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AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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TAXES AND FEES

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2011 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Dennis E. Stowell

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House Sponsor: Michael E. Noel

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             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill makes changes related to certain local government taxes and fees.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    changes provisions related to a municipal tax or fee imposed for the municipality to
             14      provide an enhanced level of municipal services;
             15          .    enacts a sales and use tax exemption for a municipal tax or fee imposed for the
             16      municipality to provide an enhanced level of municipal services; and
             17          .    makes technical and conforming changes.
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2011.
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          10-1-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 189
             25          59-12-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 88, 209, and 364
             26     
             27      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             28          Section 1. Section 10-1-203 is amended to read:
             29           10-1-203. License fees and taxes -- Disproportionate rental fee -- Application


             30      information to be transmitted to the county assessor.
             31          (1) As used in this section:
             32          (a) "Business" means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic
             33      profit, except that the acts of employees rendering services to employers are not included in
             34      this definition.
             35          (b) "Telecommunications provider" is as defined in Section 10-1-402 .
             36          (c) "Telecommunications tax or fee" is as defined in Section 10-1-402 .
             37          (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) through (5), the legislative body of a
             38      municipality may license for the purpose of regulation and revenue any business within the
             39      limits of the municipality and may regulate that business by ordinance.
             40          (3) (a) The legislative body of a municipality may raise revenue by levying and
             41      collecting a municipal energy sales or use tax as provided in Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales
             42      and Use Tax Act, except a municipality may not levy or collect a franchise tax or fee on an
             43      energy supplier other than the municipal energy sales and use tax provided in Part 3, Municipal
             44      Energy Sales and Use Tax Act.
             45          (b) (i) Subsection (3)(a) does not affect the validity of a franchise agreement as defined
             46      in Subsection 10-1-303 (6), that is in effect on July 1, 1997, or a future franchise.
             47          (ii) A franchise agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303 (6) in effect on January 1,
             48      1997, or a future franchise shall remain in full force and effect.
             49          (c) A municipality that collects a contractual franchise fee pursuant to a franchise
             50      agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303 (6) with an energy supplier that is in effect on July
             51      1, 1997, may continue to collect that fee as provided in Subsection 10-1-310 (2).
             52          (d) (i) Subject to the requirements of Subsection (3)(d)(ii), a franchise agreement as
             53      defined in Subsection 10-1-303 (6) between a municipality and an energy supplier may contain
             54      a provision that:
             55          (A) requires the energy supplier by agreement to pay a contractual franchise fee that is
             56      otherwise prohibited under Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act; and
             57          (B) imposes the contractual franchise fee on or after the day on which Part 3,


             58      Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax is:
             59          (I) repealed, invalidated, or the maximum allowable rate provided in Section 10-1-305
             60      is reduced; and
             61          (II) is not superseded by a law imposing a substantially equivalent tax.
             62          (ii) A municipality may not charge a contractual franchise fee under the provisions
             63      permitted by Subsection (3)(b)(i) unless the municipality charges an equal contractual franchise
             64      fee or a tax on all energy suppliers.
             65          (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), beginning July 1, 2004, the legislative body of a
             66      municipality may raise revenue by levying and providing for the collection of a municipal
             67      telecommunications license tax as provided in Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License
             68      Tax Act.
             69          (b) A municipality may not levy or collect a telecommunications tax or fee on a
             70      telecommunications provider except as provided in Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications
             71      License Tax Act.
             72          (5) (a) (i) The legislative body of a municipality may by ordinance raise revenue by
             73      levying and collecting a license fee or tax on:
             74          (A) a parking service business in an amount that is less than or equal to:
             75          (I) $1 per vehicle that parks at the parking service business; or
             76          (II) 2% of the gross receipts of the parking service business;
             77          (B) a public assembly or other related facility in an amount that is less than or equal to
             78      $5 per ticket purchased from the public assembly or other related facility; and
             79          (C) subject to the limitations of Subsections (5)(c), (d), and (e)[, a business]:
             80          (I) a business that causes disproportionate costs of municipal services; or
             81          (II) a purchaser from a business for which the municipality provides an enhanced level
             82      of municipal services.
             83          (ii) Nothing in this Subsection (5)(a) may be construed to authorize a municipality to
             84      levy or collect a license fee or tax on a public assembly or other related facility owned and
             85      operated by another political subdivision other than a community development and renewal


             86      agency without the written consent of the other political subdivision.
             87          (b) As used in this Subsection (5):
             88          (i) "Municipal services" includes:
             89          (A) public utilities; and
             90          (B) services for:
             91          (I) police;
             92          (II) fire;
             93          (III) storm water runoff;
             94          (IV) traffic control;
             95          (V) parking;
             96          (VI) transportation;
             97          (VII) beautification; or
             98          (VIII) snow removal.
             99          (ii) "Parking service business" means a business:
             100          (A) that primarily provides off-street parking services for a public facility that is
             101      wholly or partially funded by public money;
             102          (B) that provides parking for one or more vehicles; and
             103          (C) that charges a fee for parking.
             104          (iii) "Public assembly or other related facility" means an assembly facility that:
             105          (A) is wholly or partially funded by public money;
             106          (B) is operated by a business; and
             107          (C) requires a person attending an event at the assembly facility to purchase a ticket.
             108          (c) (i) Before the legislative body of a municipality imposes a license fee on a business
             109      that causes disproportionate costs of municipal services under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I), the
             110      legislative body of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance defining for purposes of the tax
             111      under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I):
             112          (A) the costs that constitute disproportionate costs; and
             113          (B) the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of the municipal services


