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Third Substitute S.B. 213

Representative Michael R. Styler proposes the following substitute bill:


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AMENDMENTS TO SALES AND USE TAX

             2     
2003 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: Ed P. Mayne

             5      This act modifies the Sales and Use Tax Act to modify the transactions that are subject to
             6      sales and use tax. The act provides definitions. The act makes technical changes. This
             7      act takes effect on July 1, 2003.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      AMENDS:
             10          59-12-102, as last amended by Chapters 77, 117, 192 and 320, Laws of Utah 2002
             11          59-12-103, as last amended by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 2002, Sixth Special Session
             12      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             13          Section 1. Section 59-12-102 is amended to read:
             14           59-12-102. Definitions.
             15          As used in this chapter:
             16          (1) (a) "Admission or user fees" includes season passes.
             17          (b) "Admission or user fees" does not include annual membership dues to private
             18      organizations.
             19          (2) "Area agency on aging" is as defined in Section 62A-3-101 .
             20          (3) "Authorized carrier" means:
             21          (a) in the case of vehicles operated over public highways, the holder of credentials
             22      indicating that the vehicle is or will be operated pursuant to both the International Registration
             23      Plan and the International Fuel Tax Agreement;
             24          (b) in the case of aircraft, the holder of a Federal Aviation Administration operating
             25      certificate or air carrier's operating certificate; or



             26          (c) in the case of locomotives, freight cars, railroad work equipment, or other rolling
             27      stock, the holder of a certificate issued by the United States Surface Transportation Board.
             28          (4) "Cable service" means:
             29          (a) the transmission of one or more of the following programming services to a
             30      purchaser:
             31          (i) video programming service;
             32          (ii) audio programming service; or
             33          (iii) other programming service; and
             34          (b) the purchaser interaction, if any, required for the selection or use of a programming
             35      service described in Subsection (4)(a).
             36          [(4)] (5) (a) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104 (43), "coin-operated amusement
             37      device" means:
             38          (i) a coin-operated amusement, skill, or ride device;
             39          (ii) that is not controlled through vendor-assisted, over-the-counter, sales of tokens;
             40      and
             41          (iii) includes a music machine, pinball machine, billiard machine, video game machine,
             42      arcade machine, and a mechanical or electronic skill game or ride.
             43          (b) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104 (43), "coin-operated amusement device" does
             44      not mean a coin-operated amusement device possessing a coinage mechanism that:
             45          (i) accepts and registers multiple denominations of coins; and
             46          (ii) allows the vendor to collect the sales and use tax at the time an amusement device
             47      is activated and operated by a person inserting coins into the device.
             48          [(5)] (6) "Commercial use" means the use of gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or
             49      other fuels that does not constitute industrial use under Subsection [(13)] (15) or residential use
             50      under Subsection [(23)] (25).
             51          [(6)] (7) (a) "Common carrier" means a person engaged in or transacting the business
             52      of transporting passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire within this state.
             53          (b) (i) "Common carrier" does not include a person who, at the time the person is
             54      traveling to or from that person's place of employment, transports a passenger to or from the
             55      passenger's place of employment.
             56          (ii) For purposes of Subsection [(6)] (7)(b)(i), in accordance with Title 63, Chapter


             57      46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules defining what
             58      constitutes a person's place of employment.
             59          [(7)] (8) "Component part" includes:
             60          (a) poultry, dairy, and other livestock feed, and their components;
             61          (b) baling ties and twine used in the baling of hay and straw;
             62          (c) fuel used for providing temperature control of orchards and commercial
             63      greenhouses doing a majority of their business in wholesale sales, and for providing power for
             64      off-highway type farm machinery; and
             65          (d) feed, seeds, and seedlings.
             66          [(8)] (9) "Construction materials" means any tangible personal property that will be
             67      converted into real property.
             68          (10) "Direct-to-home satellite service" is as defined in the federal Communications Act
             69      of 1934, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 303(v).
             70          [(9)] (11) (a) "Fundraising sales" means sales:
             71          (i) (A) made by a school; or
             72          (B) made by a school student;
             73          (ii) that are for the purpose of raising funds for the school to purchase equipment,
             74      materials, or provide transportation; and
             75          (iii) that are part of an officially sanctioned school activity.
             76          (b) For purposes of Subsection [(9)] (11)(a)(iii), "officially sanctioned school activity"
             77      means a school activity:
             78          (i) that is conducted in accordance with a formal policy adopted by the school or school
             79      district governing the authorization and supervision of fundraising activities;
             80          (ii) that does not directly or indirectly compensate an individual teacher or other
             81      educational personnel by direct payment, commissions, or payment in kind; and
             82          (iii) the net or gross revenues from which are deposited in a dedicated account
             83      controlled by the school or school district.
             84          [(10)] (12) (a) "Hearing aid" means:
             85          (i) an instrument or device having an electronic component that is designed to:
             86          (A) (I) improve impaired human hearing; or
             87          (II) correct impaired human hearing; and


             88          (B) (I) be worn in the human ear; or
             89          (II) affixed behind the human ear;
             90          (ii) an instrument or device that is surgically implanted into the cochlea; or
             91          (iii) a telephone amplifying device.
             92          (b) "Hearing aid" does not include:
             93          (i) except as provided in Subsection [(10)] (12)(a)(i)(B) or [(10)] (12)(a)(ii), an
             94      instrument or device having an electronic component that is designed to be worn on the body;
             95          (ii) except as provided in Subsection [(10)] (12)(a)(iii), an assistive listening device or
             96      system designed to be used by one individual, including:
             97          (A) a personal amplifying system;
             98          (B) a personal FM system;
             99          (C) a television listening system; or
             100          (D) a device or system similar to a device or system described in Subsections [(10)]
             101      (12)(b)(ii)(A) through (C); or
             102          (iii) an assistive listening device or system designed to be used by more than one
             103      individual, including:
             104          (A) a device or system installed in:
             105          (I) an auditorium;
             106          (II) a church;
             107          (III) a conference room;
             108          (IV) a synagogue; or
             109          (V) a theater; or
             110          (B) a device or system similar to a device or system described in Subsections [(10)]
             111      (12)(b)(iii)(A)(I) through (V).
             112          [(11)] (13) (a) "Hearing aid accessory" means a hearing aid:
             113          (i) component;
             114          (ii) attachment; or
             115          (iii) accessory.
             116          (b) "Hearing aid accessory" includes:
             117          (i) a hearing aid neck loop;
             118          (ii) a hearing aid cord;


