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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 or a
15 pipeline transportation establishment;
16 ▸ expands the sales and use tax exemption for the state, its institutions, and its
17 political subdivisions to include certain purchases by an electric generation and
18 transmission facility;
19 ▸ creates a sales and use tax exemption for amounts paid or charged for construction,
20 operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of facilities owned by an electrical
21 corporation;
22 ▸ creates a refund process to phase in the exemptions for an electric generation and
23 transmission facility, an electrical corporation, and an oil and gas extraction
24 establishment; and
25 ▸ makes technical changes.
26 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
27 None
28 Other Special Clauses:
29 This bill provides a special effective date.
30 Utah Code Sections Affected:
31 AMENDS:
32 59-12-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Second Special Session, Chapter 6
33 ENACTS:
34 59-12-104.8, Utah Code Annotated 1953
35 59-12-104.11, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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37 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
38 Section 1. Section 59-12-104 is amended to read:
39 59-12-104. Exemptions.
40 Exemptions from the taxes imposed by this chapter are as follows:
41 (1) sales of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuel subject to a Utah state excise tax
42 under Chapter 13, Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act;
43 (2) (a) subject to Section 59-12-104.6, sales to the state, its institutions, and its political
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48 (i) (A) purchased by or on behalf of institutions of the public education system as
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51 (B) clearly identified and segregated and installed or converted to real property which
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55 (B) installed or converted to real property by employees of the state, its institutions, or
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58 by the state, its institutions, and its political subdivisions in connection with the construction,
59 operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of a project, as defined in Section 11-13-103, or
60 facilities providing additional project capacity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;
61 (3) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (3)(b) from a vending machine if:
62 (i) the proceeds of each sale do not exceed $1; and
63 (ii) the seller or operator of the vending machine reports an amount equal to 150% of
64 the cost of the item described in Subsection (3)(b) as goods consumed; and
65 (b) Subsection (3)(a) applies to:
66 (i) food and food ingredients; or
67 (ii) prepared food;
68 (4) (a) sales of the following to a commercial airline carrier for in-flight consumption:
69 (i) alcoholic beverages;
70 (ii) food and food ingredients; or
71 (iii) prepared food;
72 (b) sales of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically:
73 (i) to a passenger;
74 (ii) by a commercial airline carrier; and
75 (iii) during a flight for in-flight consumption or in-flight use by the passenger; or
76 (c) services related to Subsection (4)(a) or (b);
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102 (5) sales of parts and equipment for installation in an aircraft operated by a common
103 carrier in interstate or foreign commerce;
104 (6) sales of commercials, motion picture films, prerecorded audio program tapes or
105 records, and prerecorded video tapes by a producer, distributor, or studio to a motion picture
106 exhibitor, distributor, or commercial television or radio broadcaster;
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108 sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal property if the cleaning or washing of the
109 tangible personal property is not assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
110 (b) if a seller that sells at the same business location assisted cleaning or washing of
111 tangible personal property and cleaning or washing of tangible personal property that is not
112 assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property, the exemption described in
113 Subsection (7)(a) applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales of the assisted cleaning
114 or washing of the tangible personal property; and
115 (c) for purposes of Subsection (7)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
116 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
117 (i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
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119 (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for
120 sales of assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
121 (8) sales made to or by religious or charitable institutions in the conduct of their regular
122 religious or charitable functions and activities, if the requirements of Section 59-12-104.1 are
123 fulfilled;
124 (9) sales of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of
125 this state if the vehicle is:
126 (a) not registered in this state; and
127 (b) (i) not used in this state; or
128 (ii) used in this state:
129 (A) if the vehicle is not used to conduct business, for a time period that does not
130 exceed the longer of:
131 (I) 30 days in any calendar year; or
132 (II) the time period necessary to transport the vehicle to the borders of this state; or
133 (B) if the vehicle is used to conduct business, for the time period necessary to transport
134 the vehicle to the borders of this state;
135 (10) (a) amounts paid for an item described in Subsection (10)(b) if:
136 (i) the item is intended for human use; and
137 (ii) (A) a prescription was issued for the item; or
138 (B) the item was purchased by a hospital or other medical facility; and
139 (b) (i) Subsection (10)(a) applies to:
140 (A) a drug;
141 (B) a syringe; or
142 (C) a stoma supply; and
143 (ii) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
144 commission may by rule define the terms:
145 (A) "syringe"; or
146 (B) "stoma supply";
147 (11) purchases or leases exempt under Section 19-12-201;
148 (12) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) served by:
149 (i) the following if the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the
150 general public:
151 (A) a church; or
152 (B) a charitable institution; or
153 (ii) an institution of higher education if:
154 (A) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the general public; or