             114      provided by the municipality.
             115          (ii) The amount of a fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I) shall be reasonably related to
             116      the costs of the municipal services provided by the municipality.
             117          (d) (i) Before the legislative body of a municipality imposes a license fee on a
             118      purchaser from a business for which it provides an enhanced level of municipal services under
             119      Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II), the legislative body of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance
             120      defining for purposes of the fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II):
             121          (A) the level of municipal services that constitutes the basic level of municipal services
             122      in the municipality; and
             123          (B) the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of providing an enhanced level
             124      of municipal services in the municipality.
             125          (ii) The amount of a fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II) shall be reasonably related to
             126      the costs of providing an enhanced level of the municipal services.
             127          (e) (i) As used in this Subsection (5)(e):
             128          (A) "Disproportionate rental fee" means a license fee on rental housing based on the
             129      disproportionate costs of municipal services caused by the rental housing or on an enhanced
             130      level of municipal services provided to the rental housing.
             131          (B) "Disproportionate rental fee reduction" means a reduction of a disproportionate
             132      rental fee as a condition of complying with the requirements of a good landlord program.
             133          (C) "Good landlord program" means a program established by a municipality that
             134      provides a reduction in a disproportionate rental fee for a landlord who:
             135          (I) completes a landlord training program approved by the municipality;
             136          (II) implements measures to reduce crime in rental housing as specified in municipal
             137      ordinances; and
             138          (III) operates and manages rental housing in accordance with applicable municipal
             139      ordinances.
             140          (D) "Municipal services study" means a study, or an updated study, conducted by a
             141      municipality of the cost of all municipal services that the municipality provides to the


             142      applicable rental housing.
             143          (E) "Rental housing cost" means the municipality's cost:
             144          (I) of providing municipal services to the rental housing;
             145          (II) that is reasonably attributable to the rental housing; and
             146          (III) that would not have occurred in the absence of the rental housing.
             147          (ii) A municipality may impose and collect a disproportionate rental fee if:
             148          (A) the municipality:
             149          (I) adopts the ordinances required under Subsections (5)(c) and (d), as applicable;
             150          (II) conducts a municipal services study;
             151          (III) updates the municipal services study:
             152          (Aa) before increasing the amount of the disproportionate rental fee; and
             153          (Bb) before decreasing the amount of the disproportionate rental fee reduction; and
             154          (IV) establishes a good landlord program; and
             155          (B) the disproportionate rental fee does not exceed the rental housing cost, as
             156      determined by the municipal services study.
             157          (iii) (A) The requirement under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(A)(IV) to establish a good
             158      landlord program does not apply to a municipality that imposed and collected a
             159      disproportionate rental fee on January 1, 2009.
             160          (B) A municipality claiming an exemption under Subsection (5)(e)(iii)(A) shall
             161      conduct an updated municipal services study at least every four years.
             162          (iv) The requirement under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(A)(II) to conduct a municipal services
             163      study does not apply to a municipality that:
             164          (A) imposed and collected a disproportionate rental fee on May 2, 2005, of $17 or less
             165      per unit per year[:];
             166          (B) does not increase the amount of its disproportionate rental fee; and
             167          (C) does not decrease the amount of its disproportionate rental fee reduction.
             168          (v) The fee limitation under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(B) does not apply to a municipality
             169      that:


             170          (A) imposed and collected a disproportionate rental fee on May 2, 2005, that was $17
             171      or less per unit per year;
             172          (B) does not increase the amount of its disproportionate rental fee; and
             173          (C) does not decrease the amount of its disproportionate rental fee reduction.
             174          (vi) Until May 2, 2012, the requirement under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(A)(II) to conduct a
             175      municipal services study before imposing and collecting a disproportionate rental fee, does not
             176      apply to a municipality that:
             177          (A) on May 2, 2005, imposed and collected a disproportionate rental fee that exceeds
             178      $17 per unit per year;
             179          (B) had implemented, before January 1, 2005, a good landlord program;
             180          (C) does not decrease the amount of the disproportionate rental fee reduction; and
             181          (D) does not increase the amount of its disproportionate rental fee.
             182          (6) All license fees and taxes shall be uniform in respect to the class upon which they
             183      are imposed.
             184          (7) The municipality shall transmit the information from each approved business
             185      license application to the county assessor within 60 days following the approval of the
             186      application.
             187          (8) If challenged in court, an ordinance enacted by a municipality before January 1,
             188      1994, imposing a business license fee on rental dwellings under this section shall be upheld
             189      unless the business license fee is found to impose an unreasonable burden on the fee payer.
             190          Section 2. Section 59-12-104 is amended to read:
             191           59-12-104. Exemptions.
             192          The following sales and uses are exempt from the taxes imposed by this chapter:
             193          (1) sales of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuel subject to a Utah state excise tax
             194      under Chapter 13, Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act;
             195          (2) sales to the state, its institutions, and its political subdivisions; however, this
             196      exemption does not apply to sales of:
             197          (a) construction materials except:


             198          (i) construction materials purchased by or on behalf of institutions of the public
             199      education system as defined in Utah Constitution Article X, Section 2, provided the
             200      construction materials are clearly identified and segregated and installed or converted to real
             201      property which is owned by institutions of the public education system; and
             202          (ii) construction materials purchased by the state, its institutions, or its political
             203      subdivisions which are installed or converted to real property by employees of the state, its
             204      institutions, or its political subdivisions; or
             205          (b) tangible personal property in connection with the construction, operation,
             206      maintenance, repair, or replacement of a project, as defined in Section 11-13-103 , or facilities
             207      providing additional project capacity, as defined in Section 11-13-103 ;
             208          (3) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (3)(b) from a vending machine if:
             209          (i) the proceeds of each sale do not exceed $1; and
             210          (ii) the seller or operator of the vending machine reports an amount equal to 150% of
             211      the cost of the item described in Subsection (3)(b) as goods consumed; and
             212          (b) Subsection (3)(a) applies to:
             213          (i) food and food ingredients; or
             214          (ii) prepared food;
             215          (4) (a) sales of the following to a commercial airline carrier for in-flight consumption:
             216          (i) alcoholic beverages;
             217          (ii) food and food ingredients; or
             218          (iii) prepared food;
             219          (b) sales of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically:
             220          (i) to a passenger;
             221          (ii) by a commercial airline carrier; and
             222          (iii) during a flight for in-flight consumption or in-flight use by the passenger; or
             223          (c) services related to Subsection (4)(a) or (b);
             224          (5) (a) (i) beginning on July 1, 2008, and ending on September 30, 2008, sales of parts
             225      and equipment:


             226          (A) (I) by an establishment described in NAICS Code 336411 or 336412 of the 2002
             227      North American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the
             228      President, Office of Management and Budget; and
             229          (II) for:
             230          (Aa) installation in an aircraft, including services relating to the installation of parts or
             231      equipment in the aircraft;
             232          (Bb) renovation of an aircraft; or
             233          (Cc) repair of an aircraft; or
             234          (B) for installation in an aircraft operated by a common carrier in interstate or foreign
             235      commerce; or
             236          (ii) beginning on October 1, 2008, sales of parts and equipment for installation in an
             237      aircraft operated by a common carrier in interstate or foreign commerce; and
             238          (b) notwithstanding the time period of Subsection 59-1-1410 (8) for filing for a refund,
             239      a person may claim the exemption allowed by Subsection (5)(a)(i)(B) for a sale by filing for a
             240      refund:
             241          (i) if the sale is made on or after July 1, 2008, but on or before September 30, 2008;
             242          (ii) as if Subsection (5)(a)(i)(B) were in effect on the day on which the sale is made;
             243          (iii) if the person did not claim the exemption allowed by Subsection (5)(a)(i)(B) for
             244      the sale prior to filing for the refund;
             245          (iv) for sales and use taxes paid under this chapter on the sale;
             246          (v) in accordance with Section 59-1-1410 ; and
             247          (vi) subject to any extension allowed for filing for a refund under Section 59-1-1410 , if
             248      the person files for the refund on or before September 30, 2011;
             249          (6) sales of commercials, motion picture films, prerecorded audio program tapes or
             250      records, and prerecorded video tapes by a producer, distributor, or studio to a motion picture
             251      exhibitor, distributor, or commercial television or radio broadcaster;
             252          (7) (a) subject to Subsection (7)(b), sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal
             253      property if the cleaning or washing of the tangible personal property is not assisted cleaning or


             254      washing of tangible personal property;
             255          (b) if a seller that sells at the same business location assisted cleaning or washing of
             256      tangible personal property and cleaning or washing of tangible personal property that is not
             257      assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property, the exemption described in
             258      Subsection (7)(a) applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales of the assisted cleaning
             259      or washing of the tangible personal property; and
             260          (c) for purposes of Subsection (7)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
             261      Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
             262          (i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
             263      and
             264          (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for
             265      sales of assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
             266          (8) sales made to or by religious or charitable institutions in the conduct of their regular
             267      religious or charitable functions and activities, if the requirements of Section 59-12-104.1 are
             268      fulfilled;
             269          (9) sales of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of
             270      this state if the vehicle is:
             271          (a) not registered in this state; and
             272          (b) (i) not used in this state; or
             273          (ii) used in this state:
             274          (A) if the vehicle is not used to conduct business, for a time period that does not
             275      exceed the longer of:
             276          (I) 30 days in any calendar year; or
             277          (II) the time period necessary to transport the vehicle to the borders of this state; or
             278          (B) if the vehicle is used to conduct business, for the time period necessary to transport
             279      the vehicle to the borders of this state;
             280          (10) (a) amounts paid for an item described in Subsection (10)(b) if:
             281          (i) the item is intended for human use; and


             282          (ii) (A) a prescription was issued for the item; or
             283          (B) the item was purchased by a hospital or other medical facility; and
             284          (b) (i) Subsection (10)(a) applies to:
             285          (A) a drug;
             286          (B) a syringe; or
             287          (C) a stoma supply; and
             288          (ii) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             289      commission may by rule define the terms:
             290          (A) "syringe"; or
             291          (B) "stoma supply";
             292          (11) sales or use of property, materials, or services used in the construction of or
             293      incorporated in pollution control facilities allowed by Sections 19-2-123 through 19-2-127 ;
             294          (12) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) served by:
             295          (i) the following if the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the
             296      general public:
             297          (A) a church; or
             298          (B) a charitable institution;
             299          (ii) an institution of higher education if:
             300          (A) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the general public; or
             301          (B) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is prepaid as part of a student meal plan
             302      offered by the institution of higher education; or
             303          (b) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) provided for a patient by:
             304          (i) a medical facility; or
             305          (ii) a nursing facility; and
             306          (c) Subsections (12)(a) and (b) apply to:
             307          (i) food and food ingredients;
             308          (ii) prepared food; or
             309          (iii) alcoholic beverages;


             310          (13) (a) except as provided in Subsection (13)(b), the sale of tangible personal property
             311      or a product transferred electronically by a person:
             312          (i) regardless of the number of transactions involving the sale of that tangible personal
             313      property or product transferred electronically by that person; and
             314          (ii) not regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal
             315      property or product transferred electronically;
             316          (b) this Subsection (13) does not apply if:
             317          (i) the sale is one of a series of sales of a character to indicate that the person is
             318      regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal property or product
             319      transferred electronically;
             320          (ii) the person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling that
             321      type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
             322          (iii) the person sells an item of tangible personal property or product transferred
             323      electronically that the person purchased as a sale that is exempt under Subsection (25); or
             324          (iv) the sale is of a vehicle or vessel required to be titled or registered under the laws of
             325      this state in which case the tax is based upon:
             326          (A) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle or vessel being
             327      sold; or
             328          (B) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the fair market
             329      value of the vehicle or vessel being sold at the time of the sale as determined by the
             330      commission; and
             331          (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             332      commission shall make rules establishing the circumstances under which:
             333          (i) a person is regularly engaged in the business of selling a type of tangible personal
             334      property or product transferred electronically;
             335          (ii) a sale of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically is one of
             336      a series of sales of a character to indicate that a person is regularly engaged in the business of
             337      selling that type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically; or


