1. (1)

   1. (a) Subject to Subsections (2) through (6), the governing body of a municipality in which the transient room capacity as defined in Section 59-12-405 is greater than or equal to 66% of the municipality's permanent population may, in addition to the sales tax authorized under Section 59-12-401, impose an additional resort communities sales tax in an amount that is less than or equal to .5% on the transactions described in Subsection 59-12-103(1) located within the municipality.

   2. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the governing body of a municipality may not impose a tax under this section on:

      1. (i)

         1. (A) the sale of a motor vehicle, an aircraft, a watercraft, a modular home, a manufactured home, or a mobile home;
         2. (B) 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
         3. (C) except as provided in Subsection (1)(d), amounts paid or charged for food and food ingredients;
      2. (ii) transactions that occur in the district sales tax area, as defined in Subsection 59-12-401(4), if the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, created in Section 11-70-201, has imposed a tax under Subsection (8);
      3. (iii) transactions that occur 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, if the military installation development authority has imposed a tax under Subsection (7);
      4. (iv) transactions that occur within the sales and use tax boundary of a major sporting event venue zone under Title 63N, Chapter 3, Part 17, Major Sporting Event Venue Zone Act, if the creating entity of the major sporting event venue zone has imposed a tax under Subsection (9).
   3. (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.
   4. (d) A municipality 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. (2)

   1. (a) An amount equal to the total of any costs incurred by the state in connection with the implementation of Subsection (1) which exceed, in any year, the revenues received by the state from its collection fees received in connection with the implementation of Subsection (1) shall be paid over to the state General Fund by the cities and towns which impose the tax provided for in Subsection (1).
   2. (b) Amounts paid under Subsection (2)(a) shall be allocated proportionally among those cities and towns according to the amount of revenue the respective cities and towns generate in that year through imposition of that tax.

3. (3) To impose an additional resort communities sales tax under this section, the governing body of the municipality shall:

   1. (a) pass a resolution approving the tax; and
   2. (b) except as provided in Subsection (6), obtain voter approval for the tax as provided in Subsection (4).

4. (4) To obtain voter approval for an additional resort communities sales tax under Subsection (3)(b), a municipality shall:

   1. (a) hold the additional resort communities sales tax election during:

      1. (i) a regular general election; or
      2. (ii) a municipal general election; and
   2. (b) post notice of the election for the municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 15 days before the day on which the election is held.
5. (5) An ordinance approving an additional resort communities sales tax under this section shall provide an effective date for the tax as provided in Section 59-12-403.

6. (6)

   1. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), a municipality is not subject to the voter approval requirements of Subsection (3)(b) if, on or before January 1, 1996, the municipality imposed a license fee or tax on businesses based on gross receipts pursuant to Section 10-1-203.
   2. (b) The exception from the voter approval requirements in Subsection (6)(a) does not apply to a municipality that, on or before January 1, 1996, imposed a license fee or tax on only one class of businesses based on gross receipts pursuant to Section 10-1-203.
7. (7) Subject to Subsection 63H-1-203(1), a military installation development authority authorized to impose a resort communities tax under Section 59-12-401 may impose an additional resort communities sales tax under this section as if the military installation development authority were a municipality.
8. (8) On or after October 1, 2024, the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, created in Section 11-70-201, may impose an additional resort communities tax under this section on transactions that occur within the district sales tax area, as defined in Subsection 59-12-401(4), as if the district were a municipality.
9. (9) Beginning October 1, 2025, the creating entity of a major sporting event venue zone, established under Title 63N, Chapter 3, Part 17, Major Sporting Event Venue Zone Act, may by ordinance impose a tax under this section on transactions that occur within the sales and use tax boundary of a major sporting event venue zone as those terms are defined in Section 63N-3-1701 to the same extent and in the same manner as a municipality may impose a tax under this section.

10. (10) For purposes of this section, population shall be based on, to the extent not otherwise required by federal law:

    1. (a) the most recent estimate from the Utah Population Committee created in Section 63C-20-103; or
    2. (b) if the Utah Population Committee estimate is not available for each municipality and unincorporated area, the adjusted sub-county population estimate provided by the Utah Population Committee in accordance with Section 63C-20-104.

Amended by Chapter 490, 2025 General Session