155 (B) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is prepaid as part of a student meal plan
156 offered by the institution of higher education; or
157 (b) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) provided for a patient by:
158 (i) a medical facility; or
159 (ii) a nursing facility; and
160 (c) Subsections (12)(a) and (b) apply to:
161 (i) food and food ingredients;
162 (ii) prepared food; or
163 (iii) alcoholic beverages;
164 (13) (a) except as provided in Subsection (13)(b), the sale of tangible personal property
165 or a product transferred electronically by a person:
166 (i) regardless of the number of transactions involving the sale of that tangible personal
167 property or product transferred electronically by that person; and
168 (ii) not regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal
169 property or product transferred electronically;
170 (b) this Subsection (13) does not apply if:
171 (i) the sale is one of a series of sales of a character to indicate that the person is
172 regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal property or product
173 transferred electronically;
174 (ii) the person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling that
175 type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
176 (iii) the person sells an item of tangible personal property or product transferred
177 electronically that the person purchased as a sale that is exempt under Subsection (25); or
178 (iv) the sale is of a vehicle or vessel required to be titled or registered under the laws of
179 this state in which case the tax is based upon:
180 (A) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle or vessel being
181 sold; or
182 (B) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the fair market
183 value of the vehicle or vessel being sold at the time of the sale as determined by the
184 commission; and
185 (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
186 commission shall make rules establishing the circumstances under which:
187 (i) a person is regularly engaged in the business of selling a type of tangible personal
188 property or product transferred electronically;
189 (ii) a sale of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically is one of
190 a series of sales of a character to indicate that a person is regularly engaged in the business of
191 selling that type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically; or
192 (iii) a person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling a type
193 of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
194 (14) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal
195 operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for office equipment or office
196 supplies, by:
197 (a) a manufacturing facility that:
198 (i) is located in the state; and
199 (ii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
200 replacement parts, or materials:
201 (A) in the manufacturing process to manufacture an item sold as tangible personal
202 property, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
203 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; or
204 (B) for a scrap recycler, to process an item sold as tangible personal property, as the
205 commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
206 Administrative Rulemaking Act;
207 (b) an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title
208 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
209 (i) is described in NAICS Subsector 212, Mining (except Oil and Gas), or NAICS
210 Code 213113, Support Activities for Coal Mining, 213114, Support Activities for Metal
211 Mining, or 213115, Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining, of the
212 2002 North American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the
213 President, Office of Management and Budget;
214 (ii) is located in the state; and
215 (iii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
216 replacement parts, or materials in:
217 (A) the production process to produce an item sold as tangible personal property, as the
218 commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
219 Administrative Rulemaking Act;
220 (B) research and development, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance
221 with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
222 (C) transporting, storing, or managing tailings, overburden, or similar waste materials
223 produced from mining;
224 (D) developing or maintaining a road, tunnel, excavation, or similar feature used in
225 mining; or
226 (E) preventing, controlling, or reducing dust or other pollutants from mining; [
227 (c) an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title 63G,
228 Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
229 (i) is described in NAICS Code 518112, Web Search Portals, of the 2002 North
230 American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President,
231 Office of Management and Budget;
232 (ii) is located in the state; and
233 (iii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
234 replacement parts, or materials in the operation of the web search portal; or
235 (d) an establishment that meets the requirements of Section 59-12-104.8 to the extent
236 the exemption is authorized by Section 59-12-104.8;
237 (15) (a) sales of the following if the requirements of Subsection (15)(b) are met:
238 (i) tooling;
239 (ii) special tooling;
240 (iii) support equipment;
241 (iv) special test equipment; or
242 (v) parts used in the repairs or renovations of tooling or equipment described in
243 Subsections (15)(a)(i) through (iv); and
244 (b) sales of tooling, equipment, or parts described in Subsection (15)(a) are exempt if:
245 (i) the tooling, equipment, or parts are used or consumed exclusively in the
246 performance of any aerospace or electronics industry contract with the United States
247 government or any subcontract under that contract; and
248 (ii) under the terms of the contract or subcontract described in Subsection (15)(b)(i),
249 title to the tooling, equipment, or parts is vested in the United States government as evidenced
250 by:
251 (A) a government identification tag placed on the tooling, equipment, or parts; or
252 (B) listing on a government-approved property record if placing a government
253 identification tag on the tooling, equipment, or parts is impractical;
254 (16) sales of newspapers or newspaper subscriptions;
255 (17) (a) except as provided in Subsection (17)(b), tangible personal property or a
256 product transferred electronically traded in as full or part payment of the purchase price, except
