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2006
Overall
Summary:
At
• The Utah Legislature agreed to reduce
the tax on food by 2% starting
• Governor Huntsman had requested the
legislature to change the current personal income tax rate of 7% to a flat tax
of 5% or less. The House did not reach agreement on this issue. The Legislature
adjourned without passing a personal income tax reform bill. As a consequence
Governor Huntsman will request a special session of the Legislature to address
this issue.
• The USTAR proposal, which would
establish advanced high technology research centers at
• The Legislature and Governor agreed
to support business tax reform proposals in the amount of $20 million. The
three bills supported by the Business Coalition that were passed included:
• SB29 - Telecommunications Sales Tax
Exemption
• SB31 - Manufacturing Repair and
Replacement Sales Tax Exemption
• SB34 - Repeal of “Second” Gross
Receipts Tax for
• The business tax reform proposal most
important to our industry, SB-33, which would have removed the sales tax on
mining equipment purchases was under consideration by the Legislature until
Governor Huntsman indicated that he was not in favor of funding this
legislation this year. As a consequence, we will need to work with the
Governor’s office and Legislative members throughout this year and reintroduce
the proposal for passage in the next legislative session. Also, HB53 which
would have established a single sales factor for calculating business income
was also deferred.
• The Utah Legislature agreed to
provide an additional $100 million to fund transportation needs.
• Four other bills of interest to our
industry were passed in an amended form which was acceptable:
• HB228 - Groundwater Management Plans
• SB92 - Certification of Crane
Operators
• SB241 - Natural Resource Development
• HB100 - Environmental Litigation Bond
• SB24, Weapons Amendments, which
addressed the rights of individuals to carry loaded weapons in their vehicles
was not passed by the Utah Legislature
• In general, this session of the Utah
Legislature was mainly focused on the Governor’s two priorities: Elimination of
the tax on food and personal tax reform. The business community was able to
carve out some important tax reform proposals but did not in the end get what
many thought would be achievable in light of the record billion dollar surplus
that the legislature had before it.
In total, the Utah Legislature passed 395 bills, and the
Governor has until March 21 to decide which bills he will veto. Near the end of
the session, Governor Huntsman vetoed SB70, that would
allow the Utah Legislature to override the Governor’s decision on radioactive
waste issues in
You can follow and monitor any bill you have a personal interest in by
accessing the UMA Website at www.utahmining.or/legislative_tracking.html
If you have need for any
additional information on a particular bill, please give David Litvin a call at 801-364-1874 or email mining@xmission.com
To
view the contents of a bill, click on the bill number.
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SENATE BILLS
Go to
House Bills S=Support; O=Oppose; HP=High Profile; LP=Low Profile
|
Number |
Sponsor |
Short Title |
UMA Position |
Status |
|
Killpack |
Commercial Driver License
Amendments |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Hillyard |
Civil Antitrust |
Monitor |
|
|
|
Waddoups |
Amendments to Indoor Clean
Air Act |
Amend |
|
|
|
Hickman |
Employment Security
Amendments |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Madsen |
Weapons Amendments |
HP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Hatch |
|
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Hillyard |
Sales and Use Tax-Exemption
for Isolated or Occasional Sales |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Bramble |
Sales and Use Tax
Exemption-Telecommunications |
HP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Bramble |
Sales and Use Tax Exemption
for Semiconductor Fabricating, Processing, Research, or Development Materials |
HP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Stephenson |
Sales and Use
Tax-Manufacturing Exemptions Amendments |
HP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Stephenson |
Sales and Use Tax
Exemptions for Certain Business Inputs |
HP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Dmitrich |
Gross Receipts Tax
Amendments, Repeal and Public Utility Tariffs |
HP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
|
Local Option Sales and Use
Tax Distribution Amendments |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Dmitrich |
School Districts-Limited
Amendments to Truth in Taxation |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Hillyard |
General Fund Surplus
Appropriation for Water Development Projects |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Dmitrich |
Mine Safety and Certificate
Amendments |
LP-S |
Governor-Signed |
|
|
McCoy |
Amend. Prohibiting Health
Insurance Discrimination |
HP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Mayne |
Minimum Wage Amendments |
HP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Dmitrich |
Oil and Gas Conservation
Account Amendments |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Dmitrich |
|
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Arent |
Price Controls During
Emergencies Amendments |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Stephenson |
Process for Approval of
Waste Disposal Amendments |
Monitor |
Governor - Vetoed |
|
|
Mansell |
USTAR Initiative |
HP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Madsen |
Classification and
Inspection of Records Under Grama |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Killpack |
Public-private Partnerships
for Tollway Facilities |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Bell |
Sales and Use Tax – Single
Rate Per County |
LP-O |
LRGC |
|
|
Stephenson |
Sales and Use Tax –
