Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 54 (2016GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Edwards, R.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2016

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• allows for the state to pay certain outstanding financial commitments;
• enacts provisions for the state to pay a partial rebate to a business entity for a portion of new state revenue generated by a business entity's new commercial project for an agreement initially entered into before May 5, 2008;
• creates the Economic Incentive Restricted Account as a restricted account in the General Fund; and
• provides procedures for the applications and payment of a partial rebate.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Rebecca P. Edwards
Senate Sponsor: 
Lincoln Fillmore
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies economic development incentives administered by the Governor's
Office of Economic Development.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ allows for the state to pay certain outstanding financial commitments;
▸ enacts provisions for the state to pay a partial rebate to a business entity for a
portion of new state revenue generated by a business entity's new commercial
project for an agreement initially entered into before May 5, 2008;
▸ creates the Economic Incentive Restricted Account as a restricted account in the
General Fund; and
▸ provides procedures for the applications and payment of a partial rebate.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
63N-2-109
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63N-2-109
 is enacted to read:
 63N-2-109.
Payment of partial rebates.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Account" means the Economic Incentive Restricted Account created in Subsection
(2).
(b) "Partial rebate" means an agreement between the office and a business entity under
which the state agrees to pay back to the business entity a portion of new state revenue
generated by a business entity's new commercial project.
(2) (a) There is created a restricted account in the General Fund known as the
Economic Incentive Restricted Account.
(b) The account shall consist of money transferred into the account by the Division of
Finance from the General Fund as provided in this section.
(c) The Division of Finance shall make payments from the account as required by this
section.
(3) The Division of Finance shall make partial rebate payments due under an
agreement initially entered into by the office before May 5, 2008, as provided in this section.
(4) (a) Each business entity seeking a partial rebate shall follow the procedures and
requirements of this Subsection (4) to obtain a partial rebate.
(b) Within 90 days of the end of each calendar year, a business entity seeking a partial
rebate shall:
(i) provide the office with documentation of the new state revenue that the business
entity generated during the preceding calendar year;
(ii) provide the office with a document that expressly directs and authorizes the State
Tax Commission to disclose to the office the business entity's returns and other information
that would otherwise be subject to confidentiality under Section 
59-1-403
 or Section 6103,
Internal Revenue Code; and
(iii) ensure that the documentation includes:
(A) the types of taxes and corresponding amounts of taxes paid directly to the State
Tax Commission; and
(B) the sales taxes paid to Utah vendors and suppliers that were indirectly paid to the
State Tax Commission.
(c) The office shall:
(i) audit or review the documentation for accuracy;
(ii) based on the office's analysis of the documentation, determine the amount of a
partial rebate that the business entity earned under the agreement; and
(iii) submit to the Division of Finance:
(A) a request for payment of a partial rebate to the business entity;
(B) the name and address of the payee; and
(C) any other information requested by the Division of Finance.
(5) Upon receipt of a request for payment of a partial rebate from the office, the
Division of Finance shall:
(a) transfer from the General Fund to the restricted account the amount contained in the
request for payment of a partial rebate after reducing the amount transferred by any
unencumbered balances in the restricted account; and
(b) notwithstanding Subsections 
51-5-3
(23)(b) and 
63J-1-104
(3)(c), after receiving a
request for payment of a partial rebate and making the transfer required by Subsection (5)(a),
pay the partial rebate from the account.