257 that for purposes of calculating sales or use tax upon vehicles not sold by a vehicle dealer,
258 trade-ins are limited to other vehicles only, and the tax is based upon:
259 (i) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle being sold and the
260 vehicle being traded in; or
261 (ii) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing
262 fair market value of the vehicle being sold and the vehicle being traded in, as determined by the
263 commission; and
264 (b) Subsection (17)(a) does not apply to the following items of tangible personal
265 property or products transferred electronically traded in as full or part payment of the purchase
266 price:
267 (i) money;
268 (ii) electricity;
269 (iii) water;
270 (iv) gas; or
271 (v) steam;
272 (18) (a) (i) except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), sales of tangible personal property
273 or a product transferred electronically used or consumed primarily and directly in farming
274 operations, regardless of whether the tangible personal property or product transferred
275 electronically:
276 (A) becomes part of real estate; or
277 (B) is installed by a:
278 (I) farmer;
279 (II) contractor; or
280 (III) subcontractor; or
281 (ii) sales of parts used in the repairs or renovations of tangible personal property or a
282 product transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred
283 electronically is exempt under Subsection (18)(a)(i); and
284 (b) amounts paid or charged for the following are subject to the taxes imposed by this
285 chapter:
286 (i) (A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(i)(B), machinery, equipment, materials, or
287 supplies if used in a manner that is incidental to farming; and
288 (B) tangible personal property that is considered to be used in a manner that is
289 incidental to farming includes:
290 (I) hand tools; or
291 (II) maintenance and janitorial equipment and supplies;
292 (ii) (A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(ii)(B), tangible personal property or a product
293 transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically
294 is used in an activity other than farming; and
295 (B) tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically that is considered
296 to be used in an activity other than farming includes:
297 (I) office equipment and supplies; or
298 (II) equipment and supplies used in:
299 (Aa) the sale or distribution of farm products;
300 (Bb) research; or
301 (Cc) transportation; or
302 (iii) a vehicle required to be registered by the laws of this state during the period
303 ending two years after the date of the vehicle's purchase;
304 (19) sales of hay;
305 (20) exclusive sale during the harvest season of seasonal crops, seedling plants, or
306 garden, farm, or other agricultural produce if the seasonal crops are, seedling plants are, or
307 garden, farm, or other agricultural produce is sold by:
308 (a) the producer of the seasonal crops, seedling plants, or garden, farm, or other
309 agricultural produce;
310 (b) an employee of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a); or
311 (c) a member of the immediate family of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a);
312 (21) purchases made using a coupon as defined in 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2012 that is issued
313 under the Food Stamp Program, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2011 et seq.;
314 (22) sales of nonreturnable containers, nonreturnable labels, nonreturnable bags,
315 nonreturnable shipping cases, and nonreturnable casings to a manufacturer, processor,
316 wholesaler, or retailer for use in packaging tangible personal property to be sold by that
317 manufacturer, processor, wholesaler, or retailer;
318 (23) a product stored in the state for resale;
319 (24) (a) purchases of a product if:
320 (i) the product is:
321 (A) purchased outside of this state;
322 (B) brought into this state:
323 (I) at any time after the purchase described in Subsection (24)(a)(i)(A); and
324 (II) by a nonresident person who is not living or working in this state at the time of the
325 purchase;
326 (C) used for the personal use or enjoyment of the nonresident person described in
327 Subsection (24)(a)(i)(B)(II) while that nonresident person is within the state; and
328 (D) not used in conducting business in this state; and
329 (ii) for:
330 (A) a product other than a boat described in Subsection (24)(a)(ii)(B), the first use of
331 the product for a purpose for which the product is designed occurs outside of this state;
332 (B) a boat, the boat is registered outside of this state; or
333 (C) a vehicle other than a vehicle sold to an authorized carrier, the vehicle is registered
334 outside of this state;
335 (b) the exemption provided for in Subsection (24)(a) does not apply to:
336 (i) a lease or rental of a product; or
337 (ii) a sale of a vehicle exempt under Subsection (33); and
338 (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for
339 purposes of Subsection (24)(a), the commission may by rule define what constitutes the
340 following:
341 (i) conducting business in this state if that phrase has the same meaning in this
342 Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
343 (ii) the first use of a product if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (24)
344 as in Subsection (63); or
345 (iii) a purpose for which a product is designed if that phrase has the same meaning in
346 this Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
347 (25) a product purchased for resale in the regular course of business, either in its
348 original form or as an ingredient or component part of a manufactured or compounded product;
349 (26) a product upon which a sales or use tax was paid to some other state, or one of its
350 subdivisions, except that the state shall be paid any difference between the tax paid and the tax
351 imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act, and no adjustment is allowed if
352 the tax paid was greater than the tax imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax
353 Act;
354 (27) any sale of a service described in Subsections 59-12-103(1)(b), (c), and (d) to a
355 person for use in compounding a service taxable under the subsections;
356 (28) purchases made in accordance with the special supplemental nutrition program for
357 women, infants, and children established in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1786;
358 (29) sales or leases of rolls, rollers, refractory brick, electric motors, or other
359 replacement parts used in the furnaces, mills, or ovens of a steel mill described in SIC Code