             119          (iii) a hearing aid ear mold;
             120          (iv) hearing aid tubing;
             121          (v) a hearing aid ear hook; or
             122          (vi) a hearing aid remote control.
             123          (c) "Hearing aid accessory" does not include:
             124          (i) a component, attachment, or accessory designed to be used only with an:
             125          (A) instrument or device described in Subsection [(10)] (12)(b)(i); or
             126          (B) assistive listening device or system described in Subsection [(10)] (12)(b)(ii) or
             127      (iii); or
             128          (ii) a hearing aid battery.
             129          [(12)] (14) (a) Except as provided in Subsection [(12)] (14)(c), "home medical
             130      equipment or supplies" means equipment or supplies that:
             131          (i) a licensed physician prescribes or authorizes in writing as necessary:
             132          (A) for the treatment of a medical illness or injury; or
             133          (B) to mitigate an impairment resulting from illness or injury;
             134          (ii) are used exclusively by the person for whom they are prescribed to serve a medical
             135      purpose; and
             136          (iii) are listed as eligible for payment under:
             137          (A) Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act; or
             138          (B) the state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX of the federal Social Security
             139      Act.
             140          (b) "Home medical equipment or supplies" includes parts used in the repairs or
             141      renovations of equipment or supplies described in Subsection [(12)] (14)(a).
             142          (c) Notwithstanding Subsection [(12)] (14)(a), "home medical equipment or supplies"
             143      does not include:
             144          (i) equipment or supplies purchased by, for, or on behalf of any:
             145          (A) health care facility, as defined in Subsection [(12)] (14)(d); or
             146          (B) one or more of the following for use in a professional practice:
             147          (I) a doctor;
             148          (II) a nurse; or
             149          (III) another health care provider;


             150          (ii) eyeglasses, contact lenses, or equipment to correct impaired vision; or
             151          (iii) hearing aids or hearing aid accessories.
             152          (d) For purposes of Subsection [(12)] (14)(c)(i)(A), "health care facility" includes:
             153          (i) a clinic;
             154          (ii) a doctor's office; or
             155          (iii) a health care facility as defined in Section 26-21-2 .
             156          [(13)] (15) "Industrial use" means the use of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil,
             157      or other fuels:
             158          (a) in mining or extraction of minerals;
             159          (b) in agricultural operations to produce an agricultural product up to the time of
             160      harvest or placing the agricultural product into a storage facility, including:
             161          (i) commercial greenhouses;
             162          (ii) irrigation pumps;
             163          (iii) farm machinery;
             164          (iv) implements of husbandry as defined in Subsection 41-1a-102 (23) that are not
             165      registered under Title 41, Chapter 1a, Part 2, Registration; and
             166          (v) other farming activities;
             167          (c) in manufacturing tangible personal property at an establishment described in SIC
             168      Codes 2000 to 3999 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal
             169      Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; or
             170          (d) by a scrap recycler if:
             171          (i) from a fixed location, the scrap recycler utilizes machinery or equipment to process
             172      one or more of the following items into prepared grades of processed materials for use in new
             173      products:
             174          (A) iron;
             175          (B) steel;
             176          (C) nonferrous metal;
             177          (D) paper;
             178          (E) glass;
             179          (F) plastic;
             180          (G) textile; or


             181          (H) rubber; and
             182          (ii) the new products under Subsection [(13)] (15)(d)(i) would otherwise be made with
             183      nonrecycled materials.
             184          [(14)] (16) "Manufactured home" means any manufactured home or mobile home as
             185      defined in Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform Building Standards Act.
             186          [(15)] (17) For purposes of Subsection 59-12-104 (14), "manufacturing facility" means:
             187          (a) an establishment described in SIC Codes 2000 to 3999 of the 1987 Standard
             188      Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of
             189      Management and Budget; or
             190          (b) a scrap recycler if:
             191          (i) from a fixed location, the scrap recycler utilizes machinery or equipment to process
             192      one or more of the following items into prepared grades of processed materials for use in new
             193      products:
             194          (A) iron;
             195          (B) steel;
             196          (C) nonferrous metal;
             197          (D) paper;
             198          (E) glass;
             199          (F) plastic;
             200          (G) textile; or
             201          (H) rubber; and
             202          (ii) the new products under Subsection [(15)] (17)(b)(i) would otherwise be made with
             203      nonrecycled materials.
             204          [(16)] (18) (a) "Medicine" means:
             205          (i) insulin, syringes, and any medicine prescribed for the treatment of human ailments
             206      by a person authorized to prescribe treatments and dispensed on prescription filled by a
             207      registered pharmacist, or supplied to patients by a physician, surgeon, or podiatric physician;
             208          (ii) any medicine dispensed to patients in a county or other licensed hospital if
             209      prescribed for that patient and dispensed by a registered pharmacist or administered under the
             210      direction of a physician; and
             211          (iii) any oxygen or stoma supplies prescribed by a physician or administered under the


             212      direction of a physician or paramedic.
             213          (b) "Medicine" does not include:
             214          (i) any auditory, prosthetic, ophthalmic, or ocular device or appliance; or
             215          (ii) any alcoholic beverage.
             216          [(17)] (19) "Mobile telecommunications service" is as defined in the Mobile
             217      Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 124.
             218          [(18)] (20) "Olympic merchandise" means tangible personal property bearing an
             219      Olympic designation, emblem, insignia, mark, logo, service mark, symbol, terminology,
             220      trademark, or other copyrighted or protected material, including:
             221          (a) one or more of the following terms:
             222          (i) "Olympic";
             223          (ii) "Olympiad"; or
             224          (iii) "Citius Altius Fortius";
             225          (b) the symbol of the International Olympic Committee, consisting of five interlocking
             226      rings;
             227          (c) the emblem of the International Olympic Committee Corporation;
             228          (d) a United States Olympic Committee designation, emblem, insignia, mark, logo,
             229      service mark, symbol, terminology, trademark, or other copyrighted or protected material;
             230          (e) any emblem of the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 that is officially designated by
             231      the Salt Lake Organizing Committee of the Olympic Winter Games of 2002; or
             232          (f) the mascot of the Olympic Winter Games of 2002.
             233          [(19)] (21) (a) "Other fuels" means products that burn independently to produce heat or
             234      energy.
             235          (b) "Other fuels" includes oxygen when it is used in the manufacturing of tangible
             236      personal property.
             237          [(20)] (22) "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture,
             238      association, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, this state, any county,
             239      city, municipality, district, or other local governmental entity of the state, or any group or
             240      combination acting as a unit.
             241          [(21)] (23) "Purchase price" means the amount paid or charged for tangible personal
             242      property or any other taxable transaction under Subsection 59-12-103 (1), excluding only cash


