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MINUTES OF THE

HOUSE REVENUE AND TAXATION

STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 445 - State Capitol

February 5, 2014

Members Present:         Rep. Ryan Wilcox, Chair
                Rep. Jim Nielson, Vice Chair
                Rep. Jake Anderegg    
                Rep. Joel Briscoe                            
                 Rep. Tim Cosgrove     
                Rep. Steve Eliason                              
                Rep. Gage Froerer
                Rep. Francis Gibson
                Rep. Brian King
                Rep. John Knotwell
                 Rep. Jon Stanard
                Rep. Earl Tanner     

Members Absent:         Rep. Mel Brown
                Rep. Eric Hutchings
                Rep. Kay McIff
                Rep. Doug Sagers

Staff Present:        Mr. Leif G. Elder, Policy Analyst
                Ms. An Bradshaw, Secretary
                    
NOTE:    A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.

Chair Wilcox called the meeting to order at 4:13 p.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Nielson moved to approve the minutes of Feb. 4, 2013 . The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.

H.B. 84    School District Amendments (Rep. C. Hall)

MOTION:    Rep. Stanard moved to replace HB84 with 1st Sub. HB84. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Froerer absent for the vote.






1st Sub. H.B. 84    School District Amendments (Rep. C. Hall)

MOTION:    Rep. Stanard moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 11, Lines 316 through 323 :    

             316          (b) considers the present costs of the area within the proposed new school district and
             317      calculates the five-year projected average annual cost, including overhead, of governmental
             318      services in the proposed new school district including:
             319          (i) operation and maintenance;
             320          (ii) capital outlay;
             321          (iii) debt service;
{   and   }

             322          (iv) school lunch;
  and

    (v) administrative personnel costs  

             323          (c) assumes a level and quality of school district services to be provided to the

The motion to amend passed unanimously with Rep. Nielson absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:        David Spatafore, South Jordan City

Spoke against the bill:    Ben Horsley, Granite School District     

MOTION:    Rep. Anderegg moved to hold the bill.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION:    Rep. Knotwell moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion failed with Rep. Briscoe, Rep. Gibson, Rep. Knotwell, Rep. Stanard, and Rep. Wilcox voting in favor.

A vote was taken on the original motion to hold the bill. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Anderegg absent for the vote.

H.B. 273    Property Tax Residential Exemption Amendments (Rep. V. L. Snow)

Rep. Snow explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Gibson moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 19, Line 579 through Page 20, Line 595 :    

             579          (3) (a) Regardless of whether a county legislative body adopts an ordinance

described
             580      in Subsection (1), before a residential exemption may be applied to the value of part-year
             581      residential property, an owner of the property shall:
             582          (i) file the application described in Subsection (2)(a) with the county board of
             583      equalization; and
             584          (ii) include as part of the application described in Subsection (2)(a) a statement that
             585      certifies:
             586          (A) the date the part-year residential property became residential property; and
             587          (B) that the part-year residential property

{   is   }        will be       used as residential property for 183 or

             588      more consecutive calendar days during the calendar year for which the owner seeks to obtain
             589      the residential exemption.
             590          (b) An owner may not obtain a residential exemption for part-year residential property
             591      unless the owner files an application under this Subsection (3) on or before
{   August 31   }        November 30       of the

             592      calendar year for which the owner seeks to obtain the residential exemption.
             593          (c) If an owner files an application under this Subsection (3) on or after May 1 of the
             594      calendar year for which the owner seeks to obtain the residential exemption, the county board
             595      of equalization may require the owner to pay an application fee of not to exceed $50.

The motion to amend passed unanimously with Rep. Anderegg and Rep. Briscoe absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Eliason moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously.

MOTION:    Rep. Gibson moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.     

Chair Wilcox adjourned the meeting at 5:42 p.m.





Ryan D. Wilcox, chair