360 3312 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of
361 the President, Office of Management and Budget;
362 (30) sales of a boat of a type required to be registered under Title 73, Chapter 18, State
363 Boating Act, a boat trailer, or an outboard motor if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is:
364 (a) not registered in this state; and
365 (b) (i) not used in this state; or
366 (ii) used in this state:
367 (A) if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is not used to conduct business, for a
368 time period that does not exceed the longer of:
369 (I) 30 days in any calendar year; or
370 (II) the time period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to
371 the borders of this state; or
372 (B) if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is used to conduct business, for the time
373 period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to the borders of this
374 state;
375 (31) sales of aircraft manufactured in Utah;
376 (32) amounts paid for the purchase of telecommunications service for purposes of
377 providing telecommunications service;
378 (33) sales, leases, or uses of the following:
379 (a) a vehicle by an authorized carrier; or
380 (b) tangible personal property that is installed on a vehicle:
381 (i) sold or leased to or used by an authorized carrier; and
382 (ii) before the vehicle is placed in service for the first time;
383 (34) (a) 45% of the sales price of any new manufactured home; and
384 (b) 100% of the sales price of any used manufactured home;
385 (35) sales relating to schools and fundraising sales;
386 (36) sales or rentals of durable medical equipment if:
387 (a) a person presents a prescription for the durable medical equipment; and
388 (b) the durable medical equipment is used for home use only;
389 (37) (a) sales to a ski resort of electricity to operate a passenger ropeway as defined in
390 Section 72-11-102; and
391 (b) the commission shall by rule determine the method for calculating sales exempt
392 under Subsection (37)(a) that are not separately metered and accounted for in utility billings;
393 (38) sales to a ski resort of:
394 (a) snowmaking equipment;
395 (b) ski slope grooming equipment;
396 (c) passenger ropeways as defined in Section 72-11-102; or
397 (d) parts used in the repairs or renovations of equipment or passenger ropeways
398 described in Subsections (38)(a) through (c);
399 (39) sales of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels for industrial use;
400 (40) (a) subject to Subsection (40)(b), sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for
401 amusement, entertainment, or recreation an unassisted amusement device as defined in Section
402 59-12-102;
403 (b) if a seller that sells or rents at the same business location the right to use or operate
404 for amusement, entertainment, or recreation one or more unassisted amusement devices and
405 one or more assisted amusement devices, the exemption described in Subsection (40)(a)
406 applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for
407 amusement, entertainment, or recreation for the assisted amusement devices; and
408 (c) for purposes of Subsection (40)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
409 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
410 (i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
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412 (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for
413 the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or recreation for
414 assisted amusement devices;
415 (41) (a) sales of photocopies by:
416 (i) a governmental entity; or
417 (ii) an entity within the state system of public education, including:
418 (A) a school; or
419 (B) the State Board of Education; or
420 (b) sales of publications by a governmental entity;
421 (42) amounts paid for admission to an athletic event at an institution of higher
422 education that is subject to the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,
423 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.;
424 (43) (a) sales made to or by:
425 (i) an area agency on aging; or
426 (ii) a senior citizen center owned by a county, city, or town; or
427 (b) sales made by a senior citizen center that contracts with an area agency on aging;
428 (44) sales or leases of semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or development
429 materials regardless of whether the semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or
430 development materials:
431 (a) actually come into contact with a semiconductor; or
432 (b) ultimately become incorporated into real property;
433 (45) an amount paid by or charged to a purchaser for accommodations and services
434 described in Subsection 59-12-103(1)(i) to the extent the amount is exempt under Section
435 59-12-104.2;
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437 sports event registration certificate in accordance with Section 41-3-306 for the event period
438 specified on the temporary sports event registration certificate;
439 (47) (a) sales or uses of electricity, if the sales or uses are made under a retail tariff
440 adopted by the Public Service Commission only for purchase of electricity produced from a
441 new alternative energy source built after January 1, 2016, as designated in the tariff by the
442 Public Service Commission; and
443 (b) for a residential use customer only, the exemption under Subsection (47)(a) applies
444 only to the portion of the tariff rate a customer pays under the tariff described in Subsection
445 (47)(a) that exceeds the tariff rate under the tariff described in Subsection (47)(a) that the
446 customer would have paid absent the tariff;
447 (48) sales or rentals of mobility enhancing equipment if a person presents a
448 prescription for the mobility enhancing equipment;
449 (49) sales of water in a:
450 (a) pipe;
451 (b) conduit;
452 (c) ditch; or
453 (d) reservoir;
454 (50) sales of currency or coins that constitute legal tender of a state, the United States,
455 or a foreign nation;
456 (51) (a) sales of an item described in Subsection (51)(b) if the item:
457 (i) does not constitute legal tender of a state, the United States, or a foreign nation; and
458 (ii) has a gold, silver, or platinum content of 50% or more; and
459 (b) Subsection (51)(a) applies to a gold, silver, or platinum:
460 (i) ingot;
461 (ii) bar;
462 (iii) medallion; or
463 (iv) decorative coin;
464 (52) amounts paid on a sale-leaseback transaction;
465 (53) sales of a prosthetic device:
466 (a) for use on or in a human; and
467 (b) (i) for which a prescription is required; or
