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COUNTY OPTION SALES AND USE TAX FOR

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HIGHWAYS, FIXED GUIDEWAYS, OR

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SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT

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AMENDMENTS

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Craig A. Frank

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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             10      LONG TITLE
             11      General Description:
             12          This bill modifies the Local Government Bonding Act, the Sales and Use Tax Act, and
             13      the Transportation Finances Act by amending provisions relating to certain
             14      transportation local option sales and use tax provisions.
             15      Highlighted Provisions:
             16          This bill:
             17          .    provides definitions;
             18          .    provides that a local political subdivision may issue negotiable bonds to pay for all
             19      or part of:
             20              .    new construction, renovation, or an improvement to a state highway within the
             21      local political subdivision's boundaries; or
             22              .    an environmental study for a state highway within the local political
             23      subdivision's boundaries;
             24          .    provides that a city, town, or county may use certain imposed excise tax revenues as
             25      an estimate to determine certain bond payment requirements;
             26          .    authorizes sales and use tax revenues generated by the County Option Sales and Use
             27      Tax for Highways, Fixed Guideways, or Systems of Public Transit to be used on
             28      local highway projects of regional significance;
             29          .    provides that funds allocated for state highway projects within the county may be


             30      expended on local highway of regional significance projects in addition to or in substitution of
             31      state highway projects within the county by counties that imposed the sales and use tax prior to
             32      July 1, 2007;
             33          .    requires the department to transfer funds to the county legislative body from the
             34      Highway Projects Within Counties Fund if the county legislative body submits a
             35      written request; and
             36          .    makes technical changes.
             37      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             38          None
             39      Other Special Clauses:
             40          This bill provides an immediate effective date.
             41      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             42      AMENDS:
             43          11-14-103, as last amended by Chapter 83, Laws of Utah 2006
             44          11-14-307, as last amended by Chapter 83, Laws of Utah 2006
             45          59-12-1502, as enacted by Chapter 282, Laws of Utah 2003
             46          59-12-1503, as last amended by Chapter 253, Laws of Utah 2006
             47          72-2-121.1, as enacted by Chapter 282, Laws of Utah 2003
             48     
             49      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             50          Section 1. Section 11-14-103 is amended to read:
             51           11-14-103. Bond issues authorized -- Purposes -- Use of bond proceeds.
             52          (1) Any local political subdivision may, in the manner and subject to the limitations
             53      and restrictions contained in this chapter, issue its negotiable bonds for the purpose of paying
             54      all or part of the cost of:
             55          (a) acquiring, improving, or extending any one or more improvements, facilities, or
             56      property that the local political subdivision is authorized by law to acquire, improve, or extend;
             57      [or]


             58          (b) acquiring, or acquiring an interest in, any one or more or any combination of the
             59      following types of improvements, facilities, or property to be owned by the local political
             60      subdivision, either alone or jointly with one or more other local political subdivisions, or for
             61      the improvement or extension of any of those wholly or jointly owned improvements, facilities,
             62      or properties:
             63          (i) public buildings of every nature, including without limitation, offices, courthouses,
             64      jails, fire, police and sheriff's stations, detention homes, and any other buildings to
             65      accommodate or house lawful activities of a local political subdivision;
             66          (ii) waterworks, irrigation systems, water systems, dams, reservoirs, water treatment
             67      plants, and any other improvements, facilities, or property used in connection with the
             68      acquisition, storage, transportation, and supplying of water for domestic, industrial, irrigation,
             69      recreational, and other purposes and preventing pollution of water;
             70          (iii) sewer systems, sewage treatment plants, incinerators, and other improvements,
             71      facilities, or property used in connection with the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage,
             72      garbage, or other refuse;
             73          (iv) drainage and flood control systems, storm sewers, and any other improvements,
             74      facilities, or property used in connection with the collection, transportation, or disposal of
             75      water;
             76          (v) recreational facilities of every kind, including without limitation, athletic and play
             77      facilities, playgrounds, athletic fields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, camps,
             78      parks, picnic grounds, fairgrounds, golf courses, zoos, boating facilities, tennis courts,
             79      auditoriums, stadiums, arenas, and theaters;
             80          (vi) convention centers, sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, and other facilities for the
             81      holding of public assemblies, conventions, and other meetings;
             82          (vii) roads, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and parking buildings,
             83      lots, and facilities;
             84          (viii) airports, landing fields, landing strips, and air navigation facilities;
             85          (ix) educational facilities, including without limitation, schools, gymnasiums,