             243      discounts taken or any excise tax imposed on the purchase price by the federal government.
             244          [(22)] (24) "Regularly rented" means:
             245          (a) rented to a guest for value three or more times during a calendar year; or
             246          (b) advertised or held out to the public as a place that is regularly rented to guests for
             247      value.
             248          [(23)] (25) "Residential use" means the use in or around a home, apartment building,
             249      sleeping quarters, and similar facilities or accommodations.
             250          [(24)] (26) (a) "Retail sale" means any sale within the state of tangible personal
             251      property or any other taxable transaction under Subsection 59-12-103 (1), other than resale of
             252      such property, item, or service by a retailer or wholesaler to a user or consumer.
             253          (b) "Retail sale" includes sales by any farmer or other agricultural producer of poultry,
             254      eggs, or dairy products to consumers if the sales have an average monthly sales value of $125
             255      or more.
             256          (c) "Retail sale" does not include, and no additional sales or use tax shall be assessed
             257      against, those transactions where a purchaser of tangible personal property pays applicable
             258      sales or use taxes on its initial nonexempt purchases of property and then enters into a
             259      sale-leaseback transaction by which title to such property is transferred by the purchaser-lessee
             260      to a lessor for consideration, provided:
             261          (i) the transaction is intended as a form of financing for the property to the
             262      purchaser-lessee; and
             263          (ii) pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, the purchaser-lessee is
             264      required to capitalize the subject property for financial reporting purposes, and account for the
             265      lease payments as payments made under a financing arrangement.
             266          [(25)] (27) (a) "Retailer" means any person engaged in a regularly organized retail
             267      business in tangible personal property or any other taxable transaction under Subsection
             268      59-12-103 (1), and who is selling to the user or consumer and not for resale.
             269          (b) "Retailer" includes commission merchants, auctioneers, and any person regularly
             270      engaged in the business of selling to users or consumers within the state.
             271          (c) "Retailer" does not include farmers, gardeners, stockmen, poultrymen, or other
             272      growers or agricultural producers producing and doing business on their own premises, except
             273      those who are regularly engaged in the business of buying or selling for a profit.


             274          (d) For purposes of this chapter the commission may regard as retailers the following if
             275      they determine it is necessary for the efficient administration of this chapter: salesmen,
             276      representatives, peddlers, or canvassers as the agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, or
             277      employers under whom they operate or from whom they obtain the tangible personal property
             278      sold by them, irrespective of whether they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf of
             279      these dealers, distributors, supervisors, or employers, except that:
             280          (i) a printer's facility with which a retailer has contracted for printing shall not be
             281      considered to be a salesman, representative, peddler, canvasser, or agent of the retailer; and
             282          (ii) the ownership of property that is located at the premises of a printer's facility with
             283      which the retailer has contracted for printing and that consists of the final printed product,
             284      property that becomes a part of the final printed product, or copy from which the printed
             285      product is produced, shall not result in the retailer being deemed to have or maintain an office,
             286      distribution house, sales house, warehouse, service enterprise, or other place of business, or to
             287      maintain a stock of goods, within this state.
             288          [(26)] (28) "Sale" means any transfer of title, exchange, or barter, conditional or
             289      otherwise, in any manner, of tangible personal property or any other taxable transaction under
             290      Subsection 59-12-103 (1), for consideration. It includes:
             291          (a) installment and credit sales;
             292          (b) any closed transaction constituting a sale;
             293          (c) any sale of electrical energy, gas, services, or entertainment taxable under this
             294      chapter;
             295          (d) any transaction if the possession of property is transferred but the seller retains the
             296      title as security for the payment of the price; and
             297          (e) any transaction under which right to possession, operation, or use of any article of
             298      tangible personal property is granted under a lease or contract and the transfer of possession
             299      would be taxable if an outright sale were made.
             300          [(27)] (29) (a) "Sales relating to schools" means the following sales by, amounts paid
             301      to, or amounts charged by a school:
             302          (i) sales that are directly related to the school's educational functions or activities
             303      including:
             304          (A) the sale of:


             305          (I) textbooks;
             306          (II) textbook fees;
             307          (III) laboratory fees;
             308          (IV) laboratory supplies; or
             309          (V) safety equipment;
             310          (B) the sale of clothing that:
             311          (I) a student is specifically required to wear as a condition of participation in a
             312      school-related event or school-related activity; and
             313          (II) is not readily adaptable to general or continued usage to the extent that it takes the
             314      place of ordinary clothing;
             315          (C) sales of food if the net or gross revenues generated by the food sales are deposited
             316      into a school district fund or school fund dedicated to school meals; or
             317          (D) transportation charges for official school activities; or
             318          (ii) amounts paid to or amounts charged by a school for admission to a school-related
             319      event or school-related activity.
             320          (b) "Sales relating to schools" does not include:
             321          (i) bookstore sales of items that are not educational materials or supplies;
             322          (ii) except as provided in Subsection [(27)] (29)(a)(i)(B), clothing; or
             323          (iii) amounts paid to or amounts charged by a school for admission to a school-related
             324      event or school-related activity if the amounts paid or charged are passed through to a person:
             325          (A) other than a:
             326          (I) school;
             327          (II) nonprofit organization authorized by a school board or a governing body of a
             328      private school to organize and direct a competitive secondary school activity; or
             329          (III) nonprofit association authorized by a school board or a governing body of a
             330      private school to organize and direct a competitive secondary school activity; and
             331          (B) that is required to collect sales and use taxes under this chapter.
             332          (c) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             333      commission may make rules defining the term "passed through."
             334          [(28)] (30) For purposes of this section and Section 59-12-104 , "school" means:
             335          (a) an elementary school or a secondary school that:


             336          (i) is a:
             337          (A) public school; or
             338          (B) private school; and
             339          (ii) provides instruction for one or more grades kindergarten through 12; or
             340          (b) a public school district.
             341          [(29)] (31) (a) "Semiconductor fabricating or processing materials" means tangible
             342      personal property:
             343          (i) used primarily in the process of:
             344          (A) (I) manufacturing a semiconductor; or
             345          (II) fabricating a semiconductor; or
             346          (B) maintaining an environment suitable for a semiconductor; or
             347          (ii) consumed primarily in the process of:
             348          (A) (I) manufacturing a semiconductor; or
             349          (II) fabricating a semiconductor; or
             350          (B) maintaining an environment suitable for a semiconductor.
             351          (b) "Semiconductor fabricating or processing materials" includes:
             352          (i) parts used in the repairs or renovations of tangible personal property described in
             353      Subsection [(29)] (31)(a); or
             354          (ii) a chemical, catalyst, or other material used to:
             355          (A) produce or induce in a semiconductor a:
             356          (I) chemical change; or
             357          (II) physical change;
             358          (B) remove impurities from a semiconductor; or
             359          (C) improve the marketable condition of a semiconductor.
             360          [(30)] (32) "Senior citizen center" means a facility having the primary purpose of
             361      providing services to the aged as defined in Section 62A-3-101 .
             362          [(31)] (33) "State" means the state of Utah, its departments, and agencies.
             363          [(32)] (34) "Storage" means any keeping or retention of tangible personal property or
             364      any other taxable transaction under Subsection 59-12-103 (1), in this state for any purpose
             365      except sale in the regular course of business.
             366          [(33)] (35) (a) "Tangible personal property" means:


             367          (i) all goods, wares, merchandise, produce, and commodities;
             368          (ii) all tangible or corporeal things and substances which are dealt in or capable of
             369      being possessed or exchanged;
             370          (iii) water in bottles, tanks, or other containers; and
             371          (iv) all other physically existing articles or things, including property severed from real
             372      estate.
             373          (b) "Tangible personal property" does not include:
             374          (i) real estate or any interest or improvements in real estate;
             375          (ii) bank accounts, stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes, and other evidence of debt;
             376          (iii) insurance certificates or policies;
             377          (iv) personal or governmental licenses;
             378          (v) water in pipes, conduits, ditches, or reservoirs;
             379          (vi) currency and coinage constituting legal tender of the United States or of a foreign
             380      nation; and
             381          (vii) all gold, silver, or platinum ingots, bars, medallions, or decorative coins, not
             382      constituting legal tender of any nation, with a gold, silver, or platinum content of not less than
             383      80%.
             384          [(34)] (36) (a) For purposes of Subsection [(35)] (37) and Section 59-12-103 ,
             385      "telephone service" means a two-way transmission:
             386          (i) by:
             387          (A) wire;
             388          (B) radio;
             389          (C) lightwave; or
             390          (D) other electromagnetic means; and
             391          (ii) of one or more of the following:
             392          (A) a sign;
             393          (B) a signal;
             394          (C) writing;
             395          (D) an image;
             396          (E) sound;
             397          (F) a message;


             398          (G) data; or
             399          (H) other information of any nature.
             400          (b) "Telephone service" includes:
             401          (i) cellular telephone service;
             402          (ii) private communications service; or
             403          (iii) automated digital telephone answering service.
             404          (c) "Telephone service" does not include a service or a transaction that a state or a
             405      political subdivision of a state is prohibited from taxing as of July 1, 2001, under the Internet
             406      Tax Freedom Act, Pub. L. No. 105-277.
             407          [(35)] (37) (a) "Telephone service provider" means a person that:
             408          (i) owns, controls, operates, or manages a telephone service; and
             409          (ii) engages in an activity described in Subsection [(35)] (37)(a)(i) for the shared use
             410      with or resale to any person of the telephone service.
             411          (b) A person described in Subsection [(35)] (37)(a) is a telephone service provider
             412      whether or not the Public Service Commission of Utah regulates:
             413          (i) that person; or
             414          (ii) the telephone service that the person owns, controls, operates, or manages.
             415          [(36)] (38) (a) "Use" means the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal
             416      property under Subsection 59-12-103 (1), incident to the ownership or the leasing of that
             417      property, item, or service.
             418          (b) "Use" does not include the sale, display, demonstration, or trial of that property in
             419      the regular course of business and held for resale.
             420          [(37)] (39) "Vehicle" means any aircraft, as defined in Section 72-10-102 ; any vehicle,
             421      as defined in Section 41-1a-102 ; any off-highway vehicle, as defined in Section 41-22-2 ; and
             422      any vessel, as defined in Section 41-1a-102 ; that is required to be titled, registered, or both.
             423      "Vehicle," for purposes of Subsection 59-12-104 (36) only, also includes any locomotive,
             424      freight car, railroad work equipment, or other railroad rolling stock.
             425          [(38)] (40) "Vehicle dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling,
             426      or exchanging vehicles as defined in Subsection [(37)] (39).
             427          [(39)] (41) (a) "Vendor" means any person receiving any payment or consideration
             428      upon a sale of tangible personal property or any other taxable transaction under Subsection


             429      59-12-103 (1), or to whom the payment or consideration is payable.
             430          (b) "Vendor" does not mean a printer's facility described in Subsection [(25)] (27)(d).
             431          Section 2. Section 59-12-103 is amended to read:
             432           59-12-103. Sales and use tax base -- Rate -- Use of sales and use tax revenues.
             433          (1) A tax is imposed on the purchaser as provided in this part for amounts paid or
             434      charged for the following transactions:
             435          (a) retail sales of tangible personal property made within the state;
             436          (b) amounts paid:
             437          (i) (A) to a common carrier; or
             438          (B) whether the following are municipally or privately owned, to a:
             439          (I) telephone service provider; or
             440          (II) telegraph corporation as defined in Section 54-2-1 ; and
             441          (ii) for:
             442          (A) all transportation;
             443          (B) telephone service, other than mobile telecommunications service, that originates
             444      and terminates within the boundaries of this state;
             445          (C) mobile telecommunications service that originates and terminates within the
             446      boundaries of one state only to the extent permitted by the Mobile Telecommunications
             447      Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.; or
             448          (D) telegraph service;
             449          (c) sales of the following for commercial use:
             450          (i) gas;
             451          (ii) electricity;
             452          (iii) heat;
             453          (iv) coal;
             454          (v) fuel oil; or
             455          (vi) other fuels;
             456          (d) sales of the following for residential use:
             457          (i) gas;
             458          (ii) electricity;
             459          (iii) heat;