468 (ii) if the prosthetic device is purchased by a hospital or other medical facility;
469 (54) (a) except as provided in Subsection (54)(b), purchases, leases, or rentals of
470 machinery or equipment by an establishment described in Subsection (54)(c) if the machinery
471 or equipment is primarily used in the production or postproduction of the following media for
472 commercial distribution:
473 (i) a motion picture;
474 (ii) a television program;
475 (iii) a movie made for television;
476 (iv) a music video;
477 (v) a commercial;
478 (vi) a documentary; or
479 (vii) a medium similar to Subsections (54)(a)(i) through (vi) as determined by the
480 commission by administrative rule made in accordance with Subsection (54)(d); or
481 (b) purchases, leases, or rentals of machinery or equipment by an establishment
482 described in Subsection (54)(c) that is used for the production or postproduction of the
483 following are subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter:
484 (i) a live musical performance;
485 (ii) a live news program; or
486 (iii) a live sporting event;
487 (c) the following establishments listed in the 1997 North American Industry
488 Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management
489 and Budget, apply to Subsections (54)(a) and (b):
490 (i) NAICS Code 512110; or
491 (ii) NAICS Code 51219; and
492 (d) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
493 commission may by rule:
494 (i) prescribe what constitutes a medium similar to Subsections (54)(a)(i) through (vi);
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496 (ii) define:
497 (A) "commercial distribution";
498 (B) "live musical performance";
499 (C) "live news program"; or
500 (D) "live sporting event";
501 (55) (a) leases of seven or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004, but
502 on or before June 30, 2027, of tangible personal property that:
503 (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
504 (A) is an alternative energy electricity production facility;
505 (B) is located in the state; and
506 (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
507 (II) has its generation capacity increased by one or more megawatts on or after July 1,
508 2004, as a result of the use of the tangible personal property;
509 (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
510 (iii) is used to make the facility or the increase in capacity of the facility described in
511 Subsection (55)(a)(i) operational up to the point of interconnection with an existing
512 transmission grid including:
513 (A) a wind turbine;
514 (B) generating equipment;
515 (C) a control and monitoring system;
516 (D) a power line;
517 (E) substation equipment;
518 (F) lighting;
519 (G) fencing;
520 (H) pipes; or
521 (I) other equipment used for locating a power line or pole; and
522 (b) this Subsection (55) does not apply to:
523 (i) tangible personal property used in construction of:
524 (A) a new alternative energy electricity production facility; or
525 (B) the increase in the capacity of an alternative energy electricity production facility;
526 (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
527 and
528 (iii) unless the tangible personal property is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
529 of the facility described in Subsection (55)(a)(i)(C)(II), tangible personal property used or
530 acquired after:
531 (A) the alternative energy electricity production facility described in Subsection
532 (55)(a)(i) is operational as described in Subsection (55)(a)(iii); or
533 (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (55)(a)(i) is operational as described
534 in Subsection (55)(a)(iii);
535 (56) (a) leases of seven or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004, but
536 on or before June 30, 2027, of tangible personal property that:
537 (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
538 (A) is a waste energy production facility;
539 (B) is located in the state; and
540 (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
541 (II) has its generation capacity increased by one or more megawatts on or after July 1,
542 2004, as a result of the use of the tangible personal property;
543 (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
544 (iii) is used to make the facility or the increase in capacity of the facility described in
545 Subsection (56)(a)(i) operational up to the point of interconnection with an existing
546 transmission grid including:
547 (A) generating equipment;
548 (B) a control and monitoring system;
549 (C) a power line;
550 (D) substation equipment;
551 (E) lighting;
552 (F) fencing;
553 (G) pipes; or
554 (H) other equipment used for locating a power line or pole; and
555 (b) this Subsection (56) does not apply to:
556 (i) tangible personal property used in construction of:
557 (A) a new waste energy facility; or
558 (B) the increase in the capacity of a waste energy facility;
559 (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
560 and
561 (iii) unless the tangible personal property is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
562 described in Subsection (56)(a)(i)(C)(II), tangible personal property used or acquired after:
563 (A) the waste energy facility described in Subsection (56)(a)(i) is operational as
564 described in Subsection (56)(a)(iii); or
565 (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (56)(a)(i) is operational as described
566 in Subsection (56)(a)(iii);
567 (57) (a) leases of five or more years or purchases made on or after July 1, 2004, but on
568 or before June 30, 2027, of tangible personal property that:
569 (i) is leased or purchased for or by a facility that:
570 (A) is located in the state;
571 (B) produces fuel from alternative energy, including:
572 (I) methanol; or
573 (II) ethanol; and
574 (C) (I) becomes operational on or after July 1, 2004; or
575 (II) has its capacity to produce fuel increase by 25% or more on or after July 1, 2004, as
576 a result of the installation of the tangible personal property;
577 (ii) has an economic life of five or more years; and
578 (iii) is installed on the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i);
579 (b) this Subsection (57) does not apply to:
580 (i) tangible personal property used in construction of:
581 (A) a new facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i); or
582 (B) the increase in capacity of the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i); or
583 (ii) contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities;
584 and
585 (iii) unless the tangible personal property is used or acquired for an increase in capacity