             86      auditoriums, theaters, museums, art galleries, libraries, stadiums, arenas, and fairgrounds;
             87          (x) hospitals, convalescent homes, and homes for the aged or indigent; and
             88          (xi) electric light works, electric generating systems, and any other improvements,
             89      facilities, or property used in connection with the generation and acquisition of electricity for
             90      these local political subdivisions and transmission facilities and substations if they do not
             91      duplicate transmission facilities and substations of other entities operating in the state prepared
             92      to provide the proposed service unless these transmission facilities and substations proposed to
             93      be constructed will be more economical to these local political subdivisions[.]; or
             94          (c) new construction, renovation, or improvement to a state highway within the
             95      boundaries of the local political subdivision or an environmental study for a state highway
             96      within the boundaries of the local political subdivision.
             97          (2) [Any] Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), any improvement, facility, or
             98      property under Subsection (1) need not lie within the limits of the local political subdivision.
             99          (3) A cost under Subsection (1) may include:
             100          (a) the cost of equipment and furnishings for such improvements, facilities, or
             101      property;
             102          (b) all costs incident to the authorization and issuance of bonds, including engineering,
             103      legal, and fiscal advisers' fees;
             104          (c) costs incident to the issuance of bond anticipation notes, including interest to accrue
             105      on bond anticipation notes;
             106          (d) interest estimated to accrue on the bonds during the period to be covered by the
             107      construction of the improvement, facility, or property and for 12 months after that period; and
             108          (e) other amounts which the governing body finds necessary to establish bond reserve
             109      funds and to provide working capital related to the improvement, facility, or property.
             110          Section 2. Section 11-14-307 is amended to read:
             111           11-14-307. Revenue bonds payable out of excise tax revenues.
             112          (1) To the extent constitutionally permissible, cities, towns, or counties may issue
             113      bonds payable solely from a special fund into which are to be deposited excise taxes levied and


             114      collected by the city, town, or county, or excise taxes levied by the state and rebated pursuant to
             115      law to the city, town, or county, or any combination of those excise taxes, or may pledge all or
             116      any part thereof as an additional source of payment for their general obligation bonds.
             117          (2) (a) Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds payable in whole or in part
             118      from the proceeds of excise tax revenues may contain covenants with the holder or holders of
             119      the bonds as to the excise tax revenues, the disposition of the excise tax revenues, the issuance
             120      of future bonds, and other pertinent matters that are considered necessary by the governing
             121      body to assure the marketability of those bonds, provided the covenants are not inconsistent
             122      with the provisions of this chapter.
             123          (b) The resolution may also include provisions to insure the enforcement, collection,
             124      and proper application of excise tax revenues as the governing body may think proper.
             125          (c) The proceeds of bonds payable in whole or in part from pledged class B or C road
             126      funds shall be used to construct, repair, and maintain streets and roads in accordance with
             127      Sections 72-6-108 and 72-6-110 and to fund any reserves and costs incidental to the issuance of
             128      the bonds.
             129          (d) When any bonds payable from excise tax revenues have been issued, the resolution
             130      or other enactment of the legislative body imposing the excise tax and pursuant to which the
             131      tax is being collected, the obligation of the governing body to continue to levy, collect, and
             132      allocate the excise tax, and to apply the revenues derived therefrom in accordance with the
             133      provisions of the authorizing resolution or other enactment, shall be irrevocable until the bonds
             134      have been paid in full as to both principal and interest, and is not subject to amendment in any
             135      manner which would impair the rights of the holders of those bonds or which would in any way
             136      jeopardize the timely payment of principal or interest when due.
             137          (3) (a) The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued by a city,
             138      town, or county to which the proceeds of excise taxes collected by the state and rebated to the
             139      city, town, or county are devoted or pledged as authorized in this section, that the state will not
             140      alter, impair, or limit the excise taxes in a manner that reduces the amounts to be rebated to the
             141      city, town, or county which are devoted or pledged as authorized in this section until the bonds