             338          (iii) a person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling a type
             339      of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
             340          (14) (a) except as provided in Subsection (14)(b), amounts paid or charged on or after
             341      July 1, 2006, for a purchase or lease by a manufacturing facility except for a cogeneration
             342      facility, of the following:
             343          (i) machinery and equipment that:
             344          (A) are used:
             345          (I) for a manufacturing facility except for a manufacturing facility that is a scrap
             346      recycler described in Subsection 59-12-102 (54)(b):
             347          (Aa) in the manufacturing process;
             348          (Bb) to manufacture an item sold as tangible personal property; and
             349          (Cc) beginning on July 1, 2009, in a manufacturing facility described in this Subsection
             350      (14)(a)(i)(A)(I) in the state; or
             351          (II) for a manufacturing facility that is a scrap recycler described in Subsection
             352      59-12-102 (54)(b):
             353          (Aa) to process an item sold as tangible personal property; and
             354          (Bb) beginning on July 1, 2009, in a manufacturing facility described in this Subsection
             355      (14)(a)(i)(A)(II) in the state; and
             356          (B) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             357          (ii) normal operating repair or replacement parts that:
             358          (A) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             359          (B) are used:
             360          (I) for a manufacturing facility except for a manufacturing facility that is a scrap
             361      recycler described in Subsection 59-12-102 (54)(b):
             362          (Aa) in the manufacturing process; and
             363          (Bb) in a manufacturing facility described in this Subsection (14)(a)(ii)(B)(I) in the
             364      state; or
             365          (II) for a manufacturing facility that is a scrap recycler described in Subsection


             366      59-12-102 (54)(b):
             367          (Aa) to process an item sold as tangible personal property; and
             368          (Bb) in a manufacturing facility described in this Subsection (14)(a)(ii)(B)(II) in the
             369      state;
             370          (b) amounts paid or charged on or after July 1, 2005, for a purchase or lease by a
             371      manufacturing facility that is a cogeneration facility placed in service on or after May 1, 2006,
             372      of the following:
             373          (i) machinery and equipment that:
             374          (A) are used:
             375          (I) in the manufacturing process;
             376          (II) to manufacture an item sold as tangible personal property; and
             377          (III) beginning on July 1, 2009, in a manufacturing facility described in this Subsection
             378      (14)(b) in the state; and
             379          (B) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             380          (ii) normal operating repair or replacement parts that:
             381          (A) are used:
             382          (I) in the manufacturing process; and
             383          (II) in a manufacturing facility described in this Subsection (14)(b) in the state; and
             384          (B) have an economic life of three or more years;
             385          (c) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease made on or after January 1, 2008,
             386      by an establishment described in NAICS Subsector 212, Mining (except Oil and Gas), or
             387      NAICS Code 213113, Support Activities for Coal Mining, 213114, Support Activities for
             388      Metal Mining, or 213115, Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining,
             389      of the 2002 North American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of
             390      the President, Office of Management and Budget, of the following:
             391          (i) machinery and equipment that:
             392          (A) are used:
             393          (I) (Aa) in the production process, other than the production of real property; or


             394          (Bb) in research and development; and
             395          (II) beginning on July 1, 2009, in an establishment described in this Subsection (14)(c)
             396      in the state; and
             397          (B) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             398          (ii) normal operating repair or replacement parts that:
             399          (A) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             400          (B) are used in:
             401          (I) (Aa) the production process, except for the production of real property; and
             402          (Bb) an establishment described in this Subsection (14)(c) in the state; or
             403          (II) (Aa) research and development; and
             404          (Bb) in an establishment described in this Subsection (14)(c) in the state;
             405          (d) (i) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease made on or after July 1, 2010,
             406      but on or before June 30, 2014, by an establishment described in NAICS Code 518112, Web
             407      Search Portals, of the 2002 North American Industry Classification System of the federal
             408      Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, of the following:
             409          (A) machinery and equipment that:
             410          (I) are used in the operation of the web search portal;
             411          (II) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             412          (III) are used in a new or expanding establishment described in this Subsection (14)(d)
             413      in the state; and
             414          (B) normal operating repair or replacement parts that:
             415          (I) are used in the operation of the web search portal;
             416          (II) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             417          (III) are used in a new or expanding establishment described in this Subsection (14)(d)
             418      in the state; or
             419          (ii) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease made on or after July 1, 2014, by
             420      an establishment described in NAICS Code 518112, Web Search Portals, of the 2002 North
             421      American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President,


             422      Office of Management and Budget, of the following:
             423          (A) machinery and equipment that:
             424          (I) are used in the operation of the web search portal; and
             425          (II) have an economic life of three or more years; and
             426          (B) normal operating repair or replacement parts that:
             427          (I) are used in the operation of the web search portal; and
             428          (II) have an economic life of three or more years;
             429          (e) for purposes of this Subsection (14) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
             430      Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission:
             431          (i) shall by rule define the term "establishment"; and
             432          (ii) may by rule define what constitutes:
             433          (A) processing an item sold as tangible personal property;
             434          (B) the production process, except for the production of real property;
             435          (C) research and development; or
             436          (D) a new or expanding establishment described in Subsection (14)(d) in the state; and
             437          (f) on or before October 1, 2011, and every five years after October 1, 2011, the
             438      commission shall:
             439          (i) review the exemptions described in this Subsection (14) and make
             440      recommendations to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee concerning whether the
             441      exemptions should be continued, modified, or repealed; and
             442          (ii) include in its report:
             443          (A) an estimate of the cost of the exemptions;
             444          (B) the purpose and effectiveness of the exemptions; and
             445          (C) the benefits of the exemptions to the state;
             446          (15) (a) sales of the following if the requirements of Subsection (15)(b) are met:
             447          (i) tooling;
             448          (ii) special tooling;
             449          (iii) support equipment;


             450          (iv) special test equipment; or
             451          (v) parts used in the repairs or renovations of tooling or equipment described in
             452      Subsections (15)(a)(i) through (iv); and
             453          (b) sales of tooling, equipment, or parts described in Subsection (15)(a) are exempt if:
             454          (i) the tooling, equipment, or parts are used or consumed exclusively in the
             455      performance of any aerospace or electronics industry contract with the United States
             456      government or any subcontract under that contract; and
             457          (ii) under the terms of the contract or subcontract described in Subsection (15)(b)(i),
             458      title to the tooling, equipment, or parts is vested in the United States government as evidenced
             459      by:
             460          (A) a government identification tag placed on the tooling, equipment, or parts; or
             461          (B) listing on a government-approved property record if placing a government
             462      identification tag on the tooling, equipment, or parts is impractical;
             463          (16) sales of newspapers or newspaper subscriptions;
             464          (17) (a) except as provided in Subsection (17)(b), tangible personal property or a
             465      product transferred electronically traded in as full or part payment of the purchase price, except
             466      that for purposes of calculating sales or use tax upon vehicles not sold by a vehicle dealer,
             467      trade-ins are limited to other vehicles only, and the tax is based upon:
             468          (i) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle being sold and the
             469      vehicle being traded in; or
             470          (ii) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing
             471      fair market value of the vehicle being sold and the vehicle being traded in, as determined by the
             472      commission; and
             473          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (17)(a), Subsection (17)(a) does not apply to the
             474      following items of tangible personal property or products transferred electronically traded in as
             475      full or part payment of the purchase price:
             476          (i) money;
             477          (ii) electricity;


             478          (iii) water;
             479          (iv) gas; or
             480          (v) steam;
             481          (18) (a) (i) except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), sales of tangible personal property
             482      or a product transferred electronically used or consumed primarily and directly in farming
             483      operations, regardless of whether the tangible personal property or product transferred
             484      electronically:
             485          (A) becomes part of real estate; or
             486          (B) is installed by a:
             487          (I) farmer;
             488          (II) contractor; or
             489          (III) subcontractor; or
             490          (ii) sales of parts used in the repairs or renovations of tangible personal property or a
             491      product transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred
             492      electronically is exempt under Subsection (18)(a)(i); and
             493          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (18)(a), amounts paid or charged for the following are
             494      subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter:
             495          (i) (A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(i)(B), the following if used in a manner that is
             496      incidental to farming:
             497          (I) machinery;
             498          (II) equipment;
             499          (III) materials; or
             500          (IV) supplies; and
             501          (B) tangible personal property that is considered to be used in a manner that is
             502      incidental to farming includes:
             503          (I) hand tools; or
             504          (II) maintenance and janitorial equipment and supplies;
             505          (ii) (A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(ii)(B), tangible personal property or a product


             506      transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically
             507      is used in an activity other than farming; and
             508          (B) tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically that is considered
             509      to be used in an activity other than farming includes:
             510          (I) office equipment and supplies; or
             511          (II) equipment and supplies used in:
             512          (Aa) the sale or distribution of farm products;
             513          (Bb) research; or
             514          (Cc) transportation; or
             515          (iii) a vehicle required to be registered by the laws of this state during the period
             516      ending two years after the date of the vehicle's purchase;
             517          (19) sales of hay;
             518          (20) exclusive sale during the harvest season of seasonal crops, seedling plants, or
             519      garden, farm, or other agricultural produce if the seasonal crops are, seedling plants are, or
             520      garden, farm, or other agricultural produce is sold by:
             521          (a) the producer of the seasonal crops, seedling plants, or garden, farm, or other
             522      agricultural produce;
             523          (b) an employee of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a); or
             524          (c) a member of the immediate family of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a);
             525          (21) purchases made using a coupon as defined in 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2012 that is issued
             526      under the Food Stamp Program, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2011 et seq.;
             527          (22) sales of nonreturnable containers, nonreturnable labels, nonreturnable bags,
             528      nonreturnable shipping cases, and nonreturnable casings to a manufacturer, processor,
             529      wholesaler, or retailer for use in packaging tangible personal property to be sold by that
             530      manufacturer, processor, wholesaler, or retailer;
             531          (23) a product stored in the state for resale;
             532          (24) (a) purchases of a product if:
             533          (i) the product is:


             534          (A) purchased outside of this state;
             535          (B) brought into this state:
             536          (I) at any time after the purchase described in Subsection (24)(a)(i)(A); and
             537          (II) by a nonresident person who is not living or working in this state at the time of the
             538      purchase;
             539          (C) used for the personal use or enjoyment of the nonresident person described in
             540      Subsection (24)(a)(i)(B)(II) while that nonresident person is within the state; and
             541          (D) not used in conducting business in this state; and
             542          (ii) for:
             543          (A) a product other than a boat described in Subsection (24)(a)(ii)(B), the first use of
             544      the product for a purpose for which the product is designed occurs outside of this state;
             545          (B) a boat, the boat is registered outside of this state; or
             546          (C) a vehicle other than a vehicle sold to an authorized carrier, the vehicle is registered
             547      outside of this state;
             548          (b) the exemption provided for in Subsection (24)(a) does not apply to:
             549          (i) a lease or rental of a product; or
             550          (ii) a sale of a vehicle exempt under Subsection (33); and
             551          (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for
             552      purposes of Subsection (24)(a), the commission may by rule define what constitutes the
             553      following:
             554          (i) conducting business in this state if that phrase has the same meaning in this
             555      Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
             556          (ii) the first use of a product if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (24)
             557      as in Subsection (63); or
             558          (iii) a purpose for which a product is designed if that phrase has the same meaning in
             559      this Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
             560          (25) a product purchased for resale in this state, in the regular course of business, either
             561      in its original form or as an ingredient or component part of a manufactured or compounded


             562      product;
             563          (26) a product upon which a sales or use tax was paid to some other state, or one of its
             564      subdivisions, except that the state shall be paid any difference between the tax paid and the tax
             565      imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act, and no adjustment is allowed if
             566      the tax paid was greater than the tax imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax
             567      Act;
             568          (27) any sale of a service described in Subsections 59-12-103 (1)(b), (c), and (d) to a
             569      person for use in compounding a service taxable under the subsections;
             570          (28) purchases made in accordance with the special supplemental nutrition program for
             571      women, infants, and children established in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1786;
             572          (29) beginning on July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2014, sales or leases of rolls, rollers,
             573      refractory brick, electric motors, or other replacement parts used in the furnaces, mills, or ovens
             574      of a steel mill described in SIC Code 3312 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification
             575      Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget;
             576          (30) sales of a boat of a type required to be registered under Title 73, Chapter 18, State
             577      Boating Act, a boat trailer, or an outboard motor if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is:
             578          (a) not registered in this state; and
             579          (b) (i) not used in this state; or
             580          (ii) used in this state:
             581          (A) if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is not used to conduct business, for a
             582      time period that does not exceed the longer of:
             583          (I) 30 days in any calendar year; or
             584          (II) the time period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to
             585      the borders of this state; or
             586          (B) if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is used to conduct business, for the time
             587      period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to the borders of this
             588      state;
             589          (31) sales of aircraft manufactured in Utah;


             590          (32) amounts paid for the purchase of telecommunications service for purposes of
             591      providing telecommunications service;
             592          (33) sales, leases, or uses of the following:
             593          (a) a vehicle by an authorized carrier; or
             594          (b) tangible personal property that is installed on a vehicle:
             595          (i) sold or leased to or used by an authorized carrier; and
             596          (ii) before the vehicle is placed in service for the first time;
             597          (34) (a) 45% of the sales price of any new manufactured home; and
             598          (b) 100% of the sales price of any used manufactured home;
             599          (35) sales relating to schools and fundraising sales;
             600          (36) sales or rentals of durable medical equipment if:
             601          (a) a person presents a prescription for the durable medical equipment; and
             602          (b) the durable medical equipment is used for home use only;
             603          (37) (a) sales to a ski resort of electricity to operate a passenger ropeway as defined in
             604      Section 72-11-102 ; and
             605          (b) the commission shall by rule determine the method for calculating sales exempt
             606      under Subsection (37)(a) that are not separately metered and accounted for in utility billings;
             607          (38) sales to a ski resort of:
             608          (a) snowmaking equipment;
             609          (b) ski slope grooming equipment;
             610          (c) passenger ropeways as defined in Section 72-11-102 ; or
             611          (d) parts used in the repairs or renovations of equipment or passenger ropeways
             612      described in Subsections (38)(a) through (c);
             613          (39) sales of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels for industrial use;
             614          (40) (a) subject to Subsection (40)(b), sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for
             615      amusement, entertainment, or recreation an unassisted amusement device as defined in Section
             616      59-12-102 ;
             617          (b) if a seller that sells or rents at the same business location the right to use or operate


             618      for amusement, entertainment, or recreation one or more unassisted amusement devices and
             619      one or more assisted amusement devices, the exemption described in Subsection (40)(a)
             620      applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for
             621      amusement, entertainment, or recreation for the assisted amusement devices; and
             622          (c) for purposes of Subsection (40)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
             623      Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
             624          (i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
             625      and
             626          (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for
             627      the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or recreation for
             628      assisted amusement devices;
             629          (41) (a) sales of photocopies by:
             630          (i) a governmental entity; or
             631          (ii) an entity within the state system of public education, including:
             632          (A) a school; or
             633          (B) the State Board of Education; or
             634          (b) sales of publications by a governmental entity;
             635          (42) amounts paid for admission to an athletic event at an institution of higher
             636      education that is subject to the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,
             637      20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.;
             638          (43) (a) sales made to or by:
             639          (i) an area agency on aging; or
             640          (ii) a senior citizen center owned by a county, city, or town; or
             641          (b) sales made by a senior citizen center that contracts with an area agency on aging;
             642          (44) sales or leases of semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or development
             643      materials regardless of whether the semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or
             644      development materials:
             645          (a) actually come into contact with a semiconductor; or


             646          (b) ultimately become incorporated into real property;
             647          (45) an amount paid by or charged to a purchaser for accommodations and services
             648      described in Subsection 59-12-103 (1)(i) to the extent the amount is exempt under Section
             649      59-12-104.2 ;
             650          (46) beginning on September 1, 2001, the lease or use of a vehicle issued a temporary
             651      sports event registration certificate in accordance with Section 41-3-306 for the event period
             652      specified on the temporary sports event registration certificate;
             653          (47) sales or uses of electricity, if the sales or uses are:
             654          (a) made under a tariff adopted by the Public Service Commission of Utah only for
             655      purchase of electricity produced from a new wind, geothermal, biomass, or solar power energy
             656      source, as designated in the tariff by the Public Service Commission of Utah; and
             657          (b) for an amount of electricity that is:
             658          (i) unrelated to the amount of electricity used by the person purchasing the electricity
             659      under the tariff described in Subsection (47)(a); and
             660          (ii) equivalent to the number of kilowatthours specified in the tariff described in
             661      Subsection (47)(a) that may be purchased under the tariff described in Subsection (47)(a);
             662          (48) sales or rentals of mobility enhancing equipment if a person presents a
             663      prescription for the mobility enhancing equipment;
             664          (49) sales of water in a:
             665          (a) pipe;
             666          (b) conduit;
             667          (c) ditch; or
             668          (d) reservoir;
             669          (50) sales of currency or coinage that constitute legal tender of the United States or of a
             670      foreign nation;
             671          (51) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (51)(b) if the item:
             672          (i) does not constitute legal tender of any nation; and
             673          (ii) has a gold, silver, or platinum content of 80% or more; and


             674          (b) Subsection (51)(a) applies to a gold, silver, or platinum:
             675          (i) ingot;
             676          (ii) bar;
             677          (iii) medallion; or
             678          (iv) decorative coin;
             679          (52) amounts paid on a sale-leaseback transaction;
             680          (53) sales of a prosthetic device:
             681          (a) for use on or in a human; and
             682          (b) (i) for which a prescription is required; or
             683          (ii) if the prosthetic device is purchased by a hospital or other medical facility;
             684          (54) (a) except as provided in Subsection (54)(b), purchases, leases, or rentals of
             685      machinery or equipment by an establishment described in Subsection (54)(c) if the machinery
             686      or equipment is primarily used in the production or postproduction of the following media for
             687      commercial distribution:
             688          (i) a motion picture;
             689          (ii) a television program;
             690          (iii) a movie made for television;
             691          (iv) a music video;
             692          (v) a commercial;
             693          (vi) a documentary; or
             694          (vii) a medium similar to Subsections (54)(a)(i) through (vi) as determined by the
             695      commission by administrative rule made in accordance with Subsection (54)(d); or
             696          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (54)(a), purchases, leases, or rentals of machinery or
             697      equipment by an establishment described in Subsection (54)(c) that is used for the production
             698      or postproduction of the following are subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter:
             699          (i) a live musical performance;
             700          (ii) a live news program; or
             701          (iii) a live sporting event;


             702          (c) the following establishments listed in the 1997 North American Industry
             703      Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management
             704      and Budget, apply to Subsections (54)(a) and (b):
             705          (i) NAICS Code 512110; or
             706          (ii) NAICS Code 51219; and
             707          (d) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             708      commission may by rule:
             709          (i) prescribe what constitutes a medium similar to Subsections (54)(a)(i) through (vi);
             710      or
             711          (ii) define:
             712          (A) "commercial distribution";
             713          (B) "live musical performance";
             714          (C) "live news program"; or
             715          (D) "live sporting event";
             716          (55) (a) leases of seven or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004 but on
             717      or before June 30, 2019, of machinery or equipment that:
             718          (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
             719          (A) is a renewable energy production facility;
             720          (B) is located in the state; and
             721          (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
             722          (II) has its generation capacity increased by one or more megawatts on or after July 1,
             723      2004 as a result of the use of the machinery or equipment;
             724          (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
             725          (iii) is used to make the facility or the increase in capacity of the facility described in
             726      Subsection (55)(a)(i) operational up to the point of interconnection with an existing
             727      transmission grid including:
             728          (A) a wind turbine;
             729          (B) generating equipment;


             730          (C) a control and monitoring system;
             731          (D) a power line;
             732          (E) substation equipment;
             733          (F) lighting;
             734          (G) fencing;
             735          (H) pipes; or
             736          (I) other equipment used for locating a power line or pole; and
             737          (b) this Subsection (55) does not apply to:
             738          (i) machinery or equipment used in construction of:
             739          (A) a new renewable energy production facility; or
             740          (B) the increase in the capacity of a renewable energy production facility;
             741          (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
             742      and
             743          (iii) unless the machinery or equipment is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
             744      of the facility described in Subsection (55)(a)(i)(C)(II), machinery or equipment used or
             745      acquired after:
             746          (A) the renewable energy production facility described in Subsection (55)(a)(i) is
             747      operational as described in Subsection (55)(a)(iii); or
             748          (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (55)(a)(i) is operational as described
             749      in Subsection (55)(a)(iii);
             750          (56) (a) leases of seven or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004 but on
             751      or before June 30, 2019, of machinery or equipment that:
             752          (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
             753          (A) is a waste energy production facility;
             754          (B) is located in the state; and
             755          (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
             756          (II) has its generation capacity increased by one or more megawatts on or after July 1,
             757      2004 as a result of the use of the machinery or equipment;


             758          (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
             759          (iii) is used to make the facility or the increase in capacity of the facility described in
             760      Subsection (56)(a)(i) operational up to the point of interconnection with an existing
             761      transmission grid including:
             762          (A) generating equipment;
             763          (B) a control and monitoring system;
             764          (C) a power line;
             765          (D) substation equipment;
             766          (E) lighting;
             767          (F) fencing;
             768          (G) pipes; or
             769          (H) other equipment used for locating a power line or pole; and
             770          (b) this Subsection (56) does not apply to:
             771          (i) machinery or equipment used in construction of:
             772          (A) a new waste energy facility; or
             773          (B) the increase in the capacity of a waste energy facility;
             774          (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
             775      and
             776          (iii) unless the machinery or equipment is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
             777      described in Subsection (56)(a)(i)(C)(II), machinery or equipment used or acquired after:
             778          (A) the waste energy facility described in Subsection (56)(a)(i) is operational as
             779      described in Subsection (56)(a)(iii); or
             780          (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (56)(a)(i) is operational as described
             781      in Subsection (56)(a)(iii);
             782          (57) (a) leases of five or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004 but on
             783      or before June 30, 2019, of machinery or equipment that:
             784          (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
             785          (A) is located in the state;


             786          (B) produces fuel from biomass energy including:
             787          (I) methanol; or
             788          (II) ethanol; and
             789          (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
             790          (II) has its capacity to produce fuel increase by 25% or more on or after July 1, 2004, as
             791      a result of the installation of the machinery or equipment;
             792          (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
             793          (iii) is installed on the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i);
             794          (b) this Subsection (57) does not apply to:
             795          (i) machinery or equipment used in construction of:
             796          (A) a new facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i); or
             797          (B) the increase in capacity of the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i); or
             798          (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
             799      and
             800          (iii) unless the machinery or equipment is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
             801      described in Subsection (57)(a)(i)(C)(II), machinery or equipment used or acquired after:
             802          (A) the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i) is operational; or
             803          (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (57)(a)(i) is operational;
             804          (58) (a) subject to Subsection (58)(b) or (c), sales of tangible personal property or a
             805      product transferred electronically to a person within this state if that tangible personal property
             806      or product transferred electronically is subsequently shipped outside the state and incorporated
             807      pursuant to contract into and becomes a part of real property located outside of this state;
             808          (b) the exemption under Subsection (58)(a) is not allowed to the extent that the other
             809      state or political entity to which the tangible personal property is shipped imposes a sales, use,
             810      gross receipts, or other similar transaction excise tax on the transaction against which the other
             811      state or political entity allows a credit for sales and use taxes imposed by this chapter; and
             812          (c) notwithstanding the time period of Subsection 59-1-1410 (8) for filing for a refund,
             813      a person may claim the exemption allowed by this Subsection (58) for a sale by filing for a


             814      refund:
             815          (i) if the sale is made on or after July 1, 2004, but on or before June 30, 2008;
             816          (ii) as if this Subsection (58) as in effect on July 1, 2008, were in effect on the day on
             817      which the sale is made;
             818          (iii) if the person did not claim the exemption allowed by this Subsection (58) for the
             819      sale prior to filing for the refund;
             820          (iv) for sales and use taxes paid under this chapter on the sale;
             821          (v) in accordance with Section 59-1-1410 ; and
             822          (vi) subject to any extension allowed for filing for a refund under Section 59-1-1410 , if
             823      the person files for the refund on or before June 30, 2011;
             824          (59) purchases:
             825          (a) of one or more of the following items in printed or electronic format:
             826          (i) a list containing information that includes one or more:
             827          (A) names; or
             828          (B) addresses; or
             829          (ii) a database containing information that includes one or more:
             830          (A) names; or
             831          (B) addresses; and
             832          (b) used to send direct mail;
             833          (60) redemptions or repurchases of a product by a person if that product was:
             834          (a) delivered to a pawnbroker as part of a pawn transaction; and
             835          (b) redeemed or repurchased within the time period established in a written agreement
             836      between the person and the pawnbroker for redeeming or repurchasing the product;
             837          (61) (a) purchases or leases of an item described in Subsection (61)(b) if the item:
             838          (i) is purchased or leased by, or on behalf of, a telecommunications service provider;
             839      and
             840          (ii) has a useful economic life of one or more years; and
             841          (b) the following apply to Subsection (61)(a):


             842          (i) telecommunications enabling or facilitating equipment, machinery, or software;
             843          (ii) telecommunications equipment, machinery, or software required for 911 service;
             844          (iii) telecommunications maintenance or repair equipment, machinery, or software;
             845          (iv) telecommunications switching or routing equipment, machinery, or software; or
             846          (v) telecommunications transmission equipment, machinery, or software;
             847          (62) (a) beginning on July 1, 2006, and ending on June 30, 2016, purchases of tangible
             848      personal property or a product transferred electronically that are used in the research and
             849      development of coal-to-liquids, oil shale, or tar sands technology; and
             850          (b) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             851      commission may, for purposes of Subsection (62)(a), make rules defining what constitutes
             852      purchases of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically that are used in
             853      the research and development of coal-to-liquids, oil shale, and tar sands technology;
             854          (63) (a) purchases of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically
             855      if:
             856          (i) the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically is:
             857          (A) purchased outside of this state;
             858          (B) brought into this state at any time after the purchase described in Subsection
             859      (63)(a)(i)(A); and
             860          (C) used in conducting business in this state; and
             861          (ii) for:
             862          (A) tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically other than the
             863      tangible personal property described in Subsection (63)(a)(ii)(B), the first use of the property
             864      for a purpose for which the property is designed occurs outside of this state; or
             865          (B) a vehicle other than a vehicle sold to an authorized carrier, the vehicle is registered
             866      outside of this state;
             867          (b) the exemption provided for in Subsection (63)(a) does not apply to:
             868          (i) a lease or rental of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically;
             869      or


             870          (ii) a sale of a vehicle exempt under Subsection (33); and
             871          (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for
             872      purposes of Subsection (63)(a), the commission may by rule define what constitutes the
             873      following:
             874          (i) conducting business in this state if that phrase has the same meaning in this
             875      Subsection (63) as in Subsection (24);
             876          (ii) the first use of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically if
             877      that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (63) as in Subsection (24); or
             878          (iii) a purpose for which tangible personal property or a product transferred
             879      electronically is designed if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (63) as in
             880      Subsection (24);
             881          (64) sales of disposable home medical equipment or supplies if:
             882          (a) a person presents a prescription for the disposable home medical equipment or
             883      supplies;
             884          (b) the disposable home medical equipment or supplies are used exclusively by the
             885      person to whom the prescription described in Subsection (64)(a) is issued; and
             886          (c) the disposable home medical equipment and supplies are listed as eligible for
             887      payment under:
             888          (i) Title XVIII, federal Social Security Act; or
             889          (ii) the state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX, federal Social Security Act;
             890          (65) sales:
             891          (a) to a public transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit
             892      District Act; or
             893          (b) of tangible personal property to a subcontractor of a public transit district, if the
             894      tangible personal property is:
             895          (i) clearly identified; and
             896          (ii) installed or converted to real property owned by the public transit district;
             897          (66) sales of construction materials:


             898          (a) purchased on or after July 1, 2010;
             899          (b) purchased by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of an international airport:
             900          (i) located within a county of the first class; and
             901          (ii) that has a United States customs office on its premises; and
             902          (c) if the construction materials are:
             903          (i) clearly identified;
             904          (ii) segregated; and
             905          (iii) installed or converted to real property:
             906          (A) owned or operated by the international airport described in Subsection (66)(b); and
             907          (B) located at the international airport described in Subsection (66)(b);
             908          (67) sales of construction materials:
             909          (a) purchased on or after July 1, 2008;
             910          (b) purchased by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of a new airport:
             911          (i) located within a county of the second class; and
             912          (ii) that is owned or operated by a city in which an airline as defined in Section
             913      59-2-102 is headquartered; and
             914          (c) if the construction materials are:
             915          (i) clearly identified;
             916          (ii) segregated; and
             917          (iii) installed or converted to real property:
             918          (A) owned or operated by the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b);
             919          (B) located at the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b); and
             920          (C) as part of the construction of the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b);
             921          (68) sales of fuel to a common carrier that is a railroad for use in a locomotive engine;
             922          (69) purchases and sales described in Section 9-3-511 ; [and]
             923          (70) (a) sales of tangible personal property to an aircraft maintenance, repair, and
             924      overhaul provider for use in the maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishment in this state of
             925      a fixed wing turbine powered aircraft if that fixed wing turbine powered aircraft's registration


             926      lists a state or country other than this state as the location of registry of the fixed wing turbine
             927      powered aircraft; or
             928          (b) sales of tangible personal property by an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul
             929      provider in connection with the maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishment in this state of
             930      a fixed wing turbine powered aircraft if that fixed wing turbine powered aircraft's registration
             931      lists a state or country other than this state as the location of registry of the fixed wing turbine
             932      powered aircraft[.]; and
             933          (71) a license fee or tax a municipality imposes in accordance with Subsection
             934      10-1-203 (5) on a purchaser from a business for which the municipality provides an enhanced
             935      level of municipal services.
             936          Section 3. Effective date.
             937          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2011.


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