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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates sales and use tax exemptions.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ creates a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or lease of machinery,
13 equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for
14 office equipment or office supplies, by an oil and gas extraction establishment;
15 ▸ expands the sales and use tax exemption for the state, its institutions, and its
16 political subdivisions to include certain purchases by an electric generation and
17 transmission facility;
18 ▸ creates a sales and use tax exemption for amounts paid or charged for construction,
19 operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of facilities owned by an electrical
20 corporation;
21 ▸ creates a refund process to phase in the exemptions for an electric generation and
22 transmission facility, an electrical corporation, and an oil and gas extraction
23 establishment; and
24 ▸ makes technical changes.
25 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
26 None
27 Other Special Clauses:
28 This bill provides a special effective date.
29 Utah Code Sections Affected:
30 AMENDS:
31 59-12-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Second Special Session, Chapter 6
32 ENACTS:
33 59-12-104.8, Utah Code Annotated 1953
34 59-12-104.11, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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36 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
37 Section 1. Section 59-12-104 is amended to read:
38 59-12-104. Exemptions.
39 Exemptions from the taxes imposed by this chapter are as follows:
40 (1) sales of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuel subject to a Utah state excise tax
41 under Chapter 13, Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act;
42 (2) (a) subject to Section 59-12-104.6, sales to the state, its institutions, and its political
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54 (B) installed or converted to real property by employees of the state, its institutions, or
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57 by the state, its institutions, and its political subdivisions in connection with the construction,
58 operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of a project, as defined in Section 11-13-103, or
59 facilities providing additional project capacity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;
60 (3) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (3)(b) from a vending machine if:
61 (i) the proceeds of each sale do not exceed $1; and
62 (ii) the seller or operator of the vending machine reports an amount equal to 150% of
63 the cost of the item described in Subsection (3)(b) as goods consumed; and
64 (b) Subsection (3)(a) applies to:
65 (i) food and food ingredients; or
66 (ii) prepared food;
67 (4) (a) sales of the following to a commercial airline carrier for in-flight consumption:
68 (i) alcoholic beverages;
69 (ii) food and food ingredients; or
70 (iii) prepared food;
71 (b) sales of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically:
72 (i) to a passenger;
73 (ii) by a commercial airline carrier; and
74 (iii) during a flight for in-flight consumption or in-flight use by the passenger; or
75 (c) services related to Subsection (4)(a) or (b);
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101 (5) sales of parts and equipment for installation in an aircraft operated by a common
102 carrier in interstate or foreign commerce;
103 (6) sales of commercials, motion picture films, prerecorded audio program tapes or
104 records, and prerecorded video tapes by a producer, distributor, or studio to a motion picture
105 exhibitor, distributor, or commercial television or radio broadcaster;
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107 sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal property if the cleaning or washing of the
108 tangible personal property is not assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
109 (b) if a seller that sells at the same business location assisted cleaning or washing of
110 tangible personal property and cleaning or washing of tangible personal property that is not
111 assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property, the exemption described in
112 Subsection (7)(a) applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales of the assisted cleaning
113 or washing of the tangible personal property; and
114 (c) for purposes of Subsection (7)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
115 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
116 (i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
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118 (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for
119 sales of assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
120 (8) sales made to or by religious or charitable institutions in the conduct of their regular
121 religious or charitable functions and activities, if the requirements of Section 59-12-104.1 are
122 fulfilled;
123 (9) sales of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of
124 this state if the vehicle is:
125 (a) not registered in this state; and
126 (b) (i) not used in this state; or
127 (ii) used in this state:
128 (A) if the vehicle is not used to conduct business, for a time period that does not
129 exceed the longer of:
130 (I) 30 days in any calendar year; or
131 (II) the time period necessary to transport the vehicle to the borders of this state; or
132 (B) if the vehicle is used to conduct business, for the time period necessary to transport
133 the vehicle to the borders of this state;
134 (10) (a) amounts paid for an item described in Subsection (10)(b) if:
135 (i) the item is intended for human use; and
136 (ii) (A) a prescription was issued for the item; or
137 (B) the item was purchased by a hospital or other medical facility; and
138 (b) (i) Subsection (10)(a) applies to:
139 (A) a drug;
140 (B) a syringe; or
141 (C) a stoma supply; and
142 (ii) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
143 commission may by rule define the terms:
144 (A) "syringe"; or
145 (B) "stoma supply";
146 (11) purchases or leases exempt under Section 19-12-201;
147 (12) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) served by:
148 (i) the following if the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the
149 general public:
150 (A) a church; or
151 (B) a charitable institution; or
152 (ii) an institution of higher education if:
