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First Substitute H.B. 18

Representative Rebecca D. Lockhart proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT ACT

             2     
2005 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: Rebecca D. Lockhart

             5     
             6      LONG TITLE
             7      General Description:
             8          This bill modifies the Motor Vehicles Code, the Sales and Use Tax Act, the Motor and
             9      Special Fuel Tax Act, the State Appropriations and Tax Limitation Act, and the
             10      Transportation Code by amending provisions to increase funding for transportation.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    creates the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 to pay the costs of maintenance,
             14      construction, reconstruction, or renovation to state and federal highways and directs
             15      sales and use taxes to the fund;
             16          .    redesignates the Centennial Highway Fund as a restricted account within the
             17      Transportation Investment Fund of 2005;
             18          .    transfers the Centennial Highway Fund revenue sources to the Transportation
             19      Investment Fund of 2005 when the highway general obligation bonds for the
             20      Centennial Highway Fund have been paid off;
             21          .    provides that a certain amount of sales and use tax revenue shall be transferred
             22      annually to the Centennial Highway Fund;
             23          .    provides that a certain amount of sales and use tax revenue shall be transferred
             24      annually to the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005;
             25          .    provides that $70,000,000 of the revenues deposited in the Transportation


             26      Investment Fund of 2005 shall annually be transferred to the Centennial Highway Fund
             27      Restricted Account;
             28          .    exempts the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 from spending limit
             29      provisions; and
             30          .    makes technical changes.
             31      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             32          None
             33      Other Special Clauses:
             34          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2005.
             35      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             36      AMENDS:
             37          41-1a-1201, as last amended by Chapters 1 and 212, Laws of Utah 2003
             38          59-12-103 (Effective 07/01/05), as last amended by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 2004,
             39      Third Special Session
             40          59-13-304, as last amended by Chapter 7, Laws of Utah 2003
             41          63-38c-103, as last amended by Chapter 318, Laws of Utah 2004
             42          72-2-118, as last amended by Chapter 147, Laws of Utah 2000
             43      ENACTS:
             44          72-2-124, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             45     
             46      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             47          Section 1. Section 41-1a-1201 is amended to read:
             48           41-1a-1201. Disposition of fees.
             49          (1) All fees received and collected under this part shall be transmitted daily to the state
             50      treasurer.
             51          (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3), (4), and (6), and Sections 41-1a-422 ,
             52      41-1a-1220 , and 41-1a-1221 , all fees collected under this part shall be deposited in the
             53      Transportation Fund.
             54          (3) (a) Funds generated under Subsections 41-1a-1211 (1)(a), (6)(a), and (7) and
             55      Section 41-1a-1212 may be used by the commission as a dedicated credit to cover the costs
             56      incurred in issuing license plates under Part 4, License Plates and Registration Indicia.


             57          (b) Fees for statehood centennial license plates shall be collected and deposited in the
             58      Transportation Fund, less production and administrative costs incurred by the commission.
             59          (4) All funds available to the commission for purchase and distribution of license
             60      plates and decals are nonlapsing.
             61          (5) Except as provided in Subsection (3) and Section 41-1a-1205 , the expenses of the
             62      commission in enforcing and administering this part shall be provided for by legislative
             63      appropriation from the revenues of the Transportation Fund.
             64          (6) (a) [The] Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), the following portions of the
             65      registration fees imposed under Section 41-1a-1206 for each vehicle shall be deposited in the
             66      Centennial Highway Fund Restricted Account created under Section 72-2-118 :
             67          [(a)] (i) $10 of the registration fees imposed under Subsections 41-1a-1206 (1)(a),
             68      (1)(b), (2), and (5);
             69          [(b)] (ii) $1 of the registration fees imposed under Subsections 41-1a-1206 (1)(c)(i),
             70      (1)(c)(ii), and (1)(d)(ii);
             71          [(c)] (iii) $2 of the registration fee imposed under Subsection 41-1a-1206 (1)(e)(ii);
             72          [(d)] (iv) $3 of the registration fee imposed under Subsection 41-1a-1206 (1)(d)(i); and
             73          [(e)] (v) $4.50 of the registration fee imposed under Subsection 41-1a-1206 (1)(e)(i).
             74          (b) When the highway general obligation bonds issued under Title 63B, Chapters 6
             75      through 13 have been paid off, the portions of the registration fees deposited under Subsection
             76      (6)(a) for each vehicle shall be deposited in the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005
             77      created by Section 72-2-124 .
             78          Section 2. Section 59-12-103 (Effective 07/01/05) is amended to read:
             79           59-12-103 (Effective 07/01/05). Sales and use tax base -- Rates -- Effective dates --
             80      Use of sales and use tax revenues.
             81          (1) A tax is imposed on the purchaser as provided in this part for amounts paid or
             82      charged for the following transactions:
             83          (a) retail sales of tangible personal property made within the state;
             84          (b) amounts paid:
             85          (i) (A) to a common carrier; or
             86          (B) whether the following are municipally or privately owned, to a:
             87          (I) telephone service provider; or