Attachment of Tangible Personal Property to Real Property |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Davis |
Licensure of Crane Operators |
HP-O |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Mayne |
Boiler and Elevator Safety
Provisions |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Bell |
Gifts to Public Officials |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Hillyard |
Uniform Commercial Code -
Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading, and Other Documents of Title |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Hatch |
Water Conservancy District
Amendments |
LP-S |
Passed-Enrolling |
|
|
Hatch |
Centers of Excellence
Amendments |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Stephenson |
Eminent Domain Amendments |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Bramble |
Tax on Insurance Premiums |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Stephenson |
Reportable Transactions Act
|
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Waddoups |
Unlawful Outdoor
Advertising Amendments |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Bell |
Property Tax - Notice and
Hearing Amendments |
HP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Hillyard |
Uniform Environment
Covenants Act |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Stephenson |
Impact of Administrative
Rules on Small Business |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Hillyard |
Moratorium on Issuing Sales Tax Revenue
Bonds by Local Governments |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Mayne |
Exemptions to Residential
Property Tax |
LP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Bramble |
Revisions to Redevelopment
Agency Provisions |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Bramble |
Property Tax-Intangible
Property |
HP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Hillyard |
Use of Oil and Gas Tax
Revenues |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Madsen |
High School Graduation
Amendments |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Hatch |
Real Property – Partial
Release or Partial Reconveyance |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
McCoy |
Reporting of Tax
Expenditures |
LP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Eastman |
Waste Fee Amendments |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Jenkins |
Property Law Amendments |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
McCoy |
Electronic Waste Task Force
and Moratorium on Electronic Waste Disposal |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Hillyard |
Resolution Enlarging
Revenues and Assets |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Stephenson |
Levies for the Assessment
and Collection of Property Taxes |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Hellewell |
Outdoor Advertising –
Height Adjustment of Signs |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Dmitrich |
Natural Resources
Development |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Bramble |
Tax Revisions |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Knudson |
Business Resource Centers |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Hatch |
Individual Income Tax
Revisions |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Hillyard |
Resolution Enlarging
Revenues and Assets |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Mayne |
Resolution Submitting
Minimum Wage Question to the Voters |
LP-O |
Defeated |
H
= House; S = Senate; BUS = Business, Labor and Economic
Development; ED = Education; ENRA = Energy, Natural
Resources and Agriculture; GOP = Government
Operations; Health/Enviro. = Health and
Environment; HHS = Health and Human Services; HS = Human
Services; JLC = Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal
Justice; NRAE = Natural Resources, Agriculture and
Environment; PS = Political Subdivisions; PUT = Public
Utilities and Technology; Quasi-Gov. = Quasi-Governmental
Entities; REV = Revenue and Taxation; St/Local = State and
Local Affairs; Trans. = Transportation; TR = Transportation and
Public Safety; WED = Workforce Services & Economic Development
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HOUSE
BILLS
Go to Senate Bills S=Support; O=Oppose;
HP=High Profile; LP=Low Profile
|
Number |
Sponsor |
Short Title |
UMA Position |
Status |
|
Ure |
Utility Improvement
Districts Revisions |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Murray |
Workers' Compensation
Coverage of Firefighters and Drug Task Force Officers |
HP-O |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Cox |
Unemployment
Compensation-Social Security Offset |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Christensen |
Township Amendments |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Ferry |
Water Reuse Requirements |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Allen |
Renewable Energy Tax Credit |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Adams |
Bear River Development Act |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Barrus |
Energy Policy Amendments |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Ure |
Sales Tax Diversion for
Water Projects and Water Financing |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Ure |
Water Company Amendments |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Litvack |
Utah Technology Industry
Council Revisions |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Harper |
Sales and Use Taxation of
Amusement Devices and Cleaning or Washing of Tangible Personal Property |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Harper |
Sales and Use Tax Exemption
for Transportation |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Harper |
Apportionment of Business
Income to Utah |
HP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Lawrence |
Consumer Protection Agency |
LP-O |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Snow |
Workers' Compensation for
the State |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Hunsaker |