             460          (iv) coal;
             461          (v) fuel oil; or
             462          (vi) other fuels;
             463          (e) sales of meals;
             464          (f) except as provided in Section 59-12-104 , amounts paid or charged as admission or
             465      user fees for theaters, movies, operas, museums, planetariums, shows of any type or nature,
             466      exhibitions, concerts, carnivals, amusement parks, amusement rides, circuses, menageries,
             467      fairs, races, contests, sporting events, dances, boxing matches, wrestling matches, closed circuit
             468      television broadcasts, billiard parlors, pool parlors, bowling lanes, golf, miniature golf, golf
             469      driving ranges, batting cages, skating rinks, ski lifts, ski runs, ski trails, snowmobile trails,
             470      tennis courts, swimming pools, water slides, river runs, jeep tours, boat tours, scenic cruises,
             471      horseback rides, sports activities, or any other amusement, entertainment, recreation,
             472      exhibition, cultural, or athletic activity;
             473          (g) amounts paid or charged for services:
             474          (i) for repairs or renovations of tangible personal property, unless Section 59-12-104
             475      provides for an exemption from sales and use tax for:
             476          (A) the tangible personal property; and
             477          (B) parts used in the repairs or renovations of the tangible personal property described
             478      in Subsection (1)(g)(i)(A), whether or not any parts are actually used in the repairs or
             479      renovations of that tangible personal property; or
             480          (ii) to install tangible personal property in connection with other tangible personal
             481      property, unless the tangible personal property being installed is exempt from sales and use tax
             482      under Section 59-12-104 ;
             483          (h) except as provided in Subsection 59-12-104 (7), amounts paid or charged for
             484      cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
             485          (i) amounts paid or charged for tourist home, hotel, motel, or trailer court
             486      accommodations and services that are regularly rented for less than 30 consecutive days;
             487          (j) amounts paid or charged for laundry or dry cleaning services;
             488          (k) amounts paid or charged for leases or rentals of tangible personal property if:
             489          (i) the tangible personal property's situs is in this state;
             490          (ii) the lessee took possession of the tangible personal property in this state; or


             491          (iii) within this state the tangible personal property is:
             492          (A) stored;
             493          (B) used; or
             494          (C) otherwise consumed;
             495          (l) amounts paid or charged for tangible personal property if within this state the
             496      tangible personal property is:
             497          (i) stored;
             498          (ii) used; or
             499          (iii) consumed; [and]
             500          (m) amounts paid or charged for prepaid telephone calling cards[.];
             501          (n) amounts paid or charged for cable service:
             502          (i) within the state; and
             503          (ii) to the extent permitted by federal law; and
             504          (o) amounts paid or charged for direct-to-home satellite service:
             505          (i) within the state; and
             506          (ii) to the extent permitted by federal law.
             507          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (2)(b) and (c), beginning on July 1, 2001, a
             508      state tax and a local tax is imposed on a transaction described in Subsection (1) equal to the
             509      sum of:
             510          (i) a state tax imposed on the transaction at a rate of 4.75%; and
             511          (ii) a local tax equal to the sum of the tax rates a county, city, or town imposes on the
             512      transaction under this chapter other than this part.
             513          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), beginning on July 1, 2001, a state tax and a
             514      local tax is imposed on a transaction described in Subsection (1)(d) equal to the sum of:
             515          (i) a state tax imposed on the transaction at a rate of 2%; and
             516          (ii) a local tax equal to the sum of the tax rates a county, city, or town imposes on the
             517      transaction under this chapter other than this part.
             518          (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (2)(a) and (b), beginning on July 1, 2001, if a vendor
             519      collects a tax under Subsection 59-12-107 (1)(b) on a transaction described in Subsection (1), a
             520      state tax and a local tax is imposed on the transaction equal to the sum of:
             521          (i) a state tax imposed on the transaction at a rate of:


             522          (A) 4.75% for a transaction other than a transaction described in Subsection (1)(d); or
             523          (B) 2% for a transaction described in Subsection (1)(d); and
             524          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (2)(d), a local tax imposed on the transaction at a
             525      rate equal to the sum of the following tax rates:
             526          (A) (I) the lowest tax rate imposed by a county, city, or town under Section 59-12-204 ,
             527      but only if all of the counties, cities, and towns in the state impose the tax under Section
             528      59-12-204 ; or
             529          (II) the lowest tax rate imposed by a county, city, or town under Section 59-12-205 , but
             530      only if all of the counties, cities, and towns in the state impose the tax under Section
             531      59-12-205 ; and
             532          (B) the tax rate authorized by Section 59-12-1102 , but only if all of the counties in the
             533      state impose the tax under Section 59-12-1102 .
             534          (d) Tax rates authorized under the following do not apply to Subsection (2)(c)(ii):
             535          (i) Subsection (2)(a)(i);
             536          (ii) Subsection (2)(b)(i);
             537          (iii) Subsection (2)(c)(i);
             538          (iv) Section 59-12-301 ;
             539          (v) Section 59-12-352 ;
             540          (vi) Section 59-12-353 ;
             541          (vii) Section 59-12-401 ;
             542          (viii) Section 59-12-402 ;
             543          (ix) Section 59-12-501 ;
             544          (x) Section 59-12-502 ;
             545          (xi) Section 59-12-603 ;
             546          (xii) Section 59-12-703 ;
             547          (xiii) Section 59-12-802 ;
             548          (xiv) Section 59-12-804 ;
             549          (xv) Section 59-12-1001 ;
             550          (xvi) Section 59-12-1201 ; or
             551          (xvii) Section 59-12-1302 .
             552          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (4) through (9), the following state taxes


