Utah Code Ann. § 59-12-352 – Transient room tax authority for municipalities, military installation development authority, and Point of the Mountain State Land Authority -- Purposes for which revenues may be used. | Midpage
§ 59-12-352
Utah Code Ann. § 59-12-352
Transient room tax authority for municipalities, military installation development authority, and Point of the Mountain State Land Authority -- Purposes for which revenues may be used.
Effective May 3, 2023
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(1)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the governing body of a municipality may impose a tax of not to exceed 1% on charges for the accommodations and services described in Subsection 59-12-103(1)(i).
(b) Subject to Section 63H-1-203, the military installation development authority created in Section 63H-1-201 may impose a tax under this section for accommodations and services described in Subsection 59-12-103(1)(i) 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) Subject to the limitations of Subsection (1), a governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, increase or decrease the tax under this part.
(3) A governing body of a municipality shall regulate the tax under this part by ordinance.
(4) A municipality may use revenues generated by the tax under this part for general fund purposes.
(i) "Authority" means the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, created in Section 11-59-201.
(ii) "Authority board" means the board referred to in Section 11-59-301.
(b) The authority may, by a resolution adopted by the authority board, impose a tax of not to exceed 5% on charges for the accommodations and services described in Subsection 59-12-103(1)(i) for transactions that occur on point of the mountain state land, as defined in Section 11-59-102.
(c) The authority board, by resolution, shall regulate the tax under this Subsection (6).
(d) The authority shall use all revenue from a tax imposed under this Subsection (6) to provide affordable housing, consistent with the manner that a community reinvestment agency uses funds for affordable housing under Section 17C-1-412.
(e) A tax under this Subsection (6) is in addition to any other tax that may be imposed under this part.