             142      or other securities, together with applicable interest, are fully met and discharged.
             143          (b) Nothing in this Subsection (3) precludes alteration, impairment, or limitation of
             144      excise taxes if adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the holders of the bonds.
             145          (c) Each city, town, or county may include this pledge and undertaking for the state in
             146      those bonds.
             147          (4) (a) The outstanding bonds to which excise tax revenues have been pledged as the
             148      sole source of payment may not at any one time exceed an amount for which the average
             149      annual installments of principal and interest will exceed 80% of the total excise tax revenues
             150      received by the issuing entity from the collection or rebate of the excise tax revenues during the
             151      fiscal year of the issuing entity immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the resolution
             152      authorizing the issuance of bonds is adopted.
             153          (b) If an excise tax has not been levied by a city, town, or county for a sufficient period
             154      of time to determine the 80% bond payment requirement under Subsection (4)(a), a city, town,
             155      or county may use an excise tax revenue that is currently levied within the same geographic
             156      coverage area and with the same percentage of collection to determine the amount of excise tax
             157      revenues that are expected to be received to determine the 80% bond payment requirement
             158      under Subsection (4)(a).
             159          (5) Bonds issued solely from a special fund into which are to be deposited excise tax
             160      revenues constitutes a borrowing solely upon the credit of the excise tax revenues received or
             161      to be received by the city, town, or county and does not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of
             162      the general credit of the city, town, or county.
             163          (6) (a) Before issuing any bonds under this section, a city, town, or county shall:
             164          (i) give public notice of its intent to issue the bonds; and
             165          (ii) hold a public hearing to receive input from the public with respect to the issuance
             166      of the bonds.
             167          (b) The city, county, or town shall:
             168          (i) publish the notice once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official
             169      newspaper as designated under Section 11-14-316 , with the first publication being not less than


             170      14 days before the public hearing; and
             171          (ii) ensure that the notice identifies:
             172          (A) the purpose for the issuance of the bonds;
             173          (B) the maximum principal amount of the bonds to be issued;
             174          (C) the excise taxes proposed to be pledged for repayment of the bonds; and
             175          (D) the time, place, and location of the public hearing.
             176          (7) A city, town, or county shall submit the question of whether or not to issue any
             177      bonds under this section to voters for their approval or rejection if, within 30 calendar days
             178      after the notice required by Subsection (6), a written petition requesting an election and signed
             179      by at least 20% of the registered voters in the city, town, or county is filed with the city, town,
             180      or county.
             181          Section 3. Section 59-12-1502 is amended to read:
             182           59-12-1502. Definitions.
             183          As used in this part:
             184          (1) "Annexation" means an annexation to a county under Title 17, Chapter 2,
             185      Annexation to County.
             186          (2) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a county.
             187          (3) "Local highway of regional significance" means a highway that is:
             188          (a) (i) a principal arterial highway as defined in Section 72-4-102.5 ; or
             189          (ii) a minor arterial highway as defined in Section 72-4-102.5 ;
             190          (b) included in a metropolitan planning organization's regional transportation plan; and
             191          (c) not a state highway.
             192          (4) "Metropolitan planning organization" has the same meaning as defined in Section
             193      72-1-208.5 .
             194          [(3)] (5) "Qualifying county" means a county in which a sales and use tax authorized
             195      by Section 59-12-502 is not imposed by:
             196          (a) the county;
             197          (b) a city within the county; or


