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SENATE REVENUE AND TAXATION STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING
4:00 P.M.
Members Present: Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, Chair
Sen. Stuart Adams
Sen. Ben McAdams
Sen. Wayne L. Niederhauser
Sen. Ross I. Romero
Sen. Howard A. Stephenson
Sen. John L. Valentine
Staff Present: Mr. Phillip V. Dean, Policy Analyst
Ms. Kathy Helgesen, Committee Secretary
A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the Committee minutes.
Committee Chair Bramble called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m..
S.J.R. 8 Joint Resolution on Property Tax Exemption for Military Personnel (Sen. L. Robles)
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to replace S.J.R. 8 with 2nd Sub. S.J.R. 8. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Niederhauser, Sen. Stephenson, and Sen. McAdams absent for the vote.
Sen. Robles introduced and explained the bill.
Spoke for the bill: Colonel Scott Olsen, Military Liaison, Utah National Guard
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to pass 2nd Sub. S.J.R. 8 out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Niederhauser and Sen. Stephenson absent for the vote.
S.B. 116 Armed Forces Property Tax Exemption (Sen. L. Robles)
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 1, Lines 13 through 15 :
13 . expands a property tax exemption related to military members to include certain
14 members of the armed forces who performed
15 the prior year } ; and
2. Page 2, Lines 52 through 54 :
52 (iv) a member of an active component of the United States Armed Forces or a reserve
53 component of the United States Armed Forces who performed
54 zone in the prior year } .
3. Page 3, Lines 67 through 69 :
67
(i) at least 200 days in a calendar year, regardless of whether consecutive, of active duty military service outside the state in an active component of the United States Armed Forces or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; or
(ii) the completion of at least 200 consecutive days of active duty military service outside the state:
(A) in an active component of the United States Armed Forces or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; and
(B) that began in the prior year, if those days of active duty military service outside the state in the prior year were not counted as qualifying active duty military service for purposes of this section or Section 59-2-1105 in the prior year.
68 (i) "Reserve component of the United States Armed Forces" is as defined in Section
69 59-10-1027 .
4. Page 4, Lines 90 through 92 :
90 (iii) a member of an active component of the United States Armed Forces or a reserve
91 component of the United States Armed Forces who performed
92 zone in the prior year } .
5. Page 4, Lines 111 through 113 :
111 (C) a member of an active component of the United States Armed Forces or a
reserve
112
component of the United States Armed Forces who performed
in a combat
113
zone in the prior year
}
.
6. Page
8, Lines 237 through 238
:
237
(ii) other satisfactory evidence of eligible military service, including
in
238
a combat zone
}
, if applicable.
7. Page
9, Lines 273 through 275
:
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(g) A member of an active component of the United States Armed Forces or reserve
274
component of the United States Armed Forces who performed
in a combat
275
zone in the prior year
}
shall
annually
}
:
(i)
.
}
in the year after
the year during which the member completes the qualifying active duty military
service; and
(ii) if the member meets the requirements of Section 59-2-1104 and this section
to receive an exemption under Section 59-2-1104, claim one exemption only in the
year the member files the application described in Subsection (2)(g)(i).
The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Niederhauser absent for the vote.
Sen. Robles introduced and explained the bill.
Spoke for the bill: Colonel Scott Olsen, Military Liaison, Utah National Guard
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed
unanimously with Sen. Niederhauser absent for the vote.
H.B. 250 Tax Credit for Dependent with a Disability (Rep. J. Dougall) (Sen. J.
Valentine)
Rep. Dougall introduced and explained the bill.
MOTION: Sen. McAdams moved to move to the next item on the agenda.
MOTION: Sen. Valentine made a substitute motion to pass the bill out favorably. The motion failed with Sen. Bramble, Sen. Valentine, and Sen. Romero voting in favor and Sen. Adams, Sen. Stephenson, and Sen. McAdams voting in opposition, with Sen. Niederhauser absent for the vote.
S.B. 122 Urban Farming Assessment Act (Sen. W. Niederhauser)
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 2, Lines 50 through 56 :
50 (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), "urban farming" means cultivating
51 and distributing } food:
52 (i) with a reasonable expectation of profit
53 (ii) from irrigated land located in a county of the first class.
54 (b) "Urban farming" does not include:
55 (i) cultivating
56 (ii) grazing.
2. Page 3, Line 87 through Page 4, Line 94 :
87 (2) (a) In determining whether land is actively devoted to urban farming, production
88 per acre for a given county or area and a given type of land shall be determined by using the
89 first applicable of the following:
90 (i) production levels reported in the current publication of Utah Agricultural Statistics;
91 (ii) current crop budgets developed and published by Utah State University; or
92 (iii) other acceptable standards of agricultural production designated by the
93 commission by rule adopted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
94 Rulemaking Act
(A) information provided annually to the commission by the county assessor in a county where urban farming occurs; and
(B) other information the commission determines is appropriate
3. Page 7, Lines 209 through 212 :
209 (1)
210 silo, crib, or greenhouse, or under a facility used in or related to urban farming, including a
211 lake, dam, pond, stream, or irrigation ditch, is included in determining the total area of land
212 actively devoted to urban farming.
The motion passed unanimously.
Sen. Niederhauser introduced and explained the bill.
Spoke for the bill: Stan Rasmussen, Director of Public Affairs, Sutherland Institute
Michael Jensen, Salt Lake County Council
Charles Hardy
MOTION: After completion of public comment on S.B. 122, Sen. Adams made a motion to reconsider the Committee's action on H.B. 250. The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Sen. Adams moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed with Sen. Stephenson voting in opposition to the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Niederhauser moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
Chair Bramble adjourned the meeting at 5:32 p.m.
Minutes reported by Kathy Helgesen, Secretary.
Sen. Curt S. Bramble, Committee Chair