153 (A) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the general public; or
154 (B) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is prepaid as part of a student meal plan
155 offered by the institution of higher education; or
156 (b) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) provided for a patient by:
157 (i) a medical facility; or
158 (ii) a nursing facility; and
159 (c) Subsections (12)(a) and (b) apply to:
160 (i) food and food ingredients;
161 (ii) prepared food; or
162 (iii) alcoholic beverages;
163 (13) (a) except as provided in Subsection (13)(b), the sale of tangible personal property
164 or a product transferred electronically by a person:
165 (i) regardless of the number of transactions involving the sale of that tangible personal
166 property or product transferred electronically by that person; and
167 (ii) not regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal
168 property or product transferred electronically;
169 (b) this Subsection (13) does not apply if:
170 (i) the sale is one of a series of sales of a character to indicate that the person is
171 regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal property or product
172 transferred electronically;
173 (ii) the person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling that
174 type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
175 (iii) the person sells an item of tangible personal property or product transferred
176 electronically that the person purchased as a sale that is exempt under Subsection (25); or
177 (iv) the sale is of a vehicle or vessel required to be titled or registered under the laws of
178 this state in which case the tax is based upon:
179 (A) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle or vessel being
180 sold; or
181 (B) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the fair market
182 value of the vehicle or vessel being sold at the time of the sale as determined by the
183 commission; and
184 (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
185 commission shall make rules establishing the circumstances under which:
186 (i) a person is regularly engaged in the business of selling a type of tangible personal
187 property or product transferred electronically;
188 (ii) a sale of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically is one of
189 a series of sales of a character to indicate that a person is regularly engaged in the business of
190 selling that type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically; or
191 (iii) a person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling a type
192 of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
193 (14) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal
194 operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for office equipment or office
195 supplies, by:
196 (a) a manufacturing facility that:
197 (i) is located in the state; and
198 (ii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
199 replacement parts, or materials:
200 (A) in the manufacturing process to manufacture an item sold as tangible personal
201 property, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
202 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; or
203 (B) for a scrap recycler, to process an item sold as tangible personal property, as the
204 commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
205 Administrative Rulemaking Act;
206 (b) an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title
207 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
208 (i) is described in NAICS Subsector 212, Mining (except Oil and Gas), or NAICS
209 Code 213113, Support Activities for Coal Mining, 213114, Support Activities for Metal
210 Mining, or 213115, Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining, of the
211 2002 North American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the
212 President, Office of Management and Budget;
213 (ii) is located in the state; and
214 (iii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
215 replacement parts, or materials in:
216 (A) the production process to produce an item sold as tangible personal property, as the
217 commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
218 Administrative Rulemaking Act;
219 (B) research and development, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance
220 with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
221 (C) transporting, storing, or managing tailings, overburden, or similar waste materials
222 produced from mining;
223 (D) developing or maintaining a road, tunnel, excavation, or similar feature used in
224 mining; or
225 (E) preventing, controlling, or reducing dust or other pollutants from mining; [
226 (c) an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title 63G,
227 Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
228 (i) is described in NAICS Code 518112, Web Search Portals, of the 2002 North
229 American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President,
230 Office of Management and Budget;
231 (ii) is located in the state; and
232 (iii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
233 replacement parts, or materials in the operation of the web search portal; or
234 (d) an establishment that meets the requirements of Section 59-12-104.8 to the extent
235 the exemption is authorized by Section 59-12-104.8;
236 (15) (a) sales of the following if the requirements of Subsection (15)(b) are met:
237 (i) tooling;
238 (ii) special tooling;
239 (iii) support equipment;
240 (iv) special test equipment; or
241 (v) parts used in the repairs or renovations of tooling or equipment described in
242 Subsections (15)(a)(i) through (iv); and
243 (b) sales of tooling, equipment, or parts described in Subsection (15)(a) are exempt if:
244 (i) the tooling, equipment, or parts are used or consumed exclusively in the
245 performance of any aerospace or electronics industry contract with the United States
246 government or any subcontract under that contract; and
247 (ii) under the terms of the contract or subcontract described in Subsection (15)(b)(i),
248 title to the tooling, equipment, or parts is vested in the United States government as evidenced
249 by:
250 (A) a government identification tag placed on the tooling, equipment, or parts; or
251 (B) listing on a government-approved property record if placing a government
252 identification tag on the tooling, equipment, or parts is impractical;
253 (16) sales of newspapers or newspaper subscriptions;
254 (17) (a) except as provided in Subsection (17)(b), tangible personal property or a