             198          (c) a town within the county.
             199          [(4)] (6) "State highway" means a highway designated as a state highway under Title
             200      72, Chapter 4, Designation of State Highways Act.
             201          [(5)] (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection [(5)] (7)(b), "public transit" is as defined
             202      in Section 17A-2-1004 .
             203          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection [(5)] (7)(a), "public transit" does not include a fixed
             204      guideway system.
             205          Section 4. Section 59-12-1503 is amended to read:
             206           59-12-1503. Opinion question election -- Base -- Rate -- Imposition of tax -- Use of
             207      tax revenues -- Administration, collection, and enforcement of tax by commission --
             208      Administrative fee -- Enactment or repeal of tax -- Annexation -- Notice.
             209          (1) (a) Beginning on or after April 1, 2004, and subject to the other provisions of this
             210      part, the county legislative body of a qualifying county may impose a sales and use tax of .25%:
             211          (i) on the transactions:
             212          (A) described in Subsection 59-12-103 (1); and
             213          (B) within the county, including the cities and towns within the county;
             214          (ii) for the purposes determined by the county legislative body in accordance with
             215      Subsection (2); and
             216          (iii) in addition to any other sales and use tax authorized under this chapter.
             217          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a)(i), a county legislative body may not impose a
             218      tax under this section on:
             219          (i) the sales and uses described in Section 59-12-104 to the extent the sales and uses
             220      are exempt from taxation under Section 59-12-104 ; or
             221          (ii) any amounts paid or charged by a seller that collects a tax under Subsection
             222      59-12-107 (1)(b).
             223          (c) For purposes of this Subsection (1), the location of a transaction shall be
             224      determined in accordance with Section 59-12-207 .
             225          (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), before obtaining the approval required by


             226      Subsection (3), a county legislative body shall adopt a resolution specifying the percentage of
             227      revenues the county will receive from the tax under this part that will be allocated to fund one
             228      or more of the following:
             229          (i) a project or service relating to a fixed guideway system:
             230          (A) for the portion of the project or service that is performed within the county; and
             231          (B) if the fixed guideway system is owned and operated by a public transit district
             232      organized under Title 17A, Chapter 2, Part 10, Utah Public Transit District Act;
             233          (ii) a project or service relating to a system for public transit:
             234          (A) for the portion of the project or service that is performed within the county; and
             235          (B) if the system for public transit is owned and operated by a public transit district
             236      organized under Title 17A, Chapter 2, Part 10, Utah Public Transit District Act; or
             237          (iii) the following relating to a state highway or a local highway of regional
             238      significance within the county:
             239          (A) a project beginning on or after the day on which a county legislative body imposes
             240      a tax under this part only within the county involving:
             241          (I) new construction;
             242          (II) a renovation;
             243          (III) an improvement; or
             244          (IV) an environmental study;
             245          (B) debt service on a project described in Subsections (2)(a)(iii)(A)(I) through (IV); or
             246          (C) bond issuance costs relating to a project described in Subsections (2)(a)(iii)(A)(I)
             247      through (IV).
             248          (b) (i) A county legislative body shall in the resolution required by Subsection (2)(a)
             249      allocate as required by Subsection (2)(a) 100% of the revenues the county will receive from the
             250      tax under this part.
             251          (ii) For purposes of this Subsection (2)(b), the revenues a county will receive from the
             252      tax under this part do not include amounts retained by the commission in accordance with
             253      Subsection (8).