586 described in Subsection (57)(a)(i)(C)(II), tangible personal property used or acquired after:
587 (A) the facility described in Subsection (57)(a)(i) is operational; or
588 (B) the increased capacity described in Subsection (57)(a)(i) is operational;
589 (58) (a) subject to Subsection (58)(b) [
590 product transferred electronically to a person within this state if that tangible personal property
591 or product transferred electronically is subsequently shipped outside the state and incorporated
592 pursuant to contract into and becomes a part of real property located outside of this state; and
593 (b) the exemption under Subsection (58)(a) is not allowed to the extent that the other
594 state or political entity to which the tangible personal property is shipped imposes a sales, use,
595 gross receipts, or other similar transaction excise tax on the transaction against which the other
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610 (a) of one or more of the following items in printed or electronic format:
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618 (b) used to send direct mail;
619 (60) redemptions or repurchases of a product by a person if that product was:
620 (a) delivered to a pawnbroker as part of a pawn transaction; and
621 (b) redeemed or repurchased within the time period established in a written agreement
622 between the person and the pawnbroker for redeeming or repurchasing the product;
623 (61) (a) purchases or leases of an item described in Subsection (61)(b) if the item:
624 (i) is purchased or leased by, or on behalf of, a telecommunications service provider;
625 and
626 (ii) has a useful economic life of one or more years; and
627 (b) the following apply to Subsection (61)(a):
628 (i) telecommunications enabling or facilitating equipment, machinery, or software;
629 (ii) telecommunications equipment, machinery, or software required for 911 service;
630 (iii) telecommunications maintenance or repair equipment, machinery, or software;
631 (iv) telecommunications switching or routing equipment, machinery, or software; or
632 (v) telecommunications transmission equipment, machinery, or software;
633 (62) (a) beginning on July 1, 2006, and ending on June 30, 2027, purchases of tangible
634 personal property or a product transferred electronically that are used in the research and
635 development of alternative energy technology; and
636 (b) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
637 commission may, for purposes of Subsection (62)(a), make rules defining what constitutes
638 purchases of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically that are used in
639 the research and development of alternative energy technology;
640 (63) (a) purchases of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically
641 if:
642 (i) the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically is:
643 (A) purchased outside of this state;
644 (B) brought into this state at any time after the purchase described in Subsection
645 (63)(a)(i)(A); and
646 (C) used in conducting business in this state; and
647 (ii) for:
648 (A) tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically other than the
649 tangible personal property described in Subsection (63)(a)(ii)(B), the first use of the property
650 for a purpose for which the property is designed occurs outside of this state; or
651 (B) a vehicle other than a vehicle sold to an authorized carrier, the vehicle is registered
652 outside of this state;
653 (b) the exemption provided for in Subsection (63)(a) does not apply to:
654 (i) a lease or rental of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically;
655 or
656 (ii) a sale of a vehicle exempt under Subsection (33); and
657 (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for
658 purposes of Subsection (63)(a), the commission may by rule define what constitutes the
659 following:
660 (i) conducting business in this state if that phrase has the same meaning in this
661 Subsection (63) as in Subsection (24);
662 (ii) the first use of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically if
663 that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (63) as in Subsection (24); or
664 (iii) a purpose for which tangible personal property or a product transferred
665 electronically is designed if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (63) as in
666 Subsection (24);
667 (64) sales of disposable home medical equipment or supplies if:
668 (a) a person presents a prescription for the disposable home medical equipment or
669 supplies;
670 (b) the disposable home medical equipment or supplies are used exclusively by the
671 person to whom the prescription described in Subsection (64)(a) is issued; and
672 (c) the disposable home medical equipment and supplies are listed as eligible for
673 payment under:
674 (i) Title XVIII, federal Social Security Act; or
675 (ii) the state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX, federal Social Security Act;
676 (65) sales:
677 (a) to a public transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit
678 District Act; or
679 (b) of tangible personal property to a subcontractor of a public transit district, if the
680 tangible personal property is:
681 (i) clearly identified; and
682 (ii) installed or converted to real property owned by the public transit district;
683 (66) sales of construction materials:
684 (a) purchased on or after July 1, 2010;
685 (b) purchased by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of an international airport:
686 (i) located within a county of the first class; and
687 (ii) that has a United States customs office on its premises; and
688 (c) if the construction materials are:
689 (i) clearly identified;
690 (ii) segregated; and
691 (iii) installed or converted to real property:
692 (A) owned or operated by the international airport described in Subsection (66)(b); and
693 (B) located at the international airport described in Subsection (66)(b);
694 (67) sales of construction materials:
695 (a) purchased on or after July 1, 2008;
696 (b) purchased by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of a new airport:
697 (i) located within a county of the second class; and
698 (ii) that is owned or operated by a city in which an airline as defined in Section
699 59-2-102 is headquartered; and
700 (c) if the construction materials are:
701 (i) clearly identified;
702 (ii) segregated; and
703 (iii) installed or converted to real property:
704 (A) owned or operated by the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b);
705 (B) located at the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b); and