255 product transferred electronically traded in as full or part payment of the purchase price, except
256 that for purposes of calculating sales or use tax upon vehicles not sold by a vehicle dealer,
257 trade-ins are limited to other vehicles only, and the tax is based upon:
258 (i) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle being sold and the
259 vehicle being traded in; or
260 (ii) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing
261 fair market value of the vehicle being sold and the vehicle being traded in, as determined by the
262 commission; and
263 (b) Subsection (17)(a) does not apply to the following items of tangible personal
264 property or products transferred electronically traded in as full or part payment of the purchase
265 price:
266 (i) money;
267 (ii) electricity;
268 (iii) water;
269 (iv) gas; or
270 (v) steam;
271 (18) (a) (i) except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), sales of tangible personal property
272 or a product transferred electronically used or consumed primarily and directly in farming
273 operations, regardless of whether the tangible personal property or product transferred
274 electronically:
275 (A) becomes part of real estate; or
276 (B) is installed by a:
277 (I) farmer;
278 (II) contractor; or
279 (III) subcontractor; or
280 (ii) sales of parts used in the repairs or renovations of tangible personal property or a
281 product transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred
282 electronically is exempt under Subsection (18)(a)(i); and
283 (b) amounts paid or charged for the following are subject to the taxes imposed by this
284 chapter:
285 (i) (A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(i)(B), machinery, equipment, materials, or
286 supplies if used in a manner that is incidental to farming; and
287 (B) tangible personal property that is considered to be used in a manner that is
288 incidental to farming includes:
289 (I) hand tools; or
290 (II) maintenance and janitorial equipment and supplies;
291 (ii) (A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(ii)(B), tangible personal property or a product
292 transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically
293 is used in an activity other than farming; and
294 (B) tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically that is considered
295 to be used in an activity other than farming includes:
296 (I) office equipment and supplies; or
297 (II) equipment and supplies used in:
298 (Aa) the sale or distribution of farm products;
299 (Bb) research; or
300 (Cc) transportation; or
301 (iii) a vehicle required to be registered by the laws of this state during the period
302 ending two years after the date of the vehicle's purchase;
303 (19) sales of hay;
304 (20) exclusive sale during the harvest season of seasonal crops, seedling plants, or
305 garden, farm, or other agricultural produce if the seasonal crops are, seedling plants are, or
306 garden, farm, or other agricultural produce is sold by:
307 (a) the producer of the seasonal crops, seedling plants, or garden, farm, or other
308 agricultural produce;
309 (b) an employee of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a); or
310 (c) a member of the immediate family of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a);
311 (21) purchases made using a coupon as defined in 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2012 that is issued
312 under the Food Stamp Program, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2011 et seq.;
313 (22) sales of nonreturnable containers, nonreturnable labels, nonreturnable bags,
314 nonreturnable shipping cases, and nonreturnable casings to a manufacturer, processor,
315 wholesaler, or retailer for use in packaging tangible personal property to be sold by that
316 manufacturer, processor, wholesaler, or retailer;
317 (23) a product stored in the state for resale;
318 (24) (a) purchases of a product if:
319 (i) the product is:
320 (A) purchased outside of this state;
321 (B) brought into this state:
322 (I) at any time after the purchase described in Subsection (24)(a)(i)(A); and
323 (II) by a nonresident person who is not living or working in this state at the time of the
324 purchase;
325 (C) used for the personal use or enjoyment of the nonresident person described in
326 Subsection (24)(a)(i)(B)(II) while that nonresident person is within the state; and
327 (D) not used in conducting business in this state; and
328 (ii) for:
329 (A) a product other than a boat described in Subsection (24)(a)(ii)(B), the first use of
330 the product for a purpose for which the product is designed occurs outside of this state;
331 (B) a boat, the boat is registered outside of this state; or
332 (C) a vehicle other than a vehicle sold to an authorized carrier, the vehicle is registered
333 outside of this state;
334 (b) the exemption provided for in Subsection (24)(a) does not apply to:
335 (i) a lease or rental of a product; or
336 (ii) a sale of a vehicle exempt under Subsection (33); and
337 (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for
338 purposes of Subsection (24)(a), the commission may by rule define what constitutes the
339 following:
340 (i) conducting business in this state if that phrase has the same meaning in this
341 Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
342 (ii) the first use of a product if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (24)
343 as in Subsection (63); or
344 (iii) a purpose for which a product is designed if that phrase has the same meaning in
345 this Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
346 (25) a product purchased for resale in the regular course of business, either in its
347 original form or as an ingredient or component part of a manufactured or compounded product;
348 (26) a product upon which a sales or use tax was paid to some other state, or one of its
349 subdivisions, except that the state shall be paid any difference between the tax paid and the tax
350 imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act, and no adjustment is allowed if
351 the tax paid was greater than the tax imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax
352 Act;
353 (27) any sale of a service described in Subsections 59-12-103(1)(b), (c), and (d) to a
354 person for use in compounding a service taxable under the subsections;
355 (28) purchases made in accordance with the special supplemental nutrition program for
356 women, infants, and children established in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1786;
