Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 430 Second Substitute (2024GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Pierucci, C.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/21/2024

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires a large public transit district allocate certain local option sales and use taxes for transportation to be used within the city or town where the revenue was generated; and
• requires a large public transit district to provide a report to each city and town with an accounting of how certain local option sales and use tax revenue is spent.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Candice B. Pierucci
Senate Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires a large public transit district allocate certain local option sales and use
taxes for transportation to be used within the city or town where the revenue was
generated.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ requires a large public transit district allocate certain local option sales and use taxes
for transportation to be used within the city or town where the revenue was
generated; and
▸ requires a large public transit district to provide a report to each city and town with
an accounting of how certain local option sales and use tax revenue is spent.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
59-12-2212.2
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 479
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
59-12-2212.2
 is amended to read:
59-12-2212.2.
Allowable uses of local option sales and use tax revenue.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a county, city, or town that imposes a
local option sales and use tax under this part may expend the revenue generated from the local
option sales and use tax for the following purposes:
(a) the development, construction, maintenance, or operation of:
(i) a class A road;
(ii) a class B road;
(iii) a class C road;
(iv) a class D road;
(v) traffic and pedestrian safety infrastructure, including:
(A) a sidewalk;
(B) curb and gutter;
(C) a safety feature;
(D) a traffic sign;
(E) a traffic signal; or
(F) street lighting;
(vi) streets, alleys, roads, highways, and thoroughfares of any kind, including
connected structures;
(vii) an airport facility;
(viii) an active transportation facility that is for nonmotorized vehicles and multimodal
transportation and connects an origin with a destination; or
(ix) an intelligent transportation system;
(b) a system for public transit;
(c) all other modes and forms of conveyance used by the public;
(d) debt service or bond issuance costs related to a project or facility described in
Subsections (1)(a) through (c); or
(e) corridor preservation related to a project or facility described in Subsections (1)(a)
through (c).
(2) Any revenue subject to rights or obligations under a contract between a county,
city, or town and a public transit district entered into before January 1, 2019, remains subject to
existing contractual rights and obligations.
(3) (a) For any revenue collected under this part that is distributed to a large public
transit district in accordance with Section 
59-12-2206
, a large public transit district shall ensure
that the revenue is used to provide services within a city or town in the same proportion as the
revenue from the sales and use tax revenue is generated within that city or town.
(b) A large public transit district shall provide an annual report to each city and town
within the boundary of the large public transit district, which report shall provide an accounting
of:
(i) the amount of revenue from local option sales and use taxes under this part that was
collected within each respective county, city, or town and allocated to the large public transit
district as provided in this part;
(ii) how much revenue described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) was allocated to provide
public transit services within each city and town; and
(iii) how the revenue described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii) was spent to provide public
transit services within each respective city and town.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.