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Third Substitute S.B. 213
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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).
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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;
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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.
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49 other fuels that does not constitute industrial use under Subsection [
50 under Subsection [
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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 [
57 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules defining what
58 constitutes a person's place of employment.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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 [
94 instrument or device having an electronic component that is designed to be worn on the body;
95 (ii) except as provided in Subsection [
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 [
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 [
111 (12)(b)(iii)(A)(I) through (V).
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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 [
126 (B) assistive listening device or system described in Subsection [
127 (iii); or
128 (ii) a hearing aid battery.
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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 [
142 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection [
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 [
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.
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153 (i) a clinic;
154 (ii) a doctor's office; or
155 (iii) a health care facility as defined in Section 26-21-2 .
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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 [
183 nonrecycled materials.
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185 defined in Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform Building Standards Act.
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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 [
203 nonrecycled materials.
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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.
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217 Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 124.
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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.
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234 energy.
235 (b) "Other fuels" includes oxygen when it is used in the manufacturing of tangible
236 personal property.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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249 sleeping quarters, and similar facilities or accommodations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 [
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."
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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.
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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 [
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.
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361 providing services to the aged as defined in Section 62A-3-101 .
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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.
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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%.
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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.
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408 (i) owns, controls, operates, or manages a telephone service; and
409 (ii) engages in an activity described in Subsection [
410 with or resale to any person of the telephone service.
411 (b) A person described in Subsection [
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.
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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.
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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.
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426 or exchanging vehicles as defined in Subsection [
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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 [
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; [
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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