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Section 304 - Municipality and military installation development authority may levy tax -- Rate -- Imposition or repeal of tax -- Tax rate change -- Effective date -- Notice requirements -- Exemptions.

UT Code § 10-1-304 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (4) and (5), a municipality may levy a municipal energy sales and use tax on the sale or use of taxable energy within the municipality: (i) by ordinance as provided in Section 10-1-305; and (ii) of up to 6% of the delivered value of the taxable energy. (b) Subject to Section 63H-1-203, the military installation development authority created in Section 63H-1-201 may levy a municipal energy sales and use tax under this part within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act, as though the authority were a municipality.

(a) Except as provided in Subsections (4) and (5), a municipality may levy a municipal energy sales and use tax on the sale or use of taxable energy within the municipality: (i) by ordinance as provided in Section 10-1-305; and (ii) of up to 6% of the delivered value of the taxable energy.

(i) by ordinance as provided in Section 10-1-305; and

(ii) of up to 6% of the delivered value of the taxable energy.

(b) Subject to Section 63H-1-203, the military installation development authority created in Section 63H-1-201 may levy a municipal energy sales and use tax under this part within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act, as though the authority were a municipality.

(2) A municipal energy sales and use tax imposed under this part may be in addition to any sales and use tax imposed by the municipality under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act.

(3) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (3): (i) "Annexation" means an annexation to a municipality under Chapter 2, Part 4, Annexation. (ii) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a municipality. (b) (i) If, on or after May 1, 2000, a city or town enacts or repeals a tax or changes the rate of a tax under this part, the enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect: (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(b)(ii) from the municipality. (ii) The notice described in Subsection (3)(b)(i)(B) shall state: (A) that the city or town will enact or repeal a tax or change the rate of a tax under this part; (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A); (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A); and (D) if the city or town enacts the tax or changes the rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A), the new rate of the tax. (c) (i) If, for an annexation that occurs on or after May 1, 2000, the annexation will result in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for an annexing area, the change shall take effect: (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(c)(ii) from the municipality that annexes the annexing area. (ii) The notice described in Subsection (3)(c)(i)(B) shall state: (A) that the annexation described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) will result in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for the annexing area; (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A); (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A); and (D) the new rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A).

(a) For purposes of this Subsection (3): (i) "Annexation" means an annexation to a municipality under Chapter 2, Part 4, Annexation. (ii) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a municipality.

(i) "Annexation" means an annexation to a municipality under Chapter 2, Part 4, Annexation.

(ii) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a municipality.

(b) (i) If, on or after May 1, 2000, a city or town enacts or repeals a tax or changes the rate of a tax under this part, the enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect: (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(b)(ii) from the municipality. (ii) The notice described in Subsection (3)(b)(i)(B) shall state: (A) that the city or town will enact or repeal a tax or change the rate of a tax under this part; (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A); (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A); and (D) if the city or town enacts the tax or changes the rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A), the new rate of the tax.

(i) If, on or after May 1, 2000, a city or town enacts or repeals a tax or changes the rate of a tax under this part, the enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect: (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(b)(ii) from the municipality.

(A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and

(B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(b)(ii) from the municipality.

(ii) The notice described in Subsection (3)(b)(i)(B) shall state: (A) that the city or town will enact or repeal a tax or change the rate of a tax under this part; (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A); (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A); and (D) if the city or town enacts the tax or changes the rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A), the new rate of the tax.

(A) that the city or town will enact or repeal a tax or change the rate of a tax under this part;

(B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A);

(C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A); and

(D) if the city or town enacts the tax or changes the rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A), the new rate of the tax.

(c) (i) If, for an annexation that occurs on or after May 1, 2000, the annexation will result in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for an annexing area, the change shall take effect: (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(c)(ii) from the municipality that annexes the annexing area. (ii) The notice described in Subsection (3)(c)(i)(B) shall state: (A) that the annexation described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) will result in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for the annexing area; (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A); (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A); and (D) the new rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A).

(i) If, for an annexation that occurs on or after May 1, 2000, the annexation will result in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for an annexing area, the change shall take effect: (A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and (B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(c)(ii) from the municipality that annexes the annexing area.

(A) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and

(B) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(c)(ii) from the municipality that annexes the annexing area.

(ii) The notice described in Subsection (3)(c)(i)(B) shall state: (A) that the annexation described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) will result in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for the annexing area; (B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A); (C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A); and (D) the new rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A).

(A) that the annexation described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) will result in a change in the rate of a tax under this part for the annexing area;

(B) the statutory authority for the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A);

(C) the effective date of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A); and

(D) the new rate of the tax described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A).

(4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), a sale or use of electricity within a municipality is exempt from the tax authorized by this section if the sale or use is made under a tariff adopted by the Public Service Commission of Utah only for purchase of electricity produced from a new source of alternative energy, as defined in Section 59-12-102, as designated in the tariff by the Public Service Commission of Utah. (b) The exemption under Subsection (4)(a) applies to the portion of the tariff rate a customer pays under the tariff described in Subsection (4)(a) that exceeds the tariff rate under the tariff described in Subsection (4)(a) that the customer would have paid absent the tariff.

(a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), a sale or use of electricity within a municipality is exempt from the tax authorized by this section if the sale or use is made under a tariff adopted by the Public Service Commission of Utah only for purchase of electricity produced from a new source of alternative energy, as defined in Section 59-12-102, as designated in the tariff by the Public Service Commission of Utah.

(b) The exemption under Subsection (4)(a) applies to the portion of the tariff rate a customer pays under the tariff described in Subsection (4)(a) that exceeds the tariff rate under the tariff described in Subsection (4)(a) that the customer would have paid absent the tariff.

(5) (a) A municipality may not levy a municipal energy sales and use tax within any portion of the municipality that is within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the military installation development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act. (b) Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to the military installation development authority's levy of a municipal energy sales and use tax.

(a) A municipality may not levy a municipal energy sales and use tax within any portion of the municipality that is within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the military installation development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act.

(b) Subsection (5)(a) does not apply to the military installation development authority's levy of a municipal energy sales and use tax.

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