Show legislature of the 1 state of utah special session 1930 state capitol the special session 0 the utah legislature is to be ad conned on feb and n great deal of tax measure work is necessary of before adjournment time the senate has been in ita progress having passed S J R 3 creating the commission S J R 2 providing classification of property a bill appropriating tor the capitol grounds another providing 50 gas tax money to be used t pave the roads around the caprol the bank resolution Is on thard reading the ryan plan to drop the multiple system of mine taxation has been defected the senate Is considering the mccarthy proposal to let the tax handle mines aa the utilities bandies utilities should the faluso committee plans arry in the house the senate and house will differ on some points the principal difference being in the mat ter of mine taxation k after much discussion the senate finally wrote a provision into S J R no 2 that the mine multiple of three could not be changed for six years members of the house have declared that the mine problem will be kept out of the house bill and it it gets before the people at all it will be as a separate amendment and must stand or drop on its merits rep critchlow introduced a proposal to jacb mine taxation onto II 11 J R no 1 the measure as a rider but lost it is likely that the subject will be brought up again As a last resort the multiple adherents anny endeavor to get the six beir delay clause written in the house A strong onslaught on the offset provision ig to be looked for in the house the senate has declared that the legislature must provide offset or deductions this means that a part of the property tax will be applied on the income tax in cases where the taxpayer has to pay both the amount of offset is left up to the legislature the tax commission and its expert dr latz has asserted that will bill the income tax plan in actual operation the sponsors of the offset plan de dare it will prevent doable taxation the senate is sure it wants 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 6 per cent and the business excise at 4 per cent this is a question on which an agreement between the house and son ate will have to be reached the senate killed the two thirds plan which would have meint that a two thirds vote of the legislature would be needed to change tax rates the bouse and senate will have to agree on the wording of the amendments to the state constitution on one amendment that proposing to create a teate tax commission with strong powers of control over local budgets and tax levies the two houses are largely in agreement and little difficulty is foreseen in working out the small difference that does exist this amendment as proposed in S J R 3 has been passed by the senate and with only one small amendment to clarify it the house has practically completed its consideration of this plan and is ready to vote on the proposal agreement is yet to be reached on the classification of property amendment the legislature also has before it the following questions amendment of the state building program to allow the use of inmate labor on building projects at state in to provide an additional for a building at the mental hospital to authorize a separate building at the mental hospital instead of an addition to the main building to authorize a gymnasium at the industrial school instead of an additional dit ional building