| Show legislature of ahw the state of utah special session 1930 state capitol tile alio special session of tho the aytah le legislature 1 slature Is to bo be on reb and a great deal of tax measure work ta is necessary of 0 completion before adjournment time tho the senate sena e has been rapid in its pros rop M having passed S J it 3 ere acing the tax commission S J it 2 pro idin classification of property a nil III appropriating for tho the capitol grounds another providing gan agn tax money to tie be used to pave ate th tho roads around the capitol capt tol tile the bank resola resolution tic n la Is on third reading the ryan plan to drop tho the multiple system of mine taxation has haa been defeated the bonate Is considering the mccarthy proposal to lot let tho the tax commission handle mines as the dutill ties e om handles utilities should li tho the house committee plans plan mrry airry in the ha house bouse the benato and house will differ on some points the principal difference being in the matter of mine taxation after much discussion the senate finally wrote a provision into S J it no noa 2 that the mine multiple of three could not be changed tor for six alx years members of the alonse have deoZa declared red that the mine problem will be kept out of the house bill and if it gets before the people nt at all it will he be as a separate amendment nad and must stand or drop on its merits rep critchlow introduced a proposal to tack mina taxation onto 11 J it no 1 the classification ns as a rider but lost it la Is likely that the subject will bo be brought up tip agnan As aa a last resort the multiple adherents may endeavor to get the six year delay clause written la in the house bill A strong onslaught on the abo offset provision la Is tobe to be looked for la in the house bouse the tha senate has declared that the legislature must provide or 01 deductions this means that it a part of the property tax will be ba applied on the income tax in cases where the taxpayer has to pay both the amount of offset la Is loft up to the lie legislature the tax commission and ana its expert dr lutz I aute has bas asserted that offsets will kill the income tax f plan la in actual operation the sponsors of the offset t plan delare declare it will prevent double taxation the senate Is sure it wants offee offsets and the house has not yet acted upon the question the senate has evaded the matter of limits on income taxes the house committee wants the limit on personal income taxes placed at 0 per cent and the business excise at 4 per cent this Is a question on which an agreement between the house bouse and senate will have to beren be reached ched the senate killed hilled the two thirds plan which velch would have meant that a two thirds vote ot of the legislature would be needed to change tax rat rates I 1 S the house and senate will have to agree on the wording of the amendments to the state constitution on one amendment thit that proposing to cron create to 11 teate tax commission with strong powers of control over local budgets and tax tar levies the two houses housea are largely in agreement and little difficulty Is foreseen in working out oot the small difference that does AMI exist this amendment as proposed in S JJ J it 3 has been passed bytho by tho senate and with only one small email amendment to clarity clarify it the house has ban practically completed its consideration of this plan and Is ready to vote on the proposal agreement la is yet to be reached on the classification of property amendment the legislature also anso has before jt t the following questions amendment of the state building program to allow alie ajo use of inmate labor on building projects at state institutions to provide an additional for a building at the mental hospital to authorize a separate building tit at the mental hospital instead of an addition to the main building to authorize a gymnasium gymnast urn at tile the industrial school instead of an additional dit ional building and hospital the memorial urging congress to lo amend the federal bank banic tax act the memorial urging congress to provide federal aid tor for old age pensions the tha proposals for classification of property and creaven creat tn of the tax commission are the only two fundamental changes in the organic law recommended by the tax coan commission alaston and their passage was waa the purpose for culling the special session the near future will have to see sea the passage of abne nea measures and it tho the senate refuses to accept the amend ments made in tho the bouse on the property classification the working out of a basis of 0 agreement will have to be arranged considerable interest Is centered on ta n T R no 7 by rep chaa ahns ot san juan county which proposes to amend the constitution to read all mines or mining earms both placer and rock shall be assessed at full value by commission ns as provided by law all other mines or mining claims and other valuable Talu abla mineral deposits including lands containing coal or hydrocarbons shall be assessed nt at their full value AU all machinery used in mining and nil all property or surp surface improvements upon or appurtenant to mines or mining claims and the value of siny my surface uso use made of mining claims or mining property for other thin than mining purposes shall be assessed at full value tho the state tax corn com mis nil sOvin shall assess all property heroin enumerated |