             553      shall be deposited into the General Fund:
             554          (i) the tax imposed by Subsection (2)(a)(i);
             555          (ii) the tax imposed by Subsection (2)(b)(i); and
             556          (iii) the tax imposed by Subsection (2)(c)(i).
             557          (b) The local taxes described in Subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(ii) shall be distributed
             558      to a county, city, or town as provided in this chapter.
             559          (c) (i) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, each county, city, or town in the
             560      state shall receive the county's, city's, or town's proportionate share of the revenues generated
             561      by the local tax described in Subsection (2)(c)(ii) as provided in Subsection (3)(c)(ii).
             562          (ii) The commission shall determine a county's, city's, or town's proportionate share of
             563      the revenues under Subsection (3)(c)(i) by:
             564          (A) calculating an amount equal to:
             565          (I) the population of the county, city, or town; divided by
             566          (II) the total population of the state; and
             567          (B) multiplying the amount determined under Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A) by the total
             568      amount of revenues generated by the local tax under Subsection (2)(c)(ii) for all counties,
             569      cities, and towns.
             570          (iii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(B), population figures for
             571      purposes of this section shall be derived from the most recent official census or census estimate
             572      of the United States Census Bureau.
             573          (B) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(A), if a needed population estimate is not
             574      available from the United States Census Bureau, population figures shall be derived from the
             575      estimate from the Utah Population Estimates Committee created by executive order of the
             576      governor.
             577          (C) For purposes of this section, the population of a county may only include the
             578      population of the unincorporated areas of the county.
             579          (4) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), there shall be deposited in an Olympics
             580      special revenue fund or funds as determined by the Division of Finance under Section 51-5-4 ,
             581      for the use of the Utah Sports Authority created under Title 63A, Chapter 7, Utah Sports
             582      Authority Act:
             583          (i) from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1999, the amount of sales and use tax


             584      generated by a 1/64% tax rate on the taxable transactions under Subsection (1);
             585          (ii) from January 1, 1990, through June 30, 1999, the amount of revenue generated by a
             586      1/64% tax rate under Section 59-12-204 or Section 59-12-205 on the taxable transactions under
             587      Subsection (1); and
             588          (iii) interest earned on the amounts under Subsections (4)(a)(i) and (ii).
             589          (b) These funds shall be used:
             590          (i) by the Utah Sports Authority as follows:
             591          (A) to the extent funds are available, to transfer directly to a debt service fund or to
             592      otherwise reimburse to the state any amount expended on debt service or any other cost of any
             593      bonds issued by the state to construct any public sports facility as defined in Section
             594      63A-7-103 ;
             595          (B) to pay for the actual and necessary operating, administrative, legal, and other
             596      expenses of the Utah Sports Authority, but not including protocol expenses for seeking and
             597      obtaining the right to host the Winter Olympic Games;
             598          (C) as otherwise appropriated by the Legislature; and
             599          (D) unless the Legislature appropriates additional funds from the Olympics Special
             600      Revenue Fund to the Utah Sports Authority, the Utah Sports Authority may not expend, loan,
             601      or pledge in the aggregate more than:
             602          (I) $59,000,000 of sales and use tax deposited into the Olympics Special Revenue Fund
             603      under Subsection (4)(a);
             604          (II) the interest earned on the amount described in Subsection (4)(b)(i)(D)(I); and
             605          (III) the revenues deposited into the Olympics Special Revenue Fund that are not sales
             606      and use taxes deposited under Subsection (4)(a) or interest on the sales and use taxes;
             607          (ii) to pay salary, benefits, or administrative costs associated with the State Olympic
             608      Officer under Subsection 63A-10-103 (3), except that the salary, benefits, or administrative
             609      costs may not be paid from the sales and use tax revenues generated by municipalities or
             610      counties and deposited under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
             611          (c) A payment of salary, benefits, or administrative costs under Subsection
             612      63A-10-103 (3) is not considered an expenditure of the Utah Sports Authority.
             613          (d) If the Legislature appropriates additional funds under Subsection (4)(b)(i)(D), the
             614      authority may not expend, loan, pledge, or enter into any agreement to expend, loan, or pledge


             615      the appropriated funds unless the authority:
             616          (i) contracts in writing for the full reimbursement of the monies to the Olympics
             617      Special Revenue Fund by a public sports entity or other person benefitting from the
             618      expenditure; and
             619          (ii) obtains a security interest that secures payment or performance of the obligation to
             620      reimburse.
             621          (e) A contract or agreement entered into in violation of Subsection (4)(d) is void.
             622          (5) (a) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a) and except as provided in Subsection
             623      (11), for fiscal year 2002-03 only, the lesser of the following amounts shall be transferred or
             624      deposited as provided in Subsections (5) (a)(ii) through (vii):
             625          (A) for taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a), the amount of tax revenue generated:
             626          (I) by a 1/16% tax rate on the transactions described in Subsection (1); and
             627          (II) for fiscal year 2002-03; or
             628          (B) $18,743,000.
             629          (ii) (A) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, $2,300,000 of the amount described in Subsection
             630      (5)(a)(i) shall be transferred as dedicated credits to the Department of Natural Resources to:
             631          (I) implement the measures described in Subsections 63-34-14 (4)(a) through (d) to
             632      protect sensitive plant and animal species; or
             633          (II) award grants, up to the amount authorized by the Legislature in an appropriations
             634      act, to political subdivisions of the state to implement the measures described in Subsections
             635      63-34-14 (4)(a) through (d) to protect sensitive plant and animal species.
             636          (B) Money transferred to the Department of Natural Resources under Subsection
             637      (5)(a)(ii)(A) may not be used to assist the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or any other
             638      person to list or attempt to have listed a species as threatened or endangered under the
             639      Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.
             640          (C) At the end of fiscal year 2002-03:
             641          (I) 50% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Water Resources
             642      Conservation and Development Fund created in Section 73-10-24 ;
             643          (II) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Utah Wastewater Loan
             644      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 ; and
             645          (III) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Drinking Water Loan


             646      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 .
             647          (iii) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, $500,000 of the amount described in Subsection
             648      (5)(a)(i) shall be deposited in the Agriculture Resource Development Fund created in Section
             649      4-18-6 .
             650          (iv) (A) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, $100,000 of the amount described in Subsection
             651      (5)(a)(i) shall be transferred as dedicated credits to the Division of Water Rights to cover the
             652      costs incurred in hiring legal and technical staff for the adjudication of water rights.
             653          (B) At the end of fiscal year 2002-03:
             654          (I) 50% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Water Resources
             655      Conservation and Development Fund created in Section 73-10-24 ;
             656          (II) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Utah Wastewater Loan
             657      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 ; and
             658          (III) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Drinking Water Loan
             659      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 .
             660          (v) (A) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, 50% of the amount described in Subsection
             661      (5)(a)(i) that remains after making the transfers and deposits required by Subsections (5)(a)(ii)
             662      through (iv) shall be deposited in the Water Resources Conservation and Development Fund
             663      created in Section 73-10-24 for use by the Division of Water Resources.
             664          (B) In addition to the uses allowed of the Water Resources Conservation and
             665      Development Fund under Section 73-10-24 , the Water Resources Conservation and
             666      Development Fund may also be used to:
             667          (I) provide a portion of the local cost share, not to exceed in fiscal year 2002-03 50%
             668      of the funds made available to the Division of Water Resources under this section, of potential
             669      project features of the Central Utah Project;
             670          (II) conduct hydrologic and geotechnical investigations by the Department of Natural
             671      Resources in a cooperative effort with other state, federal, or local entities, for the purpose of
             672      quantifying surface and ground water resources and describing the hydrologic systems of an
             673      area in sufficient detail so as to enable local and state resource managers to plan for and
             674      accommodate growth in water use without jeopardizing the resource;
             675          (III) fund state required dam safety improvements; and
             676          (IV) protect the state's interest in interstate water compact allocations, including the


             677      hiring of technical and legal staff.
             678          (vi) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, 25% of the amount described in Subsection (5)(a)(i)
             679      that remains after making the transfers and deposits required by Subsections (5)(a)(ii) through
             680      (iv) shall be deposited in the Utah Wastewater Loan Program Subaccount created in Section
             681      73-10c-5 for use by the Water Quality Board to fund wastewater projects.
             682          (vii) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, 25% of the amount described in Subsection (5)(a)(i)
             683      that remains after making the transfers and deposits required by Subsections (5)(a)(ii) through
             684      (iv) shall be deposited in the Drinking Water Loan Program Subaccount created in Section
             685      73-10c-5 for use by the Division of Drinking Water to:
             686          (A) provide for the installation and repair of collection, treatment, storage, and
             687      distribution facilities for any public water system, as defined in Section 19-4-102 ;
             688          (B) develop underground sources of water, including springs and wells; and
             689          (C) develop surface water sources.
             690          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
             691      2003, the lesser of the following amounts shall be used as provided in Subsections (5)(b)(ii)
             692      through (vii):
             693          (A) for taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a), the amount of tax revenue generated:
             694          (I) by a 1/16% tax rate on the transactions described in Subsection (1); and
             695          (II) for the fiscal year; or
             696          (B) $17,500,000.
             697          (ii) (A) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 14% of the amount
             698      described in Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall be transferred each year as dedicated credits to the
             699      Department of Natural Resources to:
             700          (I) implement the measures described in Subsections 63-34-14 (4)(a) through (d) to
             701      protect sensitive plant and animal species; or
             702          (II) award grants, up to the amount authorized by the Legislature in an appropriations
             703      act, to political subdivisions of the state to implement the measures described in Subsections
             704      63-34-14 (4)(a) through (d) to protect sensitive plant and animal species.
             705          (B) Money transferred to the Department of Natural Resources under Subsection
             706      (5)(b)(ii)(A) may not be used to assist the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or any other
             707      person to list or attempt to have listed a species as threatened or endangered under the


             708      Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.
             709          (C) At the end of each fiscal year:
             710          (I) 50% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Water Resources
             711      Conservation and Development Fund created in Section 73-10-24 ;
             712          (II) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Utah Wastewater Loan
             713      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 ; and
             714          (III) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Drinking Water Loan
             715      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 .
             716          (iii) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 3% of the amount described in
             717      Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall be deposited each year in the Agriculture Resource Development
             718      Fund created in Section 4-18-6 .
             719          (iv) (A) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 1% of the amount
             720      described in Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall be transferred each year as dedicated credits to the
             721      Division of Water Rights to cover the costs incurred in hiring legal and technical staff for the
             722      adjudication of water rights.
             723          (B) At the end of each fiscal year:
             724          (I) 50% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Water Resources
             725      Conservation and Development Fund created in Section 73-10-24 ;
             726          (II) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Utah Wastewater Loan
             727      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 ; and
             728          (III) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Drinking Water Loan
             729      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 .
             730          (v) (A) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 41% of the amount
             731      described in Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall be deposited in the Water Resources Conservation and
             732      Development Fund created in Section 73-10-24 for use by the Division of Water Resources.
             733          (B) In addition to the uses allowed of the Water Resources Conservation and
             734      Development Fund under Section 73-10-24 , the Water Resources Conservation and
             735      Development Fund may also be used to:
             736          (I) provide a portion of the local cost share, not to exceed in any fiscal year 50% of the
             737      funds made available to the Division of Water Resources under this section, of potential project
             738      features of the Central Utah Project;


             739          (II) conduct hydrologic and geotechnical investigations by the Department of Natural
             740      Resources in a cooperative effort with other state, federal, or local entities, for the purpose of
             741      quantifying surface and ground water resources and describing the hydrologic systems of an
             742      area in sufficient detail so as to enable local and state resource managers to plan for and
             743      accommodate growth in water use without jeopardizing the resource;
             744          (III) fund state required dam safety improvements; and
             745          (IV) protect the state's interest in interstate water compact allocations, including the
             746      hiring of technical and legal staff.
             747          (vi) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 20.5% of the amount described
             748      in Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall be deposited in the Utah Wastewater Loan Program Subaccount
             749      created in Section 73-10c-5 for use by the Water Quality Board to fund wastewater projects.
             750          (vii) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 20.5% of the amount
             751      described in Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall be deposited in the Drinking Water Loan Program
             752      Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 for use by the Division of Drinking Water to:
             753          (A) provide for the installation and repair of collection, treatment, storage, and
             754      distribution facilities for any public water system, as defined in Section 19-4-102 ;
             755          (B) develop underground sources of water, including springs and wells; and
             756          (C) develop surface water sources.
             757          (6) (a) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for fiscal year 2002-03 only, the lesser of
             758      the following amounts shall be transferred or deposited as provided in Subsections (6) (a)(ii)
             759      through (iv):
             760          (A) for taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a), the amount of tax revenue generated:
             761          (I) by a 1/16% tax rate on the transactions described in Subsection (1); and
             762          (II) for the fiscal year; or
             763          (B) $18,743,000.
             764          (ii) (A) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, $500,000 of the amount described in Subsection
             765      (6)(a)(i) shall be deposited in the Transportation Corridor Preservation Revolving Loan Fund
             766      created in Section 72-2-117 .
             767          (B) At least 50% of the money deposited in the Transportation Corridor Preservation
             768      Revolving Loan Fund under Subsection (6) (a)(ii)(A) shall be used to fund loan applications
             769      made by the Department of Transportation at the request of local governments.


             770          (iii) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, $500,000 of the amount described in Subsection
             771      (6)(a)(i) shall be transferred as nonlapsing dedicated credits to the Department of
             772      Transportation for the State Park Access Highways Improvement Program created in Section
             773      72-3-207 .
             774          (iv) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, the amount described in Subsection (6)(a)(i) that
             775      remains after making the transfers and deposits required by Subsections (6)(a)(ii) and (iii) shall
             776      be deposited in the class B and class C roads account to be expended as provided in Title 72,
             777      Chapter 2, Transportation Finances Act, for the use of class B and C roads.
             778          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
             779      2003, the lesser of the following amounts shall be used as provided in Subsections (6)(b)(ii)
             780      through (iv):
             781          (A) for taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a), the amount of tax revenue generated:
             782          (I) by a 1/16% tax rate on the transactions described in Subsection (1); and
             783          (II) for the fiscal year; or
             784          (B) $18,743,000.
             785          (ii) (A) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 3% of the amount
             786      described in Subsection (6)(b)(i) shall be deposited each year in the Transportation Corridor
             787      Preservation Revolving Loan Fund created in Section 72-2-117 .
             788          (B) At least 50% of the money deposited in the Transportation Corridor Preservation
             789      Revolving Loan Fund under Subsection (6)(b)(ii)(A) shall be used to fund loan applications
             790      made by the Department of Transportation at the request of local governments.
             791          (iii) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 3% of the amount described in
             792      Subsection (6)(b)(i) shall be transferred each year as nonlapsing dedicated credits to the
             793      Department of Transportation for the State Park Access Highways Improvement Program
             794      created in Section 72-3-207 .
             795          (iv) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 94% of the amount described
             796      in Subsection (6)(b)(i) shall be deposited in the class B and class C roads account to be
             797      expended as provided in Title 72, Chapter 2, Transportation Finances Act, for the use of class
             798      B and C roads.
             799          (7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), beginning on January 1, 2000, the Division
             800      of Finance shall deposit into the Centennial Highway Fund created in Section 72-2-118 a


             801      portion of the taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a) equal to the revenues generated by a 1/64%
             802      tax rate on the taxable transactions under Subsection (1).
             803          (b) Except for sales and use taxes deposited under Subsection (8), beginning on July 1,
             804      1999, the revenues generated by the 1/64% tax rate:
             805          (i) retained under Subsection 59-12-204 (7)(a) shall be retained by the counties, cities,
             806      or towns as provided in Section 59-12-204 ; and
             807          (ii) retained under Subsection 59-12-205 (4)(a) shall be distributed to each county, city,
             808      and town as provided in Section 59-12-205 .
             809          (8) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), beginning on July 1, 1999, the commission
             810      shall deposit into the Airport to University of Utah Light Rail Restricted Account created in
             811      Section 17A-2-1064 the portion of the sales and use tax under Sections 59-12-204 and
             812      59-12-205 that is:
             813          (a) generated by a city or town that will have constructed within its boundaries the
             814      Airport to University of Utah Light Rail described in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
             815      Century, Pub. L. No. 105-178, Sec. 3030(c)(2)(B)(i)(II), 112 Stat. 107; and
             816          (b) equal to the revenues generated by a 1/64% tax rate on the taxable items and
             817      services under Subsection (1).
             818          (9) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for fiscal years beginning on or after fiscal
             819      year 2002-03, the commission shall on or before September 30 of each year deposit the
             820      difference described in Subsection (9)(b) into the Remote Sales Restricted Account created in
             821      Section 59-12-103.2 if that difference is greater than $0.
             822          (b) The difference described in Subsection (9)(a) is equal to the difference between:
             823          (i) the total amount of revenues under Subsection (2)(c)(i) the commission received
             824      from vendors collecting a tax under Subsection 59-12-107 (1)(b) for the fiscal year immediately
             825      preceding the September 30 described in Subsection (9)(a); and
             826          (ii) the total amount of revenues under Subsection (2)(c)(i) the commission estimates
             827      that the commission received from vendors described in Subsection 59-12-107 (1)(b) for fiscal
             828      year 2000-01.
             829          (10) (a) For purposes of amounts paid or charged as admission or user fees relating to
             830      the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, the amounts are considered to be paid or charged on the
             831      day on which the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 or a


             832      person designated by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of
             833      2002 sends a purchaser confirmation of the purchase of an admission or user fee described in
             834      Subsection (1)(f).
             835          (b) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             836      commission shall make rules defining what constitutes sending a purchaser confirmation under
             837      Subsection (10)(a).
             838          (11) (a) For fiscal year 2002-03 only, the following amounts shall be subtracted from
             839      the total amount required to be deposited or transferred in accordance with Subsection (5):
             840          (i) $25,000 shall be subtracted from the total amount required to be transferred to the
             841      Division of Water Rights in accordance with Subsection (5)(a)(iv);
             842          (ii) $385,000 shall be subtracted from the total amount required to be deposited into the
             843      Agriculture Resource Development Fund in accordance with Subsection (5)(a)(iii);
             844          (iii) $350,000 shall be subtracted from the total amount required to be transferred to the
             845      Department of Natural Resources in accordance with Subsection (5)(a)(ii);
             846          (iv) $3,012,500 shall be subtracted from the total amount required to be deposited into
             847      the Drinking Water Loan Program Subaccount in accordance with Subsection (5)(a)(vii);
             848          (v) $3,012,500 shall be subtracted from the total amount required to be deposited into
             849      the Utah Wastewater Loan Program Subaccount in accordance with Subsection (5)(a)(vi); and
             850          (vi) $5,715,000 shall be subtracted from the total amount required to be deposited into
             851      the Water Resources Conservation and Development Fund in accordance with Subsection
             852      (5)(a)(v).
             853          (b) The amounts subtracted under Subsection (11)(a) shall be deposited into the
             854      General Fund.
             855          Section 3. Effective date.
             856          This act takes effect on July 1, 2003.


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