             88          (II) telegraph corporation as defined in Section 54-2-1 ; and
             89          (ii) for:
             90          (A) all transportation;
             91          (B) telephone service, other than mobile telecommunications service, that originates
             92      and terminates within the boundaries of this state;
             93          (C) mobile telecommunications service that originates and terminates within the
             94      boundaries of one state only to the extent permitted by the Mobile Telecommunications
             95      Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec.116 et seq.; or
             96          (D) telegraph service;
             97          (c) sales of the following for commercial use:
             98          (i) gas;
             99          (ii) electricity;
             100          (iii) heat;
             101          (iv) coal;
             102          (v) fuel oil; or
             103          (vi) other fuels;
             104          (d) sales of the following for residential use:
             105          (i) gas;
             106          (ii) electricity;
             107          (iii) heat;
             108          (iv) coal;
             109          (v) fuel oil; or
             110          (vi) other fuels;
             111          (e) sales of prepared food;
             112          (f) except as provided in Section 59-12-104 , amounts paid or charged as admission or
             113      user fees for theaters, movies, operas, museums, planetariums, shows of any type or nature,
             114      exhibitions, concerts, carnivals, amusement parks, amusement rides, circuses, menageries,
             115      fairs, races, contests, sporting events, dances, boxing matches, wrestling matches, closed circuit
             116      television broadcasts, billiard parlors, pool parlors, bowling lanes, golf, miniature golf, golf
             117      driving ranges, batting cages, skating rinks, ski lifts, ski runs, ski trails, snowmobile trails,
             118      tennis courts, swimming pools, water slides, river runs, jeep tours, boat tours, scenic cruises,


             119      horseback rides, sports activities, or any other amusement, entertainment, recreation,
             120      exhibition, cultural, or athletic activity;
             121          (g) amounts paid or charged for services:
             122          (i) for repairs or renovations of tangible personal property, unless Section 59-12-104
             123      provides for an exemption from sales and use tax for:
             124          (A) the tangible personal property; and
             125          (B) parts used in the repairs or renovations of the tangible personal property described
             126      in Subsection (1)(g)(i)(A), whether or not any parts are actually used in the repairs or
             127      renovations of that tangible personal property; or
             128          (ii) to install tangible personal property in connection with other tangible personal
             129      property, unless the tangible personal property being installed is exempt from sales and use tax
             130      under Section 59-12-104 ;
             131          (h) except as provided in Subsection 59-12-104 (7), amounts paid or charged for
             132      cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
             133          (i) amounts paid or charged for tourist home, hotel, motel, or trailer court
             134      accommodations and services that are regularly rented for less than 30 consecutive days;
             135          (j) amounts paid or charged for laundry or dry cleaning services;
             136          (k) amounts paid or charged for leases or rentals of tangible personal property if:
             137          (i) the tangible personal property's situs is in this state;
             138          (ii) the lessee took possession of the tangible personal property in this state; or
             139          (iii) within this state the tangible personal property is:
             140          (A) stored;
             141          (B) used; or
             142          (C) otherwise consumed;
             143          (l) amounts paid or charged for tangible personal property if within this state the
             144      tangible personal property is:
             145          (i) stored;
             146          (ii) used; or
             147          (iii) consumed; and
             148          (m) amounts paid or charged for prepaid telephone calling cards.
             149          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), beginning on July 1, 2001, a state tax


