Show Legislature of the State of Utah Sp Special daI Session 1930 State Slate The Capitol Capitol Tho Special Session e lon lonc ct c r the Utah r is 11 to be nil al on ou l Feb I-eb eb th and a n great ent deal of t IX is measure rc k wo-k wo h Is necessary rv ot of completion before adjournment time The c senate nate has been rapid In its pros pros-es proF s e s ln hl having passed S J R It I 1 cie- cie cic rUI the tI tax commission S J R Jl 2 providing classification of property n a nhill abill hill bill appropriating O for the lie cap capItol capitol idol Itol grounds ground another providing prodding 50 O c Ga 11 tax tar money to bo lie ue used need to pave p the roads fossils around the thc capitol tl tI e bank resolutIon is on third reed reading in lug the pie Ryan plan to drop the mul plc system of mine taxation has hns been defected tile the senate sedate is ie considering the McCarthy proposal to let the tax handle mines as the tile nUll nUll- utilities utilities tie ties handles q utilities Should the house committee ping tarry In th the hou house noire e the senate te and house e will differ on some gomo points The principal difference being in tho the mat matter matter mattor ter of or mine tn taxation U Hon After much discussion the senate finally wrote n a provision Into S J It IL RNo No 2 that the mine multiple of or three could not be bo changed ed for six Ix years Members of or the house honse have haTe declared 1 that the mine problem will be kept out of tho the house honse bill hill and If Jt It gets sets be- be before before foro bc-foro fore the people at all It will bo be as ns n a separate amendment and must stand or drop on its merits 4 Rep TIep Critchlow Introduced a tI nl al to tack mine mme taxation onto II T R n RNo RNo No 1 the measure as ns n rider but lost It Is likely that the subject will be bro 1 brought ht up n again As Asa Asa a 4 last resort the multiple adherents may endeavor to pet get et the six year delay dehy clause written In the house bouce hiliA billA bill hili billA A stron strong onslaught on the offset provision Is to be tIe looked for In the house houie The Tho senate cenate has hns declared that the legislature must provide n a nor lor or deductions This means that a part of the property tax will be applied 1 on tIle the Income tax In cases v where bere the taxpayer hn has to pay both The amount of offset is left up to the legislature The tax lax commission and nail Its expert Dr Lutz has asserted that offsets wIll kill Jill the income tax plan in actual opera operation The sponsors of or the offset plan de- de de declare dire clare it will prevent double taxation The senate Is Js sure sura It wants offsets nil Ind the house has not yet acted upon the question The rIlle he senate cenate has evaded the matter of limits on income taxes Tho Thu house houe committee wants the limit on person nl al Income ta taxes cs placed at nt G j per cent and the tho business e excise at 4 per cent This Is a n question on which an agreement between bet een the house and sea sen senate senate ate will nU have hae to be reached The senate killed the two t thuds plan winch which would have meant that a two thirds vote ote of tile the legislature would ouM ho bo needed to change tax tat rites rates tes The house an and senate will have bave to agree on the wording of or the amend amend- amendments amendments ments to the tho state constitution On one amendment that proposing to create a tax tat commission with strong powers of control l over otter 0 er local budgets and tie tat lei levies les ies the two houses are arc largely in agreement nn and little difficulty Is foreseen in working out the small difference that does docs exist Thi 1111 This amendment a as e proposed in S SJ SJ SJ J R It 3 ha has been heen passed by the senate and with only on one ona small amendment to clarify clanCy It the house has practically its consideration of or this plan and Is ready to vote ote on the pro proposal proposal Agreement Is yet to be he reached on the classification of or property amen amend meat The le legislature aso has before it the following questions Amendment of the state building program to allow the use uce of or inmate labor on building projects at state In institutions institutions To provide an additional for a building at the mental hospital T To authorize a n separate separate- building nt at the true mental In instead of or an addition to the main building To authorize a gymnasium at ut the school instead of an nd ad additional building and hospital The memorial urging Congress to amend tao tuc federal band bani tax net act The memorial urging Con Congress els to provide fe federal eral aid nid for tor old age e pen pensions lions The proposals for classification or of property and mal creation of the state tax ta tl t commission are tho the only two t funda fundamental fundamental mental changes in the tho o-ganic o o law re- re recommended re- re recommended commended by the tax commission and andt t their pas passage v-as v as the purpose for ca cal callin tin the he special session The Tho near noar future with will have to the passage of or these measures and Jt if the senate refuses to accept the amend meats mud made mudo in the house bouse on the prop property property erty classification the working ot or t ot of ota ofa ola a basis of or agreement will have e to ve be b arranged Interest is centered on onIT onIT oin IT J Iio R It o No 7 by Rep Hep Chas ned of 01 ofSan San Juan county which proposes to amend the constitution to read All mines or mining both placer and rook rock shall be ho access accessed ed cd at full value lue by commission as provided pro by hy law All All other mines minca or mining cIa claims un an and other s valuable mineral cp Including lands containing coal cOll or hydrocarbons shall be asse assessed sul at theIr full value All machinery up used us dIn In mining and W all nIl property or surface improvements upon or appurtenant to tomines tomines mines or mining claims and the value alue or of any surface use u c c made of oC mining claims or mining property for tor other than mining Ing purposes shall be he assess cd nt at full tull value The state tax sour com coin lon stall ns assess ull all property here here- bercIn herein herein in ent enumerated aerated J |