357 (29) sales or leases of rolls, rollers, refractory brick, electric motors, or other
358 replacement parts used in the furnaces, mills, or ovens of a steel mill described in SIC Code
359 3312 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of
360 the President, Office of Management and Budget;
361 (30) sales of a boat of a type required to be registered under Title 73, Chapter 18, State
362 Boating Act, a boat trailer, or an outboard motor if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is:
363 (a) not registered in this state; and
364 (b) (i) not used in this state; or
365 (ii) used in this state:
366 (A) if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is not used to conduct business, for a
367 time period that does not exceed the longer of:
368 (I) 30 days in any calendar year; or
369 (II) the time period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to
370 the borders of this state; or
371 (B) if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is used to conduct business, for the time
372 period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to the borders of this
373 state;
374 (31) sales of aircraft manufactured in Utah;
375 (32) amounts paid for the purchase of telecommunications service for purposes of
376 providing telecommunications service;
377 (33) sales, leases, or uses of the following:
378 (a) a vehicle by an authorized carrier; or
379 (b) tangible personal property that is installed on a vehicle:
380 (i) sold or leased to or used by an authorized carrier; and
381 (ii) before the vehicle is placed in service for the first time;
382 (34) (a) 45% of the sales price of any new manufactured home; and
383 (b) 100% of the sales price of any used manufactured home;
384 (35) sales relating to schools and fundraising sales;
385 (36) sales or rentals of durable medical equipment if:
386 (a) a person presents a prescription for the durable medical equipment; and
387 (b) the durable medical equipment is used for home use only;
388 (37) (a) sales to a ski resort of electricity to operate a passenger ropeway as defined in
389 Section 72-11-102; and
390 (b) the commission shall by rule determine the method for calculating sales exempt
391 under Subsection (37)(a) that are not separately metered and accounted for in utility billings;
392 (38) sales to a ski resort of:
393 (a) snowmaking equipment;
394 (b) ski slope grooming equipment;
395 (c) passenger ropeways as defined in Section 72-11-102; or
396 (d) parts used in the repairs or renovations of equipment or passenger ropeways
397 described in Subsections (38)(a) through (c);
398 (39) sales of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels for industrial use;
399 (40) (a) subject to Subsection (40)(b), sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for
400 amusement, entertainment, or recreation an unassisted amusement device as defined in Section
401 59-12-102;
402 (b) if a seller that sells or rents at the same business location the right to use or operate
403 for amusement, entertainment, or recreation one or more unassisted amusement devices and
404 one or more assisted amusement devices, the exemption described in Subsection (40)(a)
405 applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for
406 amusement, entertainment, or recreation for the assisted amusement devices; and
407 (c) for purposes of Subsection (40)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
408 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
409 (i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
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411 (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for
412 the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or recreation for
413 assisted amusement devices;
414 (41) (a) sales of photocopies by:
415 (i) a governmental entity; or
416 (ii) an entity within the state system of public education, including:
417 (A) a school; or
418 (B) the State Board of Education; or
419 (b) sales of publications by a governmental entity;
420 (42) amounts paid for admission to an athletic event at an institution of higher
421 education that is subject to the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,
422 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.;
423 (43) (a) sales made to or by:
424 (i) an area agency on aging; or
425 (ii) a senior citizen center owned by a county, city, or town; or
426 (b) sales made by a senior citizen center that contracts with an area agency on aging;
427 (44) sales or leases of semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or development
428 materials regardless of whether the semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or
429 development materials:
430 (a) actually come into contact with a semiconductor; or
431 (b) ultimately become incorporated into real property;
432 (45) an amount paid by or charged to a purchaser for accommodations and services
433 described in Subsection 59-12-103(1)(i) to the extent the amount is exempt under Section
434 59-12-104.2;
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436 sports event registration certificate in accordance with Section 41-3-306 for the event period
437 specified on the temporary sports event registration certificate;
438 (47) (a) sales or uses of electricity, if the sales or uses are made under a retail tariff
439 adopted by the Public Service Commission only for purchase of electricity produced from a
440 new alternative energy source built after January 1, 2016, as designated in the tariff by the
441 Public Service Commission; and
442 (b) for a residential use customer only, the exemption under Subsection (47)(a) applies
443 only to the portion of the tariff rate a customer pays under the tariff described in Subsection
444 (47)(a) that exceeds the tariff rate under the tariff described in Subsection (47)(a) that the
445 customer would have paid absent the tariff;
446 (48) sales or rentals of mobility enhancing equipment if a person presents a
447 prescription for the mobility enhancing equipment;
448 (49) sales of water in a:
449 (a) pipe;
450 (b) conduit;
451 (c) ditch; or
452 (d) reservoir;
453 (50) sales of currency or coins that constitute legal tender of a state, the United States,
454 or a foreign nation;
455 (51) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (51)(b) if the item:
456 (i) does not constitute legal tender of a state, the United States, or a foreign nation; and
457 (ii) has a gold, silver, or platinum content of 50% or more; and
458 (b) Subsection (51)(a) applies to a gold, silver, or platinum:
459 (i) ingot;
460 (ii) bar;
461 (iii) medallion; or