             254          (3) (a) Before imposing a tax under this part, a county legislative body shall:
             255          (i) obtain approval from a majority of the members of the county legislative body to:
             256          (A) impose the tax; and
             257          (B) allocate the revenues the county will receive from the tax in accordance with the
             258      resolution adopted in accordance with Subsection (2); and
             259          (ii) subject to Subsection (3)(b), submit an opinion question to the county's registered
             260      voters voting on the imposition of the tax so that each registered voter has the opportunity to
             261      express the registered voter's opinion on whether a tax should be imposed under this part.
             262          (b) The opinion question required by Subsection (3)(a)(ii) shall state the allocations
             263      specified in the resolution:
             264          (i) adopted in accordance with Subsection (2); and
             265          (ii) approved by the county legislative body in accordance with Subsection (3)(a).
             266          (c) The election required by this Subsection (3) shall be held:
             267          (i) (A) at a regular general election; and
             268          (B) in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Title 20A, Election Code,
             269      governing regular general elections; or
             270          (ii) (A) at a special election called by the county legislative body;
             271          (B) only on the date of a municipal general election provided in Subsection
             272      20A-1-202 (1); and
             273          (C) in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Section 20A-1-203 .
             274          (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (8), if a county legislative body determines that a majority
             275      of the county's registered voters voting on the imposition of the tax have voted in favor of the
             276      imposition of the tax in accordance with Subsection (3), the county legislative body may
             277      impose the tax by a majority vote of all of the members of the county legislative body.
             278          (b) If a county legislative body imposes a tax under Subsection (4)(a), the revenues
             279      generated by the tax shall be:
             280          (i) allocated in accordance with the allocations specified in the resolution under
             281      Subsection (2); and


             282          (ii) expended as provided in this part.
             283          (5) If a county legislative body allocates revenues generated by the tax for a project
             284      described in Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(A), before beginning the state highway project within the
             285      county, the county legislative body shall:
             286          (a) obtain approval from the Transportation Commission to complete the project; and
             287          (b) enter into an interlocal agreement:
             288          (i) established in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act;
             289          (ii) with the Department of Transportation; and
             290          (iii) to complete the project.
             291          (6) (a) If after a county legislative body imposes a tax under Subsection (4) the county
             292      legislative body seeks to change the allocation of the tax specified in the resolution under
             293      Subsection (2), the county legislative body may change the allocation of the tax by:
             294          (i) adopting a resolution in accordance with Subsection (2) specifying the percentage of
             295      revenues the county will receive from the tax under this part that will be allocated to fund one
             296      or more of the systems or projects described in Subsection (2);
             297          (ii) obtaining approval to change the allocation of the tax from a majority of the
             298      members of the county legislative body; and
             299          (iii) (A) submitting an opinion question to the county's registered voters voting on
             300      changing the allocation of the tax so that each registered voter has the opportunity to express
             301      the registered voter's opinion on whether the allocation of the tax should be changed; and
             302          (B) obtaining approval to change the allocation of the tax from a majority of the
             303      county's registered voters voting on changing the allocation of the tax.
             304          (b) (i) The opinion question required by Subsection (6)(a)(iii) shall state the allocations
             305      specified in the resolution:
             306          (A) adopted in accordance with Subsection (6)(a)(i); and
             307          (B) approved by the county legislative body in accordance with Subsection (6)(a)(ii).
             308          (ii) The election required by Subsection (6)(a)(iii) shall follow the procedures and
             309      requirements of Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.


             310          (7) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(a)(ii), revenues generated by a tax
             311      under this part that are allocated for a purpose described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) shall be
             312      transmitted:
             313          (A) by the commission;
             314          (B) to the county;
             315          (C) monthly; and
             316          (D) by electronic funds transfer.
             317          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(a)(i), a county may request that the commission
             318      transfer the revenues described in Subsection (7)(a)(i):
             319          (A) directly to a public transit district:
             320          (I) organized under Title 17A, Chapter 2, Part 10, Utah Public Transit District Act; and
             321          (II) designated by the county; and
             322          (B) by providing written notice to the commission:
             323          (I) requesting the revenues to be transferred directly to a public transit district as
             324      provided in Subsection (7)(a)(ii)(A); and
             325          (II) designating the public transit district to which the revenues are requested to be
             326      transferred.
             327          (b) Revenues generated by a tax under this part that are allocated for a purpose
             328      described in Subsection (2)(a)(iii) shall be:
             329          (i) deposited into the State Highway Projects Within Counties Fund created by Section
             330      72-2-121.1 ; and
             331          (ii) expended as provided in Section 72-2-121.1 .
             332          (8) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(a)(ii), the tax authorized under this part
             333      shall be administered, collected, and enforced in accordance with:
             334          (A) the same procedures used to administer, collect, and enforce the tax under:
             335          (I) Part 1, Tax Collection; or
             336          (II) Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act; and
             337          (B) Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies.


