Utah Code § 59-12-804

Current with legislation effective through 5/2/2024
Section 59-12-804 - Imposition of rural city hospital tax - Base - Rate - Administration, collection, and enforcement of tax - Administrative charge
(1)
(a) A city legislative body may impose a sales and use tax of up to 1%:
(i) on the transactions described in Subsection 59-12-103(1) located within the city; and
(ii) to fund rural city hospitals in that city.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a)(i), a city legislative body may not impose a tax under this section on:
(i) the sales and uses described in Section 59-12-104 to the extent the sales and uses are exempt from taxation under Section 59-12-104; and
(ii) except as provided in Subsection (1)(d), amounts paid or charged for food and food ingredients.
(c) For purposes of this Subsection (1), the location of a transaction shall be determined in accordance with Sections 59-12-211 through 59-12-215.
(d) A city legislative body imposing a tax under this section shall impose the tax on the purchase price or sales price for amounts paid or charged for food and food ingredients if the food and food ingredients are sold as part of a bundled transaction attributable to food and food ingredients and tangible personal property other than food and food ingredients.
(2)
(a) Before imposing a tax under Subsection (1)(a), a city legislative body shall obtain approval to impose the tax from a majority of the:
(i) members of the city legislative body; and
(ii) city's registered voters voting on the imposition of the tax.
(b) The city legislative body shall conduct the election according to the procedures and requirements of Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.
(3) The money collected from a tax imposed under Subsection (1) may only be used to fund:
(a) ongoing operating expenses of a rural city hospital;
(b) the acquisition of land for a rural city hospital; or
(c) the design, construction, equipping, or furnishing of a rural city hospital.
(4)
(a) A tax under this section shall be:
(i) except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), administered, collected, and enforced in accordance with:
(A) the same procedures used to administer, collect, and enforce the tax under:
(I) Part 1, Tax Collection; or
(II) Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act; and
(B) Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and
(ii) levied for a period of 10 years and may be reauthorized at the end of the ten-year period by the city legislative body as provided in Subsection (1).
(b) A tax under this section is not subject to Subsections 59-12-205(2) through (5).
(5) The commission shall retain and deposit an administrative charge in accordance with Section 59-1-306 from the revenue the commission collects from a tax under this section.

Utah Code § 59-12-804

Amended by Chapter 471, 2023 General Session ,§ 27, eff. 5/3/2023.
Amended by Chapter 312, 2018 General Session ,§ 16, eff. 5/8/2018.
Amended by Chapter 258, 2018 General Session ,§ 8, eff. 5/8/2018.
Amended by Chapter 422, 2017 General Session ,§ 8, eff. 5/9/2017, op. 1/1/2017.
Amended by Chapter 364, 2016 General Session ,§ 8, eff. 5/10/2016.
Amended by Chapter 50, 2014 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/13/2014.
Amended by Chapter 309, 2011 General Session
See Chapter 6, 2018SP2 General Session , § 12, which repealed the changes made to this section by Chapter 472, 2018 General Session ,§ 17.