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Show Sales Ju Conrosiiiise? ! CONTINUED FROM FRONT terville, too, is on the border- i HE SAID Bountiful has per-capita income of sales tax distribution of about $2 1 , compared com-pared to the state average per capita of $32. South Salt Lake City has a whopping $271 per capita and Salt Lake City has a per capita sales tax distribution of about $180, the mayor noted. y be a real struggle battling both the legislature and the clock to get it (bill) passed before the legislature ends its regular session. Thus, if the bill is stalemated or fails to pass both houses of the legislature with the signature signa-ture of the governor, it would be two more years before a similar bill could be introduced. intro-duced. "BUT WE HAVE laid our groundwork and the support is picking up momentum," said Mayor Barlow. "If we fail this year, Im relatively certain that with a lot of hard work we can get the bill passed when the legislature meets again in two years." He noted that based on per capita of population, Bountiful is far down the list of revenue received under the present formula. line of which formula would be best for them. IN THE PAST, the bulk of Bountiful's sales tax revenue was derived from auto dealerships, dealer-ships, with a lot of help from downtown merchants, of course. But recently, both have suffered a prolonged "drought" and Bountiful has suffered a lag in sales tax returns, re-turns, the mayor explained. Bountiful's revenue has risen during the past quarter, primarily because of the addition addi-tion of the new Skaggs-Alpha Beta Store, but the mayor still predicts a shortfall this fiscal year "of nearly $150,000." HE SAID he doesn't expect the 50-50 proposal to pass the house without a real struggle. "There are a lot of house representatives from the Salt Lake City area that will fight this thing tooth and nail," he said. "But if it can pass the house, it will have a much easier time passing in the senate." BUT TIME is against the proponents of the 50-50 bill, he explained. "It will go to the house for debate early this week, but it must clear the house and placed on the senate docket by Thursday," he said. "That will leave only Thursday and Friday Fri-day for passage through the senate." MAYOR BARLOW said he did not want to sound pessimistic, pessi-mistic, but realistically it will |
