Show legislature of the state of utah special session 1930 the special session of the lie etab L is industriously at the rn mammoth ammoth task tash of preparing amendments to the utah state stale constitution for tile consideration of the utah voter divergent views and conflicting conflict ln sug gp Kest ions and plans occur la in indrea increasingly singly large numbers as actual work woric of I 1 amendment building proceeds the mining Inte interested reste or of the state fire are concerned over the mull mul multiple pie for mining taxation sen G 11 II htyan from eureka a mining engineer lias has urged that the legislature wait wail and approach the ques tion from an entirely now new angle mr ryan maintains that tile the mine multiple basis is but a guess at tile the best ile he thinks that an equitable and scientific system can be worked out if additional time rime is secured S sen en patterson claims there Is no necessity for any delay lie ile wants the question settled at once and would prefer having tile the multiple three placed in the state constitution this is the figure in the statute at present and means that the valuation of a mine tor for taNa taxation tiou purposes is equal to three times the net proceeds for preceding year the senate in discussing S J rt no ahas 2 has struck out the portion which would put the money from the income taxes into the district school fand I 1 the senate has added pumping and power equipment used in irrigating to the list ot of tax exemptions the senate has also broadened the be scope ope of exemptions to include certain owned by widows of disabled veteran soldiers it la is evident that the senate will make further efforts to specify just where chere the income tax money will tie be p placed laced senator has a plan which would create a new fund to receive this money and have the same expended as the leiis legislature lature would direct the senate has passed S J it no 3 which creates the centralized tax body the senate has bas considered a number of plans g to amend 15 J R no 2 which provides tor for the classification of property certain exemptions anti and disposition of oc moneys raised from income taxes the house of representatives discarded 11 II J T R no 3 which was the mate to S J R no 3 and tool took up the senate resolution wl when lea it was passed by the senate any change in the present use of gasoline taxes was opposed by chairman blood ot of the state road commission at a committee healing on revenue and taxation mr bl blood stated that the needs of highway construction wore ivere close upon the trail of incoming taxes placed at the disposal of the r road oad department blood informed the committee that hat the state slate would receive additional federal aid funds for the next three years and that the state puts put up to receive the ile he thought that it if the state increased the gasoline tax and distributes the receipts in other ways than at present it will mean eventual need for road bond issues mr air blood also stated that extensive improvements in utah highways was bringing in being a situation under which tile the present revenue would be required for upkeep alone provision for the collecting of income tax from from individuals and business concerns conc eins is made in proposed amendment of section 3 article XIII of the constitution which is now ilow under consideration at the session among its other taxation shifting problems the means of offsetting the taxes of those subject to income tax when it is effects effect iNe e is taking a deal of the legislators attention some plan tor for equitable off offsetting Letting of 0 these taxes Is vitally necessary according to the views of souie some of the legislators the senate and house seem to have definitely abandoned lite alie proposed revision of article 13 of the constitution as proposed by the legislative committee that revision would have opened up tile the subject of rate limitations educational equalization and creating or of nu all endowment fund for schools which are arc not now opened in the two basic amendments of the revision committee wliilam lycille fixing of the mine mille multiple was not es expressly pressly placed before the session by the two amendments the subject Is on the floor anyway the time of the special session Is over half consumed and the time remaining inal ning the program to be disposed of Is the constitutional amendments for the tax commission and for classification fi a bill to continue the work of the tha tax revision commission and its advisory committee the amendments to the building code and provision for completing comple tint the work on the state site capitol grounds tile the honk of tile the automobile was heard in the legislature when a dole ration of automobile dealers called to discuss a to segregate the tax on cars so as to aid in the handling of tile auto business an appeal to congress Congre sg for amendment of section U S bt atutes so as to authorize the state to impose a just and equitable tax on national banks was made in the form of a memorial Ilie morial introduced Introduce a by thomas II if burton of nepha the memorial was prepared by dr harvey L lutz tux tax expert and member of the utah board of equalization the auto question was waa not acted upon and cars will probably not be separated from other property in the final outcome |