462 (iv) decorative coin;
463 (52) amounts paid on a sale-leaseback transaction;
464 (53) sales of a prosthetic device:
465 (a) for use on or in a human; and
466 (b) (i) for which a prescription is required; or
467 (ii) if the prosthetic device is purchased by a hospital or other medical facility;
468 (54) (a) except as provided in Subsection (54)(b), purchases, leases, or rentals of
469 machinery or equipment by an establishment described in Subsection (54)(c) if the machinery
470 or equipment is primarily used in the production or postproduction of the following media for
471 commercial distribution:
472 (i) a motion picture;
473 (ii) a television program;
474 (iii) a movie made for television;
475 (iv) a music video;
476 (v) a commercial;
477 (vi) a documentary; or
478 (vii) a medium similar to Subsections (54)(a)(i) through (vi) as determined by the
479 commission by administrative rule made in accordance with Subsection (54)(d); or
480 (b) purchases, leases, or rentals of machinery or equipment by an establishment
481 described in Subsection (54)(c) that is used for the production or postproduction of the
482 following are subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter:
483 (i) a live musical performance;
484 (ii) a live news program; or
485 (iii) a live sporting event;
486 (c) the following establishments listed in the 1997 North American Industry
487 Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management
488 and Budget, apply to Subsections (54)(a) and (b):
489 (i) NAICS Code 512110; or
490 (ii) NAICS Code 51219; and
491 (d) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
492 commission may by rule:
493 (i) prescribe what constitutes a medium similar to Subsections (54)(a)(i) through (vi);
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495 (ii) define:
496 (A) "commercial distribution";
497 (B) "live musical performance";
498 (C) "live news program"; or
499 (D) "live sporting event";
500 (55) (a) leases of seven or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004, but
501 on or before June 30, 2027, of tangible personal property that:
502 (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
503 (A) is an alternative energy electricity production facility;
504 (B) is located in the state; and
505 (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
506 (II) has its generation capacity increased by one or more megawatts on or after July 1,
507 2004, as a result of the use of the tangible personal property;
508 (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
509 (iii) is used to make the facility or the increase in capacity of the facility described in
510 Subsection (55)(a)(i) operational up to the point of interconnection with an existing
511 transmission grid including:
512 (A) a wind turbine;
513 (B) generating equipment;
514 (C) a control and monitoring system;
515 (D) a power line;
516 (E) substation equipment;
517 (F) lighting;
518 (G) fencing;
519 (H) pipes; or
520 (I) other equipment used for locating a power line or pole; and
521 (b) this Subsection (55) does not apply to:
522 (i) tangible personal property used in construction of:
523 (A) a new alternative energy electricity production facility; or
524 (B) the increase in the capacity of an alternative energy electricity production facility;
525 (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
526 and
527 (iii) unless the tangible personal property is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
528 of the facility described in Subsection (55)(a)(i)(C)(II), tangible personal property used or
529 acquired after:
530 (A) the alternative energy electricity production facility described in Subsection
531 (55)(a)(i) is operational as described in Subsection (55)(a)(iii); or
532 (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (55)(a)(i) is operational as described
533 in Subsection (55)(a)(iii);
534 (56) (a) leases of seven or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004, but
535 on or before June 30, 2027, of tangible personal property that:
536 (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
537 (A) is a waste energy production facility;
538 (B) is located in the state; and
539 (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
540 (II) has its generation capacity increased by one or more megawatts on or after July 1,
541 2004, as a result of the use of the tangible personal property;
542 (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
543 (iii) is used to make the facility or the increase in capacity of the facility described in
544 Subsection (56)(a)(i) operational up to the point of interconnection with an existing
545 transmission grid including:
546 (A) generating equipment;
547 (B) a control and monitoring system;
548 (C) a power line;
549 (D) substation equipment;
550 (E) lighting;
551 (F) fencing;
552 (G) pipes; or
553 (H) other equipment used for locating a power line or pole; and
554 (b) this Subsection (56) does not apply to:
555 (i) tangible personal property used in construction of:
556 (A) a new waste energy facility; or
557 (B) the increase in the capacity of a waste energy facility;
558 (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
559 and
560 (iii) unless the tangible personal property is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
561 described in Subsection (56)(a)(i)(C)(II), tangible personal property used or acquired after:
562 (A) the waste energy facility described in Subsection (56)(a)(i) is operational as
563 described in Subsection (56)(a)(iii); or
564 (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (56)(a)(i) is operational as described
565 in Subsection (56)(a)(iii);
566 (57) (a) leases of five or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004, but on
567 or before June 30, 2027, of tangible personal property that:
568 (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
569 (A) is located in the state;
570 (B) produces fuel from alternative energy, including:
571 (I) methanol; or
572 (II) ethanol; and
573 (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
574 (II) has its capacity to produce fuel increase by 25% or more on or after July 1, 2004, as
575 a result of the installation of the tangible personal property;
576 (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
577 (iii) is installed on the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i);
578 (b) this Subsection (57) does not apply to:
579 (i) tangible personal property used in construction of:
580 (A) a new facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i); or