             338          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (8)(a)(i), a tax under this part is not subject to
             339      Subsections 59-12-205 (2) through (7).
             340          (b) (i) The commission may retain an amount of tax collected under this part of not to
             341      exceed the lesser of:
             342          (A) 1.5%; or
             343          (B) an amount equal to the cost to the commission of administering this part.
             344          (ii) Any amount the commission retains under Subsection (8)(b)(i) shall be:
             345          (A) placed in the Sales and Use Tax Administrative Fees Account; and
             346          (B) used as provided in Subsection 59-12-206 (2).
             347          (9) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(b) or (c), if, on or after July 1, 2004, a
             348      county enacts or repeals a tax under this part, the enactment or repeal shall take effect:
             349          (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             350          (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting
             351      the requirements of Subsection (9)(a)(ii) from the county.
             352          (ii) The notice described in Subsection (9)(a)(i)(B) shall state:
             353          (A) that the county will enact or repeal a tax under this part;
             354          (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (9)(a)(ii)(A);
             355          (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (9)(a)(ii)(A); and
             356          (D) if the county enacts the tax described in Subsection (9)(a)(ii)(A), the rate of the tax.
             357          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a)(i), for a transaction described in Subsection
             358      (9)(b)(iii), the enactment of a tax shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             359          (A) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the tax; and
             360          (B) if the billing period for the transaction begins before the effective date of the
             361      enactment of the tax under Subsection (1).
             362          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a)(i), for a transaction described in Subsection
             363      (9)(b)(iii), the repeal of a tax shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             364          (A) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the tax; and
             365          (B) if the billing period for the transaction begins before the effective date of the repeal


             366      of the tax imposed under Subsection (1).
             367          (iii) Subsections (9)(b)(i) and (ii) apply to transactions subject to a tax under:
             368          (A) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(b);
             369          (B) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(c);
             370          (C) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(d);
             371          (D) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(e);
             372          (E) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(f);
             373          (F) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(g);
             374          (G) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(h);
             375          (H) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(i);
             376          (I) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(j); or
             377          (J) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(k).
             378          (c) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a)(i), if a tax due under this chapter on a
             379      catalogue sale is computed on the basis of sales and use tax rates published in the catalogue, an
             380      enactment or repeal of a tax described in Subsection (9)(a)(i) takes effect:
             381          (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             382          (B) beginning 60 days after the effective date of the enactment or repeal under
             383      Subsection (9)(a)(i).
             384          (ii) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             385      the commission may by rule define the term "catalogue sale."
             386          (d) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(e) or (f), if, for an annexation that occurs
             387      on or after July 1, 2004, the annexation will result in the enactment or repeal of a tax under this
             388      part for an annexing area, the enactment or repeal shall take effect:
             389          (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             390          (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting
             391      the requirements of Subsection (9)(d)(ii) from the county that annexes the annexing area.
             392          (ii) The notice described in Subsection (9)(d)(i)(B) shall state:
             393          (A) that the annexation described in Subsection (9)(d)(i)(B) will result in an enactment