Unclaimed Property Act
Revisions |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Clark |
Investment of Land Grant
Trust Funds |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Last |
Prescription Drug
Purchasing Pools |
LP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Shurtliff |
Income Tax-Education
Funding |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Jones |
Ban on Gifts to Elected
Officials |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Tilton |
Environmental Litigation
Bond |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Alexander |
Lobbyist Gift Limits and
Disclosure |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Newbold |
Sales and Use Tax - Food
and Food Ingredients and Tax Rates |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Lockhart |
Transportation Investment
Act |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Mascaro |
Utah Small Business Health
Plan |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Menlove |
Mercury Switch Removal Act |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Alexander |
Amendments to Commercial
Driver License Provisions |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Morley |
Workers'
Compensation Revisions |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Ferry |
Eminent Domain Limitation
on Political Subdivisions |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Clark |
Right to Work Laws |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Donnelson |
General Government
Revisions |
HP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Urquhart |
Education reform |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Adams |
Parent Choice in Education
Act |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Noel |
Amendments to Government Law |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Gowans |
Costs of Intervention in
Public Service Commission Proceedings |
LP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Ure |
Groundwater Management Plan |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Daw |
High School Curriculum |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Menlove |
Industrial Protection Act |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Menlove |
Public Education Job
Enhancement Program Amendments |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Hughes |
Requirement of Property Tax
Increase Advertisement |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Tilton |
Division of Air Quality -
Bond for Stay of an Order |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Newbold |
Property Tax Revisions |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Noel |
Acceptance of R.s. 2477 Rights-of-way Amendments |
Monitor |
Governor-Signed |
|
|
Ure |
Petroleum Storage Tank
Trust Fund Amendments |
LP-S |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Ure |
Eminent Domain Requirements |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Biskupski |
Earned Income Tax Credit |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Ure |
Patient Access to Health
Care |
LP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Gibson |
Transportation-Oversized
and Overweight Permit |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Hutchings |
Consumer Access to Health
Care Provider Charges |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Jones |
Individual Income Tax
Amendments |
LP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Hughes |
Municipal Energy Sales and
Use Tax Amendments |
LP-S |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Hansen |
Minimum Wage Revisions |
LP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Ferrin |
Individual Income Tax Rate
Reduction |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Wiley |
Gift Certificates -
Limiting Expiration Date |
HP-O |
Defeated |
|
|
Wheeler |
Antitrust Exemption |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Tilton |
Radiation Control Act -
Bond Requirements |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Dougall |
Property Tax Exemption for
Business Personal Property |
Monitor |
Governor - Signed |
|
|
Dee |
Education Funding
Amendments |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Wheatley |
Property Tax Exemption for
Veterans |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Ferrin |
General Obligation Bond
Authorization for Highways |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Noel |
Use of Biodiesel
as Alternative Fuel Source |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Dougall |
Personal Property Tax
Amendments |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Wyatt |
Comparative Negligence
Amendments |
LP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Gowans |
Irrigation Company
Revisions |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Adams |
Workers’ Compensation
Amendments |
HP-S |
Defeated |
|
|
Dougall |
Res. Regarding Property Tax
on Personal Property |
Monitor |
Passed - Enrolling |
|
|
Wheatley |
Resolution Providing
Property Tax Exemption for Veterans |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Hogue |
Resolution Limiting
Property Tax on Primary Residence |
Monitor |
Defeated |
|
|
Dougall |
Resolution Restricting Use
of Eminent Domain |
HP-O |
Defeated |
H = House; S =
Senate; BUS = Business, Labor and Economic
Development; ED = Education; ENRA = Energy, Natural
Resources and Agriculture; GOP = Government
Operations; Health/Enviro. = Health and
Environment; HHS = Health and Human Services; HS = Human
Services; JLC = Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal
Justice; NRAE = Natural Resources, Agriculture and
Environment; PS = Political Subdivisions; PUT = Public
Utilities and Technology; Quasi-Gov. = Quasi-Governmental
Entities; REV = Revenue and Taxation; St/Local = State and
Local Affairs; Trans. = Transportation; TR = Transportation and
Public Safety; WED = Workforce Services & Economic Development
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