             150      and a local tax is imposed on a transaction described in Subsection (1) equal to the sum of:
             151          (i) a state tax imposed on the transaction at a rate of 4.75%; and
             152          (ii) a local tax equal to the sum of the tax rates a county, city, or town imposes on the
             153      transaction under this chapter other than this part.
             154          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), beginning on July 1, 2001, a state tax and a
             155      local tax is imposed on a transaction described in Subsection (1)(d) equal to the sum of:
             156          (i) a state tax imposed on the transaction at a rate of 2%; and
             157          (ii) a local tax equal to the sum of the tax rates a county, city, or town imposes on the
             158      transaction under this chapter other than this part.
             159          (c) Subject to Subsections (2)(d) and (e), a tax rate repeal or tax rate change for a tax
             160      rate imposed under the following shall take effect on the first day of a calendar quarter:
             161          (i) Subsection (2)(a)(i); or
             162          (ii) Subsection (2)(b)(i).
             163          (d) (i) For a transaction described in Subsection (2)(d)(iii), a tax rate increase shall take
             164      effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             165          (A) that begins after the effective date of the tax rate increase; and
             166          (B) if the billing period for the transaction begins before the effective date of a tax rate
             167      increase imposed under:
             168          (I) Subsection (2)(a)(i); or
             169          (II) Subsection (2)(b)(i).
             170          (ii) For a transaction described in Subsection (2)(d)(iii), the repeal of a tax or a tax rate
             171      decrease shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             172          (A) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the tax or the tax rate decrease;
             173      and
             174          (B) if the billing period for the transaction begins before the effective date of the repeal
             175      of the tax or the tax rate decrease imposed under:
             176          (I) Subsection (2)(a)(i); or
             177          (II) Subsection (2)(b)(i).
             178          (iii) Subsections (2)(d)(i) and (ii) apply to transactions subject to a tax under:
             179          (A) Subsection (1)(b);
             180          (B) Subsection (1)(c);


             181          (C) Subsection (1)(d);
             182          (D) Subsection (1)(e);
             183          (E) Subsection (1)(f);
             184          (F) Subsection (1)(g);
             185          (G) Subsection (1)(h);
             186          (H) Subsection (1)(i);
             187          (I) Subsection (1)(j); or
             188          (J) Subsection (1)(k).
             189          (e) (i) If a tax due under Subsection (2)(a)(i) on a catalogue sale is computed on the
             190      basis of sales and use tax rates published in the catalogue, a tax rate repeal or change in a tax
             191      rate imposed under Subsection (2)(a)(i) takes effect:
             192          (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             193          (B) beginning 60 days after the effective date of the tax rate repeal or tax rate change
             194      under Subsection (2)(a)(i).
             195          (ii) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             196      the commission may by rule define the term "catalogue sale."
             197          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (4) through [(7)] (9), the following state
             198      taxes shall be deposited into the General Fund:
             199          (i) the tax imposed by Subsection (2)(a)(i); or
             200          (ii) the tax imposed by Subsection (2)(b)(i).
             201          (b) The local taxes described in Subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(ii) shall be distributed
             202      to a county, city, or town as provided in this chapter.
             203          (4) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
             204      2003, the lesser of the following amounts shall be used as provided in Subsections (4)(b)
             205      through (g):
             206          (i) for taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a), the amount of tax revenue generated:
             207          (A) by a 1/16% tax rate on the transactions described in Subsection (1); and
             208          (B) for the fiscal year; or
             209          (ii) $17,500,000.
             210          (b) (i) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 14% of the amount
             211      described in Subsection (4)(a) shall be transferred each year as dedicated credits to the