706 (C) as part of the construction of the new airport described in Subsection (67)(b);
707 (68) sales of fuel to a common carrier that is a railroad for use in a locomotive engine;
708 (69) purchases and sales described in Section 63H-4-111;
709 (70) (a) sales of tangible personal property to an aircraft maintenance, repair, and
710 overhaul provider for use in the maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishment in this state of
711 a fixed wing turbine powered aircraft if that fixed wing turbine powered aircraft's registration
712 lists a state or country other than this state as the location of registry of the fixed wing turbine
713 powered aircraft; or
714 (b) sales of tangible personal property by an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul
715 provider in connection with the maintenance, repair, overhaul, or refurbishment in this state of
716 a fixed wing turbine powered aircraft if that fixed wing turbine powered aircraft's registration
717 lists a state or country other than this state as the location of registry of the fixed wing turbine
718 powered aircraft;
719 (71) subject to Section 59-12-104.4, sales of a textbook for a higher education course:
720 (a) to a person admitted to an institution of higher education; and
721 (b) by a seller, other than a bookstore owned by an institution of higher education, if
722 51% or more of that seller's sales revenue for the previous calendar quarter are sales of a
723 textbook for a higher education course;
724 (72) a license fee or tax a municipality imposes in accordance with Subsection
725 10-1-203(5) on a purchaser from a business for which the municipality provides an enhanced
726 level of municipal services;
727 (73) amounts paid or charged for construction materials used in the construction of a
728 new or expanding life science research and development facility in the state, if the construction
729 materials are:
730 (a) clearly identified;
731 (b) segregated; and
732 (c) installed or converted to real property;
733 (74) amounts paid or charged for:
734 (a) a purchase or lease of machinery and equipment that:
735 (i) are used in performing qualified research:
736 (A) as defined in Section 41(d), Internal Revenue Code; and
737 (B) in the state; and
738 (ii) have an economic life of three or more years; and
739 (b) normal operating repair or replacement parts:
740 (i) for the machinery and equipment described in Subsection (74)(a); and
741 (ii) that have an economic life of three or more years;
742 (75) a sale or lease of tangible personal property used in the preparation of prepared
743 food if:
744 (a) for a sale:
745 (i) the ownership of the seller and the ownership of the purchaser are identical; and
746 (ii) the seller or the purchaser paid a tax under this chapter on the purchase of that
747 tangible personal property prior to making the sale; or
748 (b) for a lease:
749 (i) the ownership of the lessor and the ownership of the lessee are identical; and
750 (ii) the lessor or the lessee paid a tax under this chapter on the purchase of that tangible
751 personal property prior to making the lease;
752 (76) (a) purchases of machinery or equipment if:
753 (i) the purchaser is an establishment described in NAICS Subsector 713, Amusement,
754 Gambling, and Recreation Industries, of the 2012 North American Industry Classification
755 System of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget;
756 (ii) the machinery or equipment:
757 (A) has an economic life of three or more years; and
758 (B) is used by one or more persons who pay admission or user fees described in
759 Subsection 59-12-103(1)(f) to the purchaser of the machinery and equipment; and
760 (iii) 51% or more of the purchaser's sales revenue for the previous calendar quarter is:
761 (A) amounts paid or charged as admission or user fees described in Subsection
762 59-12-103(1)(f); and
763 (B) subject to taxation under this chapter; and
764 (b) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
765 commission may make rules for verifying that 51% of a purchaser's sales revenue for the
766 previous calendar quarter is:
767 (i) amounts paid or charged as admission or user fees described in Subsection
768 59-12-103(1)(f); and
769 (ii) subject to taxation under this chapter;
770 (77) purchases of a short-term lodging consumable by a business that provides
771 accommodations and services described in Subsection 59-12-103(1)(i);
772 (78) amounts paid or charged to access a database:
773 (a) if the primary purpose for accessing the database is to view or retrieve information
774 from the database; and
775 (b) not including amounts paid or charged for a:
776 (i) digital audiowork;
777 (ii) digital audio-visual work; or
778 (iii) digital book;
779 (79) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease made by an electronic financial
780 payment service, of:
781 (a) machinery and equipment that:
782 (i) are used in the operation of the electronic financial payment service; and
783 (ii) have an economic life of three or more years; and
784 (b) normal operating repair or replacement parts that:
785 (i) are used in the operation of the electronic financial payment service; and
786 (ii) have an economic life of three or more years;
787 (80) [
788 (81) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of tangible personal property or a
789 product transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred
790 electronically:
791 (a) is stored, used, or consumed in the state; and
792 (b) is temporarily brought into the state from another state:
793 (i) during a disaster period as defined in Section 53-2a-1202;
794 (ii) by an out-of-state business as defined in Section 53-2a-1202;
795 (iii) for a declared state disaster or emergency as defined in Section 53-2a-1202; and
796 (iv) for disaster- or emergency-related work as defined in Section 53-2a-1202;
797 (82) sales of goods and services at a morale, welfare, and recreation facility, as defined
798 in Section 39-9-102, made pursuant to Title 39, Chapter 9, State Morale, Welfare, and
799 Recreation Program;
800 (83) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of molten magnesium;
801 (84) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease made by a qualifying enterprise
802 data center of machinery, equipment, or normal operating repair or replacement parts, if the
803 machinery, equipment, or normal operating repair or replacement parts:
804 (a) are used in the operation of the establishment; and
805 (b) have an economic life of one or more years;
806 (85) sales of cleaning or washing of a vehicle, except for cleaning or washing of a