             394      or repeal of a tax under this part for the annexing area;
             395          (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (9)(d)(ii)(A);
             396          (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (9)(d)(ii)(A); and
             397          (D) the rate of the tax described in Subsection (9)(d)(ii)(A).
             398          (e) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(d)(i), for a transaction described in Subsection
             399      (9)(e)(iii), the enactment of a tax shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             400          (A) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the tax; and
             401          (B) if the billing period for the transaction begins before the effective date of the
             402      enactment of the tax under Subsection (1).
             403          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(d)(i), for a transaction described in Subsection
             404      (9)(e)(iii), the repeal of a tax shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             405          (A) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the tax; and
             406          (B) if the billing period for the transaction begins before the effective date of the repeal
             407      of the tax imposed under Subsection (1).
             408          (iii) Subsections (9)(e)(i) and (ii) apply to transactions subject to a tax under:
             409          (A) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(b);
             410          (B) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(c);
             411          (C) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(d);
             412          (D) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(e);
             413          (E) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(f);
             414          (F) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(g);
             415          (G) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(h);
             416          (H) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(i);
             417          (I) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(j); or
             418          (J) Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(k).
             419          (f) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(d)(i), if a tax due under this chapter on a
             420      catalogue sale is computed on the basis of sales and use tax rates published in the catalogue, an
             421      enactment or repeal of a tax described in Subsection (9)(d)(i) takes effect:


             422          (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             423          (B) beginning 60 days after the effective date of the enactment or repeal under
             424      Subsection (9)(d)(i).
             425          (ii) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             426      the commission may by rule define the term "catalogue sale."
             427          (10) A county that imposed a sales and use tax under this section prior to July 1, 2007,
             428      may expend revenues allocated in the resolution for the purpose described in Subsection
             429      (2)(a)(iii) on local highway of regional significance projects in addition to or in substitution of
             430      state highway projects within the county.
             431          Section 5. Section 72-2-121.1 is amended to read:
             432           72-2-121.1. Highway Projects Within Counties Fund -- Accounting for revenues
             433      -- Interest -- Expenditure of revenues.
             434          (1) There is created a special revenue fund known as the [State] Highway Projects
             435      Within Counties Fund.
             436          (2) The [State] Highway Projects Within Counties Fund shall be funded by revenues
             437      generated by a tax imposed by a county under Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 15, County Option
             438      Sales and Use Tax for Highways, Fixed Guideways, or Systems for Public Transit Act, if those
             439      revenues are allocated:
             440          (a) for a purpose described in Subsection 59-12-1503(2)(a)(iii); and
             441          (b) in accordance with Section 59-12-1503 .
             442          (3) The department shall make a separate accounting for:
             443          (a) the revenues described in Subsection (2); and
             444          (b) each county for which revenues are deposited into the [State] Highway Projects
             445      Within Counties Fund.
             446          (4) (a) The [State] Highway Projects Within Counties Fund shall earn interest.
             447          (b) The department shall allocate the interest earned on the State Highway Projects
             448      Within Counties Fund:
             449          (i) proportionately;


             450          (ii) to each county's balance in the [State] Highway Projects Within Counties Fund;
             451      and
             452          (iii) on the basis of each county's balance in the [State] Highway Projects Within
             453      Counties Fund.
             454          (5) (a) The department shall expend the revenues and interest deposited into the [State]
             455      Highway Projects Within Counties Fund to pay:
             456          [(a)] (i) for a state highway project within the county:
             457          [(i)] (A) described in Subsection 59-12-1503 (2)(a)(iii)(A); and
             458          [(ii)] (B) for which the requirements of Subsection 59-12-1503 (5) are met;
             459          [(b)] (ii) debt service on a project described in Subsection (5)(a); or
             460          [(c)] (iii) bond issuance costs relating to a project described in Subsection (5)(a).
             461          (b) (i) If a county legislative body submits a request to the department in writing, the
             462      department shall transfer revenues and interest deposited into the Highway Projects Within
             463      Counties Fund to the county legislative body to pay:
             464          (A) for a local highway of regional significance project described in Subsection
             465      59-12-1503 (2)(a)(iii)(A);
             466          (B) debt service on a project described in Subsection (5)(b)(i)(A); or
             467          (C) bond issuance costs relating to a project described in Subsection (5)(b)(i)(A).
             468          (ii) The request submitted under Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall specify:
             469          (A) the amount of revenues requested for transfer; and
             470          (B) the local highway of regional significance project that the funds requested under
             471      this Subsection (5)(b) will be expended on.
             472          Section 6. Effective date.
             473          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
             474      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             475      Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
             476      the date of veto override.


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