             212      Department of Natural Resources to:
             213          (A) implement the measures described in Subsections 63-34-14 (4)(a) through (d) to
             214      protect sensitive plant and animal species; or
             215          (B) award grants, up to the amount authorized by the Legislature in an appropriations
             216      act, to political subdivisions of the state to implement the measures described in Subsections
             217      63-34-14 (4)(a) through (d) to protect sensitive plant and animal species.
             218          (ii) Money transferred to the Department of Natural Resources under Subsection
             219      (4)(b)(i) may not be used to assist the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or any other
             220      person to list or attempt to have listed a species as threatened or endangered under the
             221      Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.
             222          (iii) At the end of each fiscal year:
             223          (A) 50% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Water Resources
             224      Conservation and Development Fund created in Section 73-10-24 ;
             225          (B) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Utah Wastewater Loan
             226      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 ; and
             227          (C) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Drinking Water Loan
             228      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 .
             229          (c) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 3% of the amount described in
             230      Subsection (4)(b)(i) shall be deposited each year in the Agriculture Resource Development
             231      Fund created in Section 4-18-6 .
             232          (d) (i) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 1% of the amount described
             233      in Subsection (4)(a) shall be transferred each year as dedicated credits to the Division of Water
             234      Rights to cover the costs incurred in hiring legal and technical staff for the adjudication of
             235      water rights.
             236          (ii) At the end of each fiscal year:
             237          (A) 50% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Water Resources
             238      Conservation and Development Fund created in Section 73-10-24 ;
             239          (B) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Utah Wastewater Loan
             240      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 ; and
             241          (C) 25% of any unexpended dedicated credits shall lapse to the Drinking Water Loan
             242      Program Subaccount created in Section 73-10c-5 .


             243          (e) (i) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 41% of the amount described
             244      in Subsection (4)(a) shall be deposited in the Water Resources Conservation and Development
             245      Fund created in Section 73-10-24 for use by the Division of Water Resources.
             246          (ii) In addition to the uses allowed of the Water Resources Conservation and
             247      Development Fund under Section 73-10-24 , the Water Resources Conservation and
             248      Development Fund may also be used to:
             249          (A) provide a portion of the local cost share, not to exceed in any fiscal year 50% of the
             250      funds made available to the Division of Water Resources under this section, of potential project
             251      features of the Central Utah Project;
             252          (B) conduct hydrologic and geotechnical investigations by the Department of Natural
             253      Resources in a cooperative effort with other state, federal, or local entities, for the purpose of
             254      quantifying surface and ground water resources and describing the hydrologic systems of an
             255      area in sufficient detail so as to enable local and state resource managers to plan for and
             256      accommodate growth in water use without jeopardizing the resource;
             257          (C) fund state required dam safety improvements; and
             258          (D) protect the state's interest in interstate water compact allocations, including the
             259      hiring of technical and legal staff.
             260          (f) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 20.5% of the amount described
             261      in Subsection (4)(a) shall be deposited in the Utah Wastewater Loan Program Subaccount
             262      created in Section 73-10c-5 for use by the Water Quality Board to fund wastewater projects.
             263          (g) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 20.5% of the amount described
             264      in Subsection (4)(a) shall be deposited in the Drinking Water Loan Program Subaccount
             265      created in Section 73-10c-5 for use by the Division of Drinking Water to:
             266          (i) provide for the installation and repair of collection, treatment, storage, and
             267      distribution facilities for any public water system, as defined in Section 19-4-102 ;
             268          (ii) develop underground sources of water, including springs and wells; and
             269          (iii) develop surface water sources.
             270          (5) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
             271      2003, the lesser of the following amounts shall be used as provided in Subsections (5)(b)
             272      through (d):
             273          (i) for taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a), the amount of tax revenue generated:


             274          (A) by a 1/16% tax rate on the transactions described in Subsection (1); and
             275          (B) for the fiscal year; or
             276          (ii) $18,743,000.
             277          (b) (i) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 3% of the amount described
             278      in Subsection (5)(a) shall be deposited each year in the Transportation Corridor Preservation
             279      Revolving Loan Fund created in Section 72-2-117 .
             280          (ii) At least 50% of the money deposited in the Transportation Corridor Preservation
             281      Revolving Loan Fund under Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall be used to fund loan applications made
             282      by the Department of Transportation at the request of local governments.
             283          (c) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 3% of the amount described in
             284      Subsection (5)(a) shall be transferred each year as nonlapsing dedicated credits to the
             285      Department of Transportation for the State Park Access Highways Improvement Program
             286      created in Section 72-3-207 .
             287          (d) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 94% of the amount described in
             288      Subsection (5)(a) shall be deposited in the class B and class C roads account to be expended as
             289      provided in Title 72, Chapter 2, Transportation Finances Act, for the use of class B and C
             290      roads.
             291          (6) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a) and until Subsection (6)(b) applies,
             292      beginning on January 1, 2000, the Division of Finance shall deposit into the Centennial
             293      Highway Fund Restricted Account created in Section 72-2-118 a portion of the taxes listed
             294      under Subsection (3)(a) equal to the revenues generated by a 1/64% tax rate on the taxable
             295      transactions under Subsection (1).
             296          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), when the highway general obligation bonds
             297      issued under Title 63B, Chapters 6 through 13 have been paid off, the Division of Finance shall
             298      deposit into the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 created by Section 72-2-124 a portion
             299      of the taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a) equal to the revenues generated by a 1/64% tax rate
             300      on the taxable transactions under Subsection (1).
             301          (7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for fiscal years beginning on or after fiscal
             302      year 2004-05, the commission shall each year on or before the September 30 immediately
             303      following the last day of the fiscal year deposit the difference described in Subsection (7)(b)
             304      into the Remote Sales Restricted Account created in Section 59-12-103.2 if that difference is


             305      greater than $0.
             306          (b) The difference described in Subsection (7)(a) is equal to the difference between:
             307          (i) the total amount of the following revenues the commission received from sellers
             308      collecting a tax in accordance with Subsection 59-12-107 (1)(b) for the fiscal year immediately
             309      preceding the September 30 described in Subsection (7)(a):
             310          (A) revenues under Subsection (2)(a)(i); and
             311          (B) revenues under Subsection (2)(b)(i); and
             312          (ii) $7,279,673.
             313          (8) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), in addition to the amount deposited in
             314      Subsection (6)(a), and until Subsection (8)(b) applies, for a fiscal year beginning on or after
             315      July 1, 2005, the Division of Finance shall deposit $60,000,000 of the revenues generated by
             316      the taxes described in Subsections (2)(a)(i) and (2)(b)(i) into the Centennial Highway Fund
             317      Restricted Account created by Section 72-2-118 .
             318          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a) and in addition to the amounts deposited under
             319      Subsections (6)(b) and (9), when the highway general obligation bonds issued under Title 63B,
             320      Chapters 6 through 13 have been paid off, the Division of Finance shall deposit $60,000,000 of
             321      the revenues generated by the taxes described in Subsections (2)(a)(i) and (2)(b)(i) into the
             322      Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 created by Section 72-2-124 .
             323          (9) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1,
             324      2005, the Division of Finance shall deposit $70,000,000 of the revenues generated by the taxes
             325      described in Subsections (2)(a)(i) and (2)(b)(i) into the Transportation Investment Fund of
             326      2005 created by Section 72-2-124 .
             327          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), for the fiscal year 2007 only, the Division of
             328      Finance may, subject to legislative appropriation, deposit into the Transportation Investment
             329      Fund of 2005 created by Section 72-2-124 a portion of the taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a)
             330      equal to the revenues generated by a .23% tax rate on the taxable transactions under Subsection
             331      (1) including the amount deposited under Subsection (9)(a), which represents a portion of the
             332      amount of revenue generated by the sales and use tax on vehicles and vehicle-related products.
             333          (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a) and in addition to amounts deposited under
             334      Subsections (6)(b) and (8)(b), for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2007, the Division
             335      of Finance may, subject to legislative appropriation, deposit into the Transportation Investment


