subsection 63-11-38(8); and
4 (b) the commission shall by rule determine the method for calculating sales exempt under
5 Subsection (41)(a) that are not separately metered and accounted for in utility billings;
6 (42) sales to a ski resort of:
7 (a) snowmaking equipment;
8 (b) ski slope grooming equipment; and
9 (c) passenger tramways as defined in Subsection 63-11-38(8);
10 (43) sales of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels for industrial use;
11 (44) sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or
12 recreation a coin-operated amusement device as defined in Subsection 59-12-102(3); and
13 (45) sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal property by a coin-operated car wash
14 machine.
15 Section 3. Effective date.
16 This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.
Legislative Review Note
as of 1-9-97 10:45 AM
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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