807 vehicle that includes cleaning or washing of the interior of the vehicle;
808 (86) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal
809 operating repair or replacement parts, catalysts, chemicals, reagents, solutions, or supplies used
810 or consumed:
811 (a) by a refiner who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a refinery as defined
812 in Section 63M-4-701 located in the state;
813 (b) if the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts,
814 catalysts, chemicals, reagents, solutions, or supplies are used or consumed in:
815 (i) the production process to produce gasoline or diesel fuel, or at which blendstock is
816 added to gasoline or diesel fuel;
817 (ii) research and development;
818 (iii) transporting, storing, or managing raw materials, work in process, finished
819 products, and waste materials produced from refining gasoline or diesel fuel, or adding
820 blendstock to gasoline or diesel fuel;
821 (iv) developing or maintaining a road, tunnel, excavation, or similar feature used in
822 refining; or
823 (v) preventing, controlling, or reducing pollutants from refining; and
824 (c) beginning on July 1, 2021, if the person has obtained a form certified by the Office
825 of Energy Development under Subsection 63M-4-702(2);
826 (87) amounts paid to or charged by a proprietor for accommodations and services, as
827 defined in Section 63H-1-205, if the proprietor is subject to the MIDA accommodations tax
828 imposed under Section 63H-1-205; [
829 (88) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal
830 operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for office equipment or office
831 supplies, by an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title
832 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
833 (a) is described in NAICS Code 621511, Medical Laboratories, of the 2017 North
834 American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President,
835 Office of Management and Budget;
836 (b) is located in this state; and
837 (c) uses the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or
838 materials in the operation of the establishment[
839 (89) subject to Subsection 59-12-104.11, amounts paid or charged in connection with
840 the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of facilities owned by an
841 electrical corporation as defined in Section 54-2-1.
842 Section 2. Section 59-12-104.8 is enacted to read:
843 59-12-104.8. Exemption for purchases or lease of machinery, equipment, normal
844 operating repair or replacement parts, and materials by oil and gas extraction
845 establishment.
846 (1) This section applies to amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of
847 machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for
848 office equipment or office supplies, by an establishment, as the commission defines that term
849 in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
850 (a) is described in NAICS Subsector 211, Oil and Gas Extraction, NAICS Code
851 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells, NAICS Code 213112, Support Activities for Oil and Gas
852 Operations, NAICS Code 486110, Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil, or NAICS Code
853 486210, Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas, of the 2017 North American Industry
854 Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management
855 and Budget;
856 (b) is located in the state; and
857 (c) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or
858 replacement parts, or materials in:
859 (i) research and development, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance
860 with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
861 (ii) transporting, storing, or managing tailings, overburden, or similar waste materials
862 produced from mining;
863 (iii) developing or maintaining a road, tunnel, excavation, or similar feature used in
864 mining; or
865 (iv) preventing, controlling, or reducing dust or other pollutants from mining.
866 (2) (a) For a purchase or lease made on or after January 1, 2020, but on or before
867 December 31, 2021, a person may claim the sales and use tax exemption described in this
868 section by filing for a refund from the commission.
869 (b) The amount of the refund described in Subsection (2)(a) is as follows:
870 (i) for a purchase or lease made on or after January 1, 2020, but on or before December
871 31, 2020, 33% of the sales and use tax on the amount paid or charged for the purchase or lease;
872 and
873 (ii) for a purchase or lease made on or after January 1, 2021, but on or before
874 December 31, 2021, 66% of the sales and use tax on the amount paid or charged for the
875 purchase or lease.
876 (c) A person shall file for a refund under this Subsection (2):
877 (i) in an electronic format prescribed by the commission; and
878 (ii) no more frequently than once per month.
879 (3) (a) For a purchase or a lease made on or after January 1, 2022, a person may claim
880 the sales and use tax exemption described in this section at the point of sale.
881 (b) The amount of the exemption described in Subsection (3)(a) is 100% of the sales
882 and use tax on the amount paid or charged for the purchase or lease.
883 Section 3. Section 59-12-104.11 is enacted to read:
884 59-12-104.11. Exemption for purchases by an electric generation and transmission
885 facility or electrical corporation.
886 (1) (a) For a purchase made on or after January 1, 2020, but on or before December 31,
887 2021, a person may claim the sales and use tax exemption described in Subsection
888 59-12-104(2)(b) or (89) by filing for a refund from the commission.
889 (b) The amount of the refund described in Subsection (1)(a) is as follows:
890 (i) for a purchase made on or after January 1, 2020, but on or before December 31,
891 2020, 33% of the sales and use tax on the amount paid or charged for the purchase or lease; and
892 (ii) for a purchase made on or after January 1, 2021, but on or before December 31,
893 2021, 66% of the sales and use tax on the amount paid or charged for the purchase.
894 (c) A person shall file for a refund under this Subsection (1):
895 (i) in an electronic format prescribed by the commission; and
896 (ii) no more frequently than once per month.
897 (2) (a) For a purchase made on or after January 1, 2022, a person may claim the sales
898 and use tax exemption described in Subsection 59-12-104(2)(b) or (89) at the point of sale.
899 (b) The amount of the exemption is 100% of the sales and use tax on the amount paid
900 or charged for the purchase.
901 Section 4. Effective date.
902 This bill takes effect on January 1, 2020.