             336      Fund of 2005 created by Section 72-2-124 a portion of the taxes listed under Subsection (3)(a)
             337      equal to the revenues generated by a .56% tax rate on the taxable transactions under Subsection
             338      (1) including the amount deposited under Subsection (9)(a), which represents a portion of the
             339      amount of revenue generated by the sales and use tax on vehicles and vehicle-related products.
             340          Section 3. Section 59-13-304 is amended to read:
             341           59-13-304. Exemptions from Special Fuel Tax -- Clean Special Fuel Tax --
             342      Certificate required -- Fees for certificates -- Inspection of vehicles -- Exemptions.
             343          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a user of special fuel who owns a vehicle
             344      powered by a clean special fuel as defined under Section 59-13-102 shall pay a clean special
             345      fuel tax as provided under this section for use of clean special fuel.
             346          (b) A user of special fuel who qualifies for the clean special fuel tax shall annually
             347      purchase from the commission a clean special fuel tax certificate for each vehicle owned or
             348      leased that is powered by a clean special fuel.
             349          (c) Clean special fuel tax certificates are provided to encourage the use of clean fuels to
             350      reduce air pollution.
             351          (2) (a) The fee for a clean special fuel tax certificate is:
             352          (i) 70/.19 of the tax per gallon imposed under Subsection 59-13-201 (1)(a), rounded up
             353      to the nearest dollar, for qualified motor vehicles as defined under Section 59-13-102 ; and
             354          (ii) 36/.19 of the tax per gallon imposed under Subsection 59-13-201 (1)(a), rounded up
             355      to the nearest dollar, for other vehicles.
             356          (b) The commission may require each vehicle to be inspected for safe operation before
             357      issuing the certificate.
             358          (c) Each vehicle shall be equipped with an approved and properly installed carburetion
             359      system if it is powered by a fuel that is gaseous at standard atmospheric conditions.
             360          (3) (a) Beginning January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2005, there is imposed a
             361      surcharge of $35 on each clean special fuel tax certificate issued under this section.
             362          (b) Surcharges imposed under Subsection (3)(a) shall be deposited into the Centennial
             363      Highway Fund Restricted Account created under Section 72-2-118 .
             364          (4) A governmental entity identified in Subsection 59-13-301 (9) that owns or leases a
             365      vehicle powered by a special fuel that qualifies as a clean special fuel is exempt from the clean
             366      special fuel tax imposed under this section.


             367          Section 4. Section 63-38c-103 is amended to read:
             368           63-38c-103. Definitions.
             369          As used in this chapter:
             370          (1) (a) "Appropriations" means actual unrestricted capital and operating appropriations
             371      from unrestricted General Fund sources and from non-Uniform School Fund income tax
             372      revenues as presented in the governor's executive budgets.
             373          (b) "Appropriation" includes appropriations that are contingent upon available
             374      surpluses in the General Fund.
             375          (c) "Appropriations" does not mean:
             376          (i) debt service expenditures;
             377          (ii) emergency expenditures;
             378          (iii) expenditures from all other fund or subfund sources presented in the executive
             379      budgets;
             380          (iv) transfers into, or appropriations made to, the General Fund Budget Reserve
             381      Account established in Section 63-38-2.5 ;
             382          (v) transfers into, or appropriations made to, the Education Budget Reserve Account
             383      established in Section 63-38-2.6;
             384          (vi) monies appropriated to fund the total one-time project costs for the construction of
             385      capital developments as defined in Section 63A-5-104 ; [or]
             386          (vii) appropriations made to the Centennial Highway Fund Restricted Account created
             387      by Section 72-2-118 [.]; or
             388          (viii) appropriations made to the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 created by
             389      Section 72-2-124 .
             390          (2) "Base year real per capita appropriations" means the result obtained for the state by
             391      dividing the fiscal year 1985 actual appropriations of the state less debt monies by:
             392          (a) the state's July 1, 1983 population; and
             393          (b) the fiscal year 1983 inflation index divided by 100.
             394          (3) "Calendar year" means the time period beginning on January 1 of any given year
             395      and ending on December 31 of the same year.
             396          (4) "Fiscal emergency" means an extraordinary occurrence requiring immediate
             397      expenditures and includes the settlement under Chapter 4, Laws of Utah 1988, Fourth Special


             398      Session.
             399          (5) "Fiscal year" means the time period beginning on July 1 of any given year and
             400      ending on June 30 of the subsequent year.
             401          (6) "Fiscal year 1985 actual base year appropriations" means fiscal year 1985 actual
             402      capital and operations appropriations from General Fund and non-Uniform School Fund
             403      income tax revenue sources, less debt monies.
             404          (7) "Inflation index" means the change in the general price level of goods and services
             405      as measured by the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator of the Bureau of Economic
             406      Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce calculated as provided in Section 63-38c-202 .
             407          (8) (a) "Maximum allowable appropriations limit" means the appropriations that could
             408      be, or could have been, spent in any given year under the limitations of this chapter.
             409          (b) "Maximum allowable appropriations limit" does not mean actual appropriations
             410      spent or actual expenditures.
             411          (9) "Most recent fiscal year's inflation index" means the fiscal year inflation index two
             412      fiscal years previous to the fiscal year for which the maximum allowable inflation and
             413      population appropriations limit is being computed under this chapter.
             414          (10) "Most recent fiscal year's population" means the fiscal year population two fiscal
             415      years previous to the fiscal year for which the maximum allowable inflation and population
             416      appropriations limit is being computed under this chapter.
             417          (11) "Population" means the number of residents of the state as of July 1 of each year
             418      as calculated by the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget according to the procedures and
             419      requirements of Section 63-38c-202 .
             420          (12) "Revenues" means the revenues of the state from every tax, penalty, receipt, and
             421      other monetary exaction and interest connected with it that are recorded as unrestricted revenue
             422      of the General Fund and from non-Uniform School Fund income tax revenues, except as
             423      specifically exempted by this chapter.
             424          (13) "Security" means any bond, note, warrant, or other evidence of indebtedness,
             425      whether or not the bond, note, warrant, or other evidence of indebtedness is or constitutes an
             426      "indebtedness" within the meaning of any provision of the constitution or laws of this state.
             427          Section 5. Section 72-2-118 is amended to read:
             428           72-2-118. Centennial Highway Fund Restricted Account.


             429          (1) There is created [a special revenue fund] within the Transportation Investment
             430      Fund of 2005 created by Section 72-2-124 a restricted account entitled the Centennial Highway
             431      Fund Restricted Account.
             432          (2) The [fund] account consists of monies generated from the following revenue
             433      sources:
             434          (a) any voluntary contributions received for the construction, major reconstruction, or
             435      major renovation of state or federal highways;
             436          (b) appropriations made to the fund by the Legislature;
             437          (c) registration fees designated under Subsection 41-1a-1201 (6)(a); and
             438          (d) the sales and use tax amounts provided for in Section 59-12-103 .
             439          (3) (a) The [fund] account shall earn interest.
             440          (b) All interest earned on [fund] account monies shall be deposited into the [fund]
             441      account.
             442          (4) The executive director may use [fund] account monies, as prioritized by the
             443      Transportation Commission, only to pay the costs of construction, major reconstruction, or
             444      major renovation to state and federal highways.
             445          (5) When the highway general obligation bonds issued under Title 63B, Chapters 6
             446      through 13 have been paid off, the Division of Finance shall transfer any existing balance in the
             447      account into the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 created by Section 72-2-124 .
             448          Section 6. Section 72-2-124 is enacted to read:
             449          72-2-124. Transportation Investment Fund of 2005.
             450          (1) There is created a special revenue fund entitled the Transportation Investment Fund
             451      of 2005.
             452          (2) The fund consists of monies generated from the following revenue sources:
             453          (a) any voluntary contributions received for the maintenance, construction,
             454      reconstruction, or renovation of state or federal highways;
             455          (b) appropriations made to the fund by the Legislature; and
             456          (c) the sales and use tax amounts provided for in Subsection 59-12-103 (9).
             457          (3) When the highway general obligation bonds issued under Title 63B, Chapters 6
             458      through 13 have been paid off, the fund shall also consist of monies generated from the
             459      following sources:


             460          (a) registration fees designated under Subsection 41-1a-1201 (6)(a);
             461          (b) the clean special fuel tax certificate surcharge under Section 59-13-304 (3); and
             462          (c) the sales and use tax amounts provided for in Section 59-12-103 (6)(b), (8)(b), and
             463      (9).
             464          (4) (a) The fund shall earn interest.
             465          (b) All interest earned on fund monies shall be deposited into the fund.
             466          (5) The executive director may use fund monies only to pay the costs of maintenance,
             467      construction, reconstruction, or renovation to state and federal highways prioritized by the
             468      Transportation Commission under a prioritization process for new transportation capacity
             469      projects.
             470          (6) On July 1 of each year, the Division of Finance shall transfer $70,000,000 of the
             471      revenues deposited in the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 created by this section to the
             472      Centennial Highway Fund Restricted Account within the Transportation Fund of 2005 created
             473      by Section 72-2-118 .
             474          Section 7. Effective date.
             475          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2005.


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