581 (B) the increase in capacity of the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i); or
582 (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
583 and
584 (iii) unless the tangible personal property is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
585 described in Subsection (57)(a)(i)(C)(II), tangible personal property used or acquired after:
586 (A) the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i) is operational; or
587 (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (57)(a)(i) is operational;
588 (58) (a) subject to Subsection (58)(b) [
589 product transferred electronically to a person within this state if that tangible personal property
590 or product transferred electronically is subsequently shipped outside the state and incorporated
591 pursuant to contract into and becomes a part of real property located outside of this state; and
592 (b) the exemption under Subsection (58)(a) is not allowed to the extent that the other
593 state or political entity to which the tangible personal property is shipped imposes a sales, use,
594 gross receipts, or other similar transaction excise tax on the transaction against which the other
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609 (a) of one or more of the following items in printed or electronic format:
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617 (b) used to send direct mail;
618 (60) redemptions or repurchases of a product by a person if that product was:
619 (a) delivered to a pawnbroker as part of a pawn transaction; and
620 (b) redeemed or repurchased within the time period established in a written agreement
621 between the person and the pawnbroker for redeeming or repurchasing the product;
622 (61) (a) purchases or leases of an item described in Subsection (61)(b) if the item:
623 (i) is purchased or leased by, or on behalf of, a telecommunications service provider;
624 and
625 (ii) has a useful economic life of one or more years; and
626 (b) the following apply to Subsection (61)(a):
627 (i) telecommunications enabling or facilitating equipment, machinery, or software;
628 (ii) telecommunications equipment, machinery, or software required for 911 service;
629 (iii) telecommunications maintenance or repair equipment, machinery, or software;
630 (iv) telecommunications switching or routing equipment, machinery, or software; or
631 (v) telecommunications transmission equipment, machinery, or software;
632 (62) (a) beginning on July 1, 2006, and ending on June 30, 2027, purchases of tangible
633 personal property or a product transferred electronically that are used in the research and
634 development of alternative energy technology; and
635 (b) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
636 commission may, for purposes of Subsection (62)(a), make rules defining what constitutes
637 purchases of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically that are used in
638 the research and development of alternative energy technology;
639 (63) (a) purchases of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically
640 if:
641 (i) the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically is:
642 (A) purchased outside of this state;
643 (B) brought into this state at any time after the purchase described in Subsection
644 (63)(a)(i)(A); and
645 (C) used in conducting business in this state; and
646 (ii) for:
647 (A) tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically other than the
648 tangible personal property described in Subsection (63)(a)(ii)(B), the first use of the property
649 for a purpose for which the property is designed occurs outside of this state; or
650 (B) a vehicle other than a vehicle sold to an authorized carrier, the vehicle is registered
651 outside of this state;
652 (b) the exemption provided for in Subsection (63)(a) does not apply to:
653 (i) a lease or rental of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically;
654 or
655 (ii) a sale of a vehicle exempt under Subsection (33); and
656 (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for
657 purposes of Subsection (63)(a), the commission may by rule define what constitutes the
658 following:
659 (i) conducting business in this state if that phrase has the same meaning in this
660 Subsection (63) as in Subsection (24);
661 (ii) the first use of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically if
662 that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (63) as in Subsection (24); or
663 (iii) a purpose for which tangible personal property or a product transferred
664 electronically is designed if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (63) as in
665 Subsection (24);
666 (64) sales of disposable home medical equipment or supplies if:
667 (a) a person presents a prescription for the disposable home medical equipment or
668 supplies;
669 (b) the disposable home medical equipment or supplies are used exclusively by the
670 person to whom the prescription described in Subsection (64)(a) is issued; and
671 (c) the disposable home medical equipment and supplies are listed as eligible for
672 payment under:
673 (i) Title XVIII, federal Social Security Act; or
674 (ii) the state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX, federal Social Security Act;
675 (65) sales:
676 (a) to a public transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit
677 District Act; or
678 (b) of tangible personal property to a subcontractor of a public transit district, if the
679 tangible personal property is:
680 (i) clearly identified; and
681 (ii) installed or converted to real property owned by the public transit district;
682 (66) sales of construction materials:
683 (a) purchased on or after July 1, 2010;
684 (b) purchased by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of an international airport:
685 (i) located within a county of the first class; and
686 (ii) that has a United States customs office on its premises; and
687 (c) if the construction materials are:
688 (i) clearly identified;
689 (ii) segregated; and
690 (iii) installed or converted to real property:
691 (A) owned or operated by the international airport described in Subsection (66)(b); and
692 (B) located at the international airport described in Subsection (66)(b);
693 (67) sales of construction materials:
694 (a) purchased on or after July 1, 2008;
695 (b) purchased by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of a new airport:
696 (i) located within a county of the second class; and
697 (ii) that is owned or operated by a city in which an airline as defined in Section
698 59-2-102 is headquartered; and
699 (c) if the construction materials are:
700 (i) clearly identified;
701 (ii) segregated; and
702 (iii) installed or converted to real property:
703 (A) owned or operated by the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b);
704 (B) located at the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b); and
705 (C) as part of the construction of the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b);
706 (68) sales of fuel to a common carrier that is a railroad for use in a locomotive engine;
707 (69) purchases and sales described in Section 63H-4-111;
708 (70) (a) sales of tangible personal property to an aircraft maintenance, repair, and
709 overhaul provider for use in the maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishment in this state of
710 a fixed wing turbine powered aircraft if that fixed wing turbine powered aircraft's registration
711 lists a state or country other than this state as the location of registry of the fixed wing turbine
712 powered aircraft; or
713 (b) sales of tangible personal property by an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul
714 provider in connection with the maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishment in this state of
715 a fixed wing turbine powered aircraft if that fixed wing turbine powered aircraft's registration
716 lists a state or country other than this state as the location of registry of the fixed wing turbine
717 powered aircraft;
718 (71) subject to Section 59-12-104.4, sales of a textbook for a higher education course:
719 (a) to a person admitted to an institution of higher education; and
720 (b) by a seller, other than a bookstore owned by an institution of higher education, if
721 51% or more of that seller's sales revenue for the previous calendar quarter are sales of a
722 textbook for a higher education course;
723 (72) a license fee or tax a municipality imposes in accordance with Subsection
724 10-1-203(5) on a purchaser from a business for which the municipality provides an enhanced
725 level of municipal services;
726 (73) amounts paid or charged for construction materials used in the construction of a
727 new or expanding life science research and development facility in the state, if the construction
728 materials are:
729 (a) clearly identified;
730 (b) segregated; and
731 (c) installed or converted to real property;
732 (74) amounts paid or charged for:
733 (a) a purchase or lease of machinery and equipment that:
734 (i) are used in performing qualified research:
735 (A) as defined in Section 41(d), Internal Revenue Code; and
736 (B) in the state; and
737 (ii) have an economic life of three or more years; and
738 (b) normal operating repair or replacement parts:
739 (i) for the machinery and equipment described in Subsection (74)(a); and
740 (ii) that have an economic life of three or more years;
741 (75) a sale or lease of tangible personal property used in the preparation of prepared
742 food if:
743 (a) for a sale:
744 (i) the ownership of the seller and the ownership of the purchaser are identical; and
745 (ii) the seller or the purchaser paid a tax under this chapter on the purchase of that
746 tangible personal property prior to making the sale; or
747 (b) for a lease:
748 (i) the ownership of the lessor and the ownership of the lessee are identical; and
749 (ii) the lessor or the lessee paid a tax under this chapter on the purchase of that tangible
750 personal property prior to making the lease;
751 (76) (a) purchases of machinery or equipment if:
752 (i) the purchaser is an establishment described in NAICS Subsector 713, Amusement,
753 Gambling, and Recreation Industries, of the 2012 North American Industry Classification
754 System of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget;
755 (ii) the machinery or equipment:
756 (A) has an economic life of three or more years; and
757 (B) is used by one or more persons who pay admission or user fees described in
758 Subsection 59-12-103(1)(f) to the purchaser of the machinery and equipment; and
759 (iii) 51% or more of the purchaser's sales revenue for the previous calendar quarter is:
760 (A) amounts paid or charged as admission or user fees described in Subsection
761 59-12-103(1)(f); and
762 (B) subject to taxation under this chapter; and
763 (b) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
764 commission may make rules for verifying that 51% of a purchaser's sales revenue for the
765 previous calendar quarter is:
766 (i) amounts paid or charged as admission or user fees described in Subsection
767 59-12-103(1)(f); and
768 (ii) subject to taxation under this chapter;
769 (77) purchases of a short-term lodging consumable by a business that provides
770 accommodations and services described in Subsection 59-12-103(1)(i);
771 (78) amounts paid or charged to access a database:
772 (a) if the primary purpose for accessing the database is to view or retrieve information
773 from the database; and
774 (b) not including amounts paid or charged for a:
775 (i) digital audiowork;
776 (ii) digital audio-visual work; or
777 (iii) digital book;
778 (79) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease made by an electronic financial
779 payment service, of:
780 (a) machinery and equipment that:
781 (i) are used in the operation of the electronic financial payment service; and
782 (ii) have an economic life of three or more years; and
783 (b) normal operating repair or replacement parts that:
784 (i) are used in the operation of the electronic financial payment service; and
785 (ii) have an economic life of three or more years;
786 (80) [
787 (81) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of tangible personal property or a
788 product transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred
789 electronically:
790 (a) is stored, used, or consumed in the state; and
791 (b) is temporarily brought into the state from another state:
792 (i) during a disaster period as defined in Section 53-2a-1202;
793 (ii) by an out-of-state business as defined in Section 53-2a-1202;
794 (iii) for a declared state disaster or emergency as defined in Section 53-2a-1202; and
795 (iv) for disaster- or emergency-related work as defined in Section 53-2a-1202;
796 (82) sales of goods and services at a morale, welfare, and recreation facility, as defined
797 in Section 39-9-102, made pursuant to Title 39, Chapter 9, State Morale, Welfare, and
798 Recreation Program;
799 (83) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of molten magnesium;
800 (84) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease made by a qualifying enterprise
801 data center of machinery, equipment, or normal operating repair or replacement parts, if the
802 machinery, equipment, or normal operating repair or replacement parts:
803 (a) are used in the operation of the establishment; and
804 (b) have an economic life of one or more years;
805 (85) sales of cleaning or washing of a vehicle, except for cleaning or washing of a
806 vehicle that includes cleaning or washing of the interior of the vehicle;
807 (86) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal
808 operating repair or replacement parts, catalysts, chemicals, reagents, solutions, or supplies used
809 or consumed:
810 (a) by a refiner who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a refinery as defined
811 in Section 63M-4-701 located in the state;
812 (b) if the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts,
813 catalysts, chemicals, reagents, solutions, or supplies are used or consumed in:
814 (i) the production process to produce gasoline or diesel fuel, or at which blendstock is
815 added to gasoline or diesel fuel;
816 (ii) research and development;
817 (iii) transporting, storing, or managing raw materials, work in process, finished
818 products, and waste materials produced from refining gasoline or diesel fuel, or adding
819 blendstock to gasoline or diesel fuel;
820 (iv) developing or maintaining a road, tunnel, excavation, or similar feature used in
821 refining; or
822 (v) preventing, controlling, or reducing pollutants from refining; and
823 (c) beginning on July 1, 2021, if the person has obtained a form certified by the Office
824 of Energy Development under Subsection 63M-4-702(2);
825 (87) amounts paid to or charged by a proprietor for accommodations and services, as
826 defined in Section 63H-1-205, if the proprietor is subject to the MIDA accommodations tax
827 imposed under Section 63H-1-205; [
828 (88) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal
829 operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for office equipment or office
830 supplies, by an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title
831 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
832 (a) is described in NAICS Code 621511, Medical Laboratories, of the 2017 North
833 American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President,
834 Office of Management and Budget;
835 (b) is located in this state; and
836 (c) uses the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or
837 materials in the operation of the establishment[
838 (89) subject to Subsection 59-12-104.11, amounts paid or charged in connection with
839 the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of facilities owned by an
840 electrical corporation as defined in Section 54-2-1.
841 Section 2. Section 59-12-104.8 is enacted to read:
842 59-12-104.8. Exemption for purchases of machinery, equipment, normal
843 operating repair or replacement parts, and materials by oil and gas extraction
844 establishment.
845 (1) This section applies to amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of
846 machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for
847 office equipment or office supplies, by an establishment, as the commission defines that term
848 in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
849 (a) is described in NAICS Subsector 211, Oil and Gas Extraction, NAICS Code
850 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells, or NAICS Code 213112, Support Activities for Oil and
851 Gas Operations, of the 2017 North American Industry Classification System of the federal
852 Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget;
853 (b) is located in the state; and
854 (c) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
855 replacement parts, or materials in:
856 (i) research and development, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance
857 with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
858 (ii) transporting, storing, or managing tailings, overburden, or similar waste materials
859 produced from mining;
860 (iii) developing or maintaining a road, tunnel, excavation, or similar feature used in
861 mining; or
862 (iv) preventing, controlling, or reducing dust or other pollutants from mining.
863 (2) (a) On or after July 1, 2020, and on or before June 30, 2022, a person may claim the
864 sales and use tax exemption described in this section by filing for a refund from the
865 commission.
866 (b) The amount of the refund described in Subsection (2)(a) is as follows:
867 (i) on or after July 1, 2020, and on or before June 30, 2021, 33% of the sales and use
868 tax on the amount paid or charged for the purchase or lease; and
869 (ii) on or after July 1, 2021, and on or before June 30, 2022, 66% of the sales and use
870 tax on the amount paid or charged for the purchase or lease.
871 (c) A person shall file for a refund under this Subsection (2):
872 (i) in an electronic format prescribed by the commission; and
873 (ii) no more frequently than once per month.
874 (3) (a) On or after July 1, 2022, a person may claim the sales and use tax exemption
875 described in this section at the point of sale.
876 (b) The amount of the exemption described in Subsection (3)(a) is 100% of the sales
877 and use tax on the amount paid or charged for the purchase or lease.
878 Section 3. Section 59-12-104.11 is enacted to read:
879 59-12-104.11. Exemption for purchases by an electric generation and transmission
880 facility or electrical corporation.
881 (1) On or after July 1, 2020, and on or before June 30, 2022, a person may claim the
882 sales and use tax exemption described in Subsection 59-12-104(2)(b) or (89) by filing for a
883 refund from the commission.
884 (b) The amount of the refund described in Subsection (1)(a) is as follows:
885 (i) on or after July 1, 2020, and on or before June 30, 2021, 33% of the sales and use
886 tax on the amount paid or charged; and
887 (ii) on or after July 1, 2021, and on or before June 30, 2022, 66% of the sales and use
888 tax on the amount paid or charged.
889 (c) A person shall file for a refund under this Subsection (1):
890 (i) in an electronic format prescribed by the commission; and
891 (ii) no more frequently than once per month.
892 (2) (a) On or after July 1, 2022, a person may claim the sales and use tax exemption
893 described in Subsection 59-12-104(2)(b) or (89) at the point of sale.
894 (b) The amount of the exemption is 100% of the sales and use tax on the amount paid
895 or charged.
896 Section 4. Effective date.
897 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2020.