First Substitute H.B. 71

Representative Gregory H. Hughes proposes the following substitute bill:

1 STATE APPROPRIATIONS AND TAX LIMITATION STUDY
2 2003 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes
5 This act mandates that the Legislative Management Committee direct a committee to
6 study and make recommendations to the Legislature about the State Appropriations and
7 Tax Limitation Act.
8 This act enacts uncodified material.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
10 Section 1. Appropriations and tax limitation study.
11 The Legislative Management Committee shall direct that the Executive Appropriations
12 Committee, or another committee or subcommittee:
13 (1) review the original intent and legislative history of Title 63, Chapter 38c, State
14 Appropriations and Tax Limitation Act;
15 (2) review subsequent amendments made to the act since it was enacted;
16 (3) analyze, using historical revenue and budget data, the effect on Utah's budget and
17 the state's fiscal condition:
18 (a) if the limits would have been applied as enacted;
19 (b) if the limits would have been applied without exemptions; and
20 (c) under the current law;
21 (4) review appropriation limits that are in place in other states, particularly Colorado,
22 to determine whether or not those limits should be adopted in Utah; and
23 (5) after completing a comprehensive review, recommend to the Legislature that Title
24 63, Chapter 38c, State Appropriations and Tax Limitation Act, be either:
25 (a) retained without change;

26 (b) relaxed;
27 (c) strengthened; or
28 (d) repealed.