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Second Substitute S.B. 169

Senator Curtis S. Bramble proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
PROPERTY TAX MODIFICATIONS

             2     
2002 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

             5      This act modifies the Property Tax Act to amend provisions relating to payments to a
             6      taxpayer, including the payment of interest and penalties, if the taxpayer's taxes on the
             7      property are reduced. The act addresses the payment of penalties and interest by a taxpayer
             8      objecting to the assessment of property assessed by the State Tax Commission. The act
             9      increases the amount of a taxing entity's share of a final and unappealable judgment or
             10      order that is required to impose a judgment levy. The act provides that a payment to a
             11      taxpayer for which a judgment levy is imposed that is less than $5,000 is required to be paid
             12      by a taxing entity to the taxpayer within 60 days after the taxpayer obtains a final and
             13      unappealable judgment or order requiring the payment. The act addresses the recovery by
             14      a county from the state or a taxing entity other than the county of a portion of a payment to
             15      a taxpayer. This act makes technical changes. The act takes effect on January 1, 2003. This
             16      act provides a coordination clause.
             17      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             18      AMENDS:
             19          59-2-102, as last amended by Chapter 61, Laws of Utah 2000
             20          59-2-1328, as last amended by Chapter 61, Laws of Utah 2000
             21          59-2-1330, as last amended by Chapter 61, Laws of Utah 2000
             22      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             23          Section 1. Section 59-2-102 is amended to read:
             24           59-2-102. Definitions.
             25          As used in this chapter and title:


             26          (1) "Aerial applicator" means aircraft or rotorcraft used exclusively for the purpose of
             27      engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture or horticulture with an airworthiness
             28      certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration certifying the aircraft or rotorcraft's use for
             29      agricultural and pest control purposes.
             30          (2) "Air charter service" means an air carrier operation which requires the customer to hire
             31      an entire aircraft rather than book passage in whatever capacity is available on a scheduled trip.
             32          (3) "Air contract service" means an air carrier operation available only to customers who
             33      engage the services of the carrier through a contractual agreement and excess capacity on any trip
             34      and is not available to the public at large.
             35          (4) "Aircraft" is as defined in Section 72-10-102 .
             36          (5) "Airline" means any air carrier operating interstate routes on a scheduled basis which
             37      offers to fly passengers or cargo on the basis of available capacity on regularly scheduled routes.
             38          (6) "Assessment roll" means a permanent record of the assessment of property as assessed
             39      by the county assessor and the commission and may be maintained manually or as a computerized
             40      file as a consolidated record or as multiple records by type, classification, or categories.
             41          (7) "Certified revenue levy" means a property tax levy that provides the same amount of
             42      ad valorem property tax revenue as was collected for the prior year, plus new growth, but exclusive
             43      of revenue from collections from redemptions, interest, and penalties.
             44          (8) "County-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             45          (a) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is not apportioned under Section
             46      41-1a-301 and is not operated interstate to transport the vehicle owner's goods or property in
             47      furtherance of the owner's commercial enterprise;
             48          (b) any passenger vehicle owned by a business and used by its employees for
             49      transportation as a company car or vanpool vehicle; and
             50          (c) vehicles which are:
             51          (i) especially constructed for towing or wrecking, and which are not otherwise used to
             52      transport goods, merchandise, or people for compensation;
             53          (ii) used or licensed as taxicabs or limousines;
             54          (iii) used as rental passenger cars, travel trailers, or motor homes;
             55          (iv) used or licensed in this state for use as ambulances or hearses;
             56          (v) especially designed and used for garbage and rubbish collection; or


             57          (vi) used exclusively to transport students or their instructors to or from any private,
             58      public, or religious school or school activities.
             59          (9) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(b), for purposes of Section 59-2-801 ,
             60      "designated tax area" means a tax area created by the overlapping boundaries of only the following
             61      taxing entities:
             62          (i) a county; and
             63          (ii) a school district.
             64          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a), "designated tax area" includes a tax area created
             65      by the overlapping boundaries of:
             66          (i) the taxing entities described in Subsection (9)(a); and
             67          (ii) (A) a city or town if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection (9)(a) and
             68      the boundaries of the city or town are identical; or
             69          (B) a special service district if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection (9)(a)
             70      are located entirely within the special service district.
             71          (10) "Eligible judgment" means a final and unappealable judgment or [final] order under
             72      [Section 59-2-1328 or] Section 59-2-1330 :
             73          (a) that became a final and unappealable judgment or order no more than 14 months prior
             74      to the day on which the notice required by Subsection 59-2-919 (4) is required to be mailed; and
             75          (b) for which a taxing entity's share of the final and unappealable judgment or order is
             76      greater than or equal to the lesser of:
             77          (i) [$1,000] $5,000; or
             78          (ii) [1%] 2.5% of the total ad valorem property taxes collected by the taxing entity in the
             79      previous fiscal year.
             80          (11) (a) "Escaped property" means any property, whether personal, land, or any
             81      improvements to the property, subject to taxation and is:
             82          (i) inadvertently omitted from the tax rolls, assigned to the incorrect parcel, or assessed
             83      to the wrong taxpayer by the assessing authority;
             84          (ii) undervalued or omitted from the tax rolls because of the failure of the taxpayer to
             85      comply with the reporting requirements of this chapter; or
             86          (iii) undervalued because of errors made by the assessing authority based upon incomplete
             87      or erroneous information furnished by the taxpayer.


             88          (b) Property which is undervalued because of the use of a different valuation methodology
             89      or because of a different application of the same valuation methodology is not "escaped property."
             90          (12) "Fair market value" means the amount at which property would change hands
             91      between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and
             92      both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts. For purposes of taxation, "fair market
             93      value" shall be determined using the current zoning laws applicable to the property in question,
             94      except in cases where there is a reasonable probability of a change in the zoning laws affecting that
             95      property in the tax year in question and the change would have an appreciable influence upon the
             96      value.
             97          (13) "Farm machinery and equipment," for purposes of the exemption provided under
             98      Section 59-2-1101 , means tractors, milking equipment and storage and cooling facilities, feed
             99      handling equipment, irrigation equipment, harvesters, choppers, grain drills and planters, tillage
             100      tools, scales, combines, spreaders, sprayers, haying equipment, and any other machinery or
             101      equipment used primarily for agricultural purposes; but does not include vehicles required to be
             102      registered with the Motor Vehicle Division or vehicles or other equipment used for business
             103      purposes other than farming.
             104          (14) "Geothermal fluid" means water in any form at temperatures greater than 120 degrees
             105      centigrade naturally present in a geothermal system.
             106          (15) "Geothermal resource" means:
             107          (a) the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees centigrade; and
             108          (b) the energy, in whatever form, including pressure, present in, resulting from, created by,
             109      or which may be extracted from that natural heat, directly or through a material medium.
             110          (16) "Improvements" includes all buildings, structures, fixtures, fences, and improvements
             111      erected upon or affixed to the land, whether the title has been acquired to the land or not.
             112          (17) "Intangible property":
             113          (a) means property that is capable of private ownership separate from tangible property;
             114      and
             115          (b) includes:
             116          (i) moneys;
             117          (ii) credits;
             118          (iii) bonds;


             119          (iv) stocks;
             120          (v) representative property;
             121          (vi) franchises;
             122          (vii) licenses;
             123          (viii) trade names;
             124          (ix) copyrights; and
             125          (x) patents.
             126          (18) "Metalliferous minerals" includes gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and uranium.
             127          (19) "Mine" means a natural deposit of either metalliferous or nonmetalliferous valuable
             128      mineral.
             129          (20) "Mining" means the process of producing, extracting, leaching, evaporating, or
             130      otherwise removing a mineral from a mine.
             131          (21) (a) "Mobile flight equipment" means tangible personal property that is:
             132          (i) owned or operated by an:
             133          (A) air charter service;
             134          (B) air contract service; or
             135          (C) airline; and
             136          (ii) (A) capable of flight;
             137          (B) attached to an aircraft that is capable of flight; or
             138          (C) contained in an aircraft that is capable of flight if the tangible personal property is
             139      intended to be used:
             140          (I) during multiple flights;
             141          (II) during a takeoff, flight, or landing; and
             142          (III) as a service provided by an air charter service, air contract service, or airline.
             143          (b) (i) "Mobile flight equipment" does not include a spare part other than a spare engine
             144      that is rotated:
             145          (A) at regular intervals; and
             146          (B) with an engine that is attached to the aircraft.
             147          (ii) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             148      commission may make rules defining the term "regular intervals."
             149          (22) "Nonmetalliferous minerals" includes, but is not limited to, oil, gas, coal, salts, sand,


             150      rock, gravel, and all carboniferous materials.
             151          (23) "Personal property" includes:
             152          (a) every class of property as defined in Subsection (24) which is the subject of ownership
             153      and not included within the meaning of the terms "real estate" and "improvements";
             154          (b) gas and water mains and pipes laid in roads, streets, or alleys;
             155          (c) bridges and ferries; and
             156          (d) livestock which, for the purposes of the exemption provided under Section 59-2-1112 ,
             157      means all domestic animals, honeybees, poultry, fur-bearing animals, and fish.
             158          (24) (a) "Property" means property that is subject to assessment and taxation according to
             159      its value.
             160          (b) "Property" does not include intangible property as defined in this section.
             161          (25) "Public utility," for purposes of this chapter, means the operating property of a
             162      railroad, gas corporation, oil or gas transportation or pipeline company, coal slurry pipeline
             163      company, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, sewerage corporation, or heat corporation
             164      where the company performs the service for, or delivers the commodity to, the public generally
             165      or companies serving the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or an electrical
             166      corporation, where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within
             167      the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. Public utility also means the operating
             168      property of any entity or person defined under Section 54-2-1 except water corporations.
             169          (26) "Real estate or property" includes:
             170          (a) the possession of, claim to, ownership of, or right to the possession of land;
             171          (b) all mines, minerals, and quarries in and under the land, all timber belonging to
             172      individuals or corporations growing or being on the lands of this state or the United States, and all
             173      rights and privileges appertaining to these; and
             174          (c) improvements.
             175          (27) "Residential property," for the purposes of the reductions and adjustments under this
             176      chapter, means any property used for residential purposes as a primary residence. It does not
             177      include property used for transient residential use or condominiums used in rental pools.
             178          (28) For purposes of Subsection 59-2-801 (1)(e), "route miles" means the number of miles
             179      calculated by the commission that is:
             180          (a) measured in a straight line by the commission; and


             181          (b) equal to the distance between a geographical location that begins or ends:
             182          (i) at a boundary of the state; and
             183          (ii) where an aircraft:
             184          (A) takes off; or
             185          (B) lands.
             186          (29) (a) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             187          (i) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate or intrastate to
             188      transport passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire; or
             189          (ii) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate and transports
             190      the vehicle owner's goods or property in furtherance of the owner's commercial enterprise.
             191          (b) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" does not include vehicles used for hire which are
             192      specified in Subsection (8)(c) as county-assessed commercial vehicles.
             193          (30) "Taxable value" means fair market value less any applicable reduction allowed for
             194      residential property under Section 59-2-103 .
             195          (31) "Tax area" means a geographic area created by the overlapping boundaries of one or
             196      more taxing entities.
             197          (32) "Taxing entity" means any county, city, town, school district, special taxing district,
             198      or any other political subdivision of the state with the authority to levy a tax on property.
             199          (33) "Tax roll" means a permanent record of the taxes charged on property, as extended
             200      on the assessment roll and may be maintained on the same record or records as the assessment roll
             201      or may be maintained on a separate record properly indexed to the assessment roll. It includes tax
             202      books, tax lists, and other similar materials.
             203          Section 2. Section 59-2-1328 is amended to read:
             204           59-2-1328. Judgment or order against state or taxing entity -- Payment to taxpayer
             205      -- County recovery of portion of payment to taxpayer from the state or a taxing entity other
             206      than the county.
             207          [(1) (a) If it is determined in any action that a tax, or any portion of the tax, paid under
             208      protest, was unlawfully collected, a judgment for recovery of the tax plus interest as provided by
             209      law, together with costs of action, shall be entered in favor of the taxpayer.]
             210          [(b) Upon being presented a duly authenticated copy of the judgment, the proper officer
             211      or officers of the state, county, or municipality whose officers collected or received the tax]


             212          (1) If a taxpayer obtains a final and unappealable judgment or order in accordance with
             213      Section 59-2-1330 ordering a reduction in the amount of any tax levied against any property for
             214      which the taxpayer paid a tax or any portion of a tax under this chapter for a calendar year, the state
             215      or the taxing entity against which the taxpayer obtained the final and unappealable judgment or
             216      order shall:
             217          (a) audit and allow the final and unappealable judgment[, and] or order;
             218          (b) cause a warrant to be drawn for the amount recovered by the final and unappealable
             219      judgment[.] or order; and
             220          (c) pay the taxpayer as required by Section 59-2-1330.
             221          [(c) If] (2) At the request of a county, the state or a taxing entity shall cause a warrant to
             222      be drawn upon the treasurer of the state or the taxing entity in favor of the county:
             223          (a) if:
             224          (i) the final and unappealable judgment or order described in Subsection (1) is obtained
             225      against a county[,]; and
             226          (ii) any portion of the taxes included in the final and unappealable judgment [are] order
             227      described in Subsection (1):
             228          (A) is levied by the state[, district, school, or other taxes levied by] or a taxing entity
             229      [which have] other than the county; and
             230          (B) has been [or may be] paid over to the state or [to any school district or other] the taxing
             231      entity described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(A) by the county; and
             232          (b) for the state's or the taxing entity's proportionate share of a payment to a taxpayer
             233      required by Section 59-2-1330 .
             234          (3) For purposes of Subsection (2), the state's or a taxing entity's proportionate share of a
             235      payment to a taxpayer required by Section 59-2-1330 is an amount equal to the product of:
             236          (a) the percentage by which the amount of any tax levied against any property for which
             237      the taxpayer paid a tax under this chapter for a calendar year was reduced in accordance with the
             238      final and unappealable judgment or order described in Subsection (1); and
             239          (b) the total amount of the taxes for the property described in Subsection (1) paid over to
             240      the state or the taxing entity by the county for the calendar year described in Subsection (3)(a).
             241      [, the proper officer or officers of the state, school district, or other taxing entity shall, upon
             242      demand by the county, cause a warrant to be drawn upon the treasurer of the state, school district,


             243      or other taxing entity in favor of the county for the amount of the taxes received, together with
             244      interest as provided by law and an equitable portion of the costs of the action.]
             245          [(2) (a) Each taxing entity may levy a tax to pay its share of one or more eligible
             246      judgments, as defined in Section 59-2-102 .]
             247          [(b) The levy under Subsection (2)(a) is in addition to, and exempt from, the maximum
             248      levy established for the taxing entity.]
             249          [(3) Unless otherwise agreed to by a taxing entity and a taxpayer, all refunds and interest
             250      ordered under this section shall be paid by taxing entities to taxpayers:]
             251          [(a) within 60 days of the date the refund is ordered; or]
             252          [(b) if a judgment levy is imposed by the taxing entity relating to the refund, no later than
             253      December 31 of the year in which the judgment levy is imposed.]
             254          Section 3. Section 59-2-1330 is amended to read:
             255           59-2-1330. Payment of property taxes -- Taxpayer payments -- Interest -- Penalty
             256      -- Judgment levy -- Objections to assessments by the commission -- Time periods for making
             257      reimbursements.
             258          (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, property taxes shall be paid directly
             259      to the county assessor or the county treasurer [when]:
             260          (a) on the date that the property taxes are due[.]; and
             261          (b) as provided in this chapter.
             262          (2) [If the commission or a court of competent jurisdiction orders] A taxpayer shall receive
             263      payment as provided in this section if a reduction in the amount of any tax levied against any
             264      property [for tax purposes, the taxpayer shall be reimbursed under Subsection (3).] for which the
             265      taxpayer paid a tax or any portion of a tax under this chapter for a calendar year is required by a
             266      final and unappealable judgment or order described in Subsection (3) issued by:
             267          (a) a county board of equalization;
             268          (b) the commission; or
             269          (c) a court of competent jurisdiction.
             270          (3) (a) [The] For purposes of Subsection (2), the state [and] or any taxing entity [which]
             271      that has received property taxes or any portion of property taxes [is liable to a judgment debtor for
             272      the amount the state or the taxing entity received plus interest as provided in Subsection (3)(b)]
             273      from a taxpayer described in Subsection (2) shall pay the taxpayer if:


             274          (i) the taxes the taxpayer paid in accordance with Subsection (2) are collected by [the] an
             275      authorized officer of [any] the:
             276          (A) county; or
             277          (B) state;
             278          (ii) [a] the taxpayer obtains a final and unappealable judgment or [final] order:
             279          (A) from:
             280          (I) [the] a county board of equalization [or];
             281          (II) the commission; or
             282          (III) a court of competent jurisdiction;
             283          (B) against:
             284          (I) the [county] taxing entity or an authorized officer of the [county establishing that the
             285      taxes have been unlawfully collected; and] taxing entity; or
             286          [(iii) any portion of the taxes has been paid to the state or to any taxing entity by the county
             287      or its authorized officer.]
             288          (II) the state or an authorized officer of the state; and
             289          (C) ordering a reduction in the amount of any tax levied against any property for which
             290      a taxpayer paid a tax or any portion of a tax under this chapter for the calendar year.
             291          (b) The amount that the state or a taxing entity shall pay a taxpayer shall be determined
             292      in accordance with Subsections (4) through (7).
             293          (4) For purposes of Subsections (2) and (3), the amount the state shall pay to a taxpayer
             294      is equal to the sum of:
             295          (a) if the difference described in this Subsection (4)(a) is greater than $0, the difference
             296      between:
             297          (i) the tax the taxpayer paid to the state in accordance with Subsection (2); and
             298          (ii) the amount of the taxpayer's tax liability to the state after the reduction in the amount
             299      of tax levied against the property in accordance with the final and unappealable judgment or order
             300      described in Subsection (3);
             301          (b) if the difference described in this Subsection (4)(b) is greater than $0, the difference
             302      between:
             303          (i) any penalties the taxpayer paid to the state in accordance with Section 59-2-1331 ; and
             304          (ii) the amount of penalties the taxpayer is liable to pay to the state in accordance with


             305      Section 59-2-1331 after the reduction in the amount of tax levied against the property in
             306      accordance with the final and unappealable judgment or order described in Subsection (3);
             307          (c) as provided in Subsection (6)(a), interest the taxpayer paid in accordance with Section
             308      59-2-1331 on the amounts described in Subsections (4)(a) and (4)(b); and
             309          (d) as provided in Subsection (6)(b), interest on the sum of the amounts described in:
             310          (i) Subsection (4)(a);
             311          (ii) Subsection (4)(b); and
             312          (iii) Subsection (4)(c).
             313          (5) For purposes of Subsections (2) and (3), the amount a taxing entity shall pay to a
             314      taxpayer is equal to the sum of:
             315          (a) if the difference described in this Subsection (5)(a) is greater than $0, the difference
             316      between:
             317          (i) the tax the taxpayer paid to the taxing entity in accordance with Subsection (2); and
             318          (ii) the amount of the taxpayer's tax liability to the taxing entity after the reduction in the
             319      amount of tax levied against the property in accordance with the final and unappealable judgment
             320      or order described in Subsection (3);
             321          (b) if the difference described in this Subsection (5)(b) is greater than $0, the difference
             322      between:
             323          (i) any penalties the taxpayer paid to the taxing entity in accordance with Section
             324      59-2-1331 ; and
             325          (ii) the amount of penalties the taxpayer is liable to pay to the taxing entity in accordance
             326      with Section 59-2-1331 after the reduction in the amount of tax levied against the property in
             327      accordance with the final and unappealable judgment or order described in Subsection (3); and
             328          (c) as provided in Subsection (6)(a), interest the taxpayer paid in accordance with Section
             329      59-2-1331 on the amounts described in Subsections (5)(a) and (5)(b); and
             330          (d) as provided in Subsection (6)(b), interest on the sum of the amounts described in:
             331          (i) Subsection (5)(a);
             332          (ii) Subsection (5)(b); and
             333          (iii) Subsection (5)(c).
             334          [(b) Interest under Subsection (3)(a)] (6) Except as provided in Subsection (7):
             335          (a) interest shall [accrue:] be refunded to a taxpayer on the amount described in Subsection


             336      (4)(c) or (5)(c) in an amount equal to the amount of interest the taxpayer paid in accordance with
             337      Section 59-2-1331 ; and
             338          [(i) at a rate equal to the rate earned by the county;]
             339          [(ii) (A) on the amount of taxes received from the time the state or a taxing entity
             340      received the taxes; and]
             341          [(B) for an equitable portion of the costs of action.]
             342          (b) interest shall be paid to a taxpayer on the amount described in Subsection (4)(d) or
             343      (5)(d):
             344          (i) beginning on the later of:
             345          (A) the day on which the taxpayer paid the tax in accordance with Subsection (2); or
             346          (B) January 1 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year for which the
             347      tax was due;
             348          (ii) ending on the day on which the state or a taxing entity pays to the taxpayer the amount
             349      required by Subsection (4) or (5); and
             350          (iii) at the interest rate earned by the state treasurer on public funds transferred to the state
             351      treasurer in accordance with Section 51-7-5.
             352          (7) Notwithstanding Subsection (6):
             353          (a) the state may not pay or refund interest to a taxpayer under Subsection (6) on any tax
             354      the taxpayer paid in accordance with Subsection (2) that exceeds the amount of tax levied by the
             355      state for that calendar year as stated on the notice required by Section 59-2-1317 ; and
             356          (b) a taxing entity may not pay or refund interest to a taxpayer under Subsection (6) on any
             357      tax the taxpayer paid in accordance with Subsection (2) that exceeds the amount of tax levied by
             358      the taxing entity for that calendar year as stated on the notice required by Section 59-2-1317.
             359          [(4)] (8) (a) Each taxing entity may levy a tax to pay its share of the final and unappealable
             360      judgment or [final] order [under] described in Subsection (3) if:
             361          (i) the final and unappealable judgment or [final] order is issued no later than 15 days prior
             362      to the date the levy is set under Subsection 59-2-924 (2)(a);
             363          (ii) the amount of the judgment levy is included on the notice under Section 59-2-919 ; and
             364          (iii) the final and unappealable judgment or [final] order is an eligible judgment, as defined
             365      in Section 59-2-102 .
             366          (b) The levy under Subsection [(4)] (8)(a) is in addition to, and exempt from, the


             367      maximum levy established for the taxing entity.
             368          [(5) (a) An owner of property assessed by the commission that has filed a valuation protest
             369      pursuant to Section 59-2-1007 and has not received a final decision on that protest]
             370          (9) (a) A taxpayer that objects to the assessment of property assessed by the commission
             371      shall pay, on or before the date of delinquency established under Subsection 59-2-1331 (1) or
             372      Section 59-2-1332 , the full amount of taxes [due.] stated on the notice required by Section
             373      59-2-1317 if:
             374          (i) the taxpayer has applied to the commission for a hearing in accordance with Section
             375      59-2-1007 on the objection to the assessment; and
             376          (ii) the commission has not issued a written decision on the objection to the assessment
             377      in accordance with Section 59-2-1007 .
             378          (b) A [property owner] taxpayer that pays the full amount of taxes due under Subsection
             379      [(5)] (9)(a) is not required to pay penalties or interest on [a disputed tax] an assessment described
             380      in Subsection (9)(a) unless:
             381          (i) [a final decision is entered] a final and unappealable judgment or order establishing that
             382      the property described in Subsection (9)(a) has a value greater than the value stated on the
             383      [disclosure] notice [under] required by Section 59-2-1317 [; and] is issued by:
             384          (A) the commission; or
             385          (B) a court of competent jurisdiction; and
             386          (ii) the [property owner] taxpayer fails to pay the additional tax liability resulting from the
             387      final and unappealable judgment or order described in Subsection (9)(b)(i) within a 45-day period
             388      after the county bills the [property owner] taxpayer for the additional tax liability.
             389          [(6) Unless otherwise agreed to by a taxing entity and a taxpayer, all refunds and interest
             390      ordered under]
             391          (10) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (10)(b), a payment that is required by this
             392      section shall be paid [by taxing entities to taxpayers] to a taxpayer:
             393          [(a)] (i) within 60 days [of the date the refund is ordered] after the day on which the final
             394      and unappealable judgment or order is issued in accordance with Subsection (3); or
             395          [(b)] (ii) if a judgment levy is imposed [by the taxing entity relating to the refund,] in
             396      accordance with Subsection (8):
             397          (A) if the payment to the taxpayer required by this section is $5,000 or more, no later than


             398      December 31 of the year in which the judgment levy is imposed[.]; and
             399          (B) if the payment to the taxpayer required by this section is less than $5,000, within 60
             400      days after the date the final and unappealable judgment or order is issued in accordance with
             401      Subsection (3).
             402          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (10)(a), a taxpayer may enter into an agreement:
             403          (i) that establishes a time period other than a time period described in Subsection (10)(a)
             404      for making a payment to the taxpayer that is required by this section; and
             405          (ii) with:
             406          (A) an authorized officer of a taxing entity for a tax imposed by a taxing entity; or
             407          (B) an authorized officer of the state for a tax imposed by the state.
             408          Section 4. Effective date.
             409          This act takes effect on January 1, 2003.
             410          Section 5. Coordination clause.
             411          If this bill and H.B. 201, Property Tax - Judgment Levy, both pass, it is the intent of the
             412      Legislature that the amendments to Sections 59-2-102, 59-2-1328, and 59-2-1330 in this bill
             413      supersede the amendments to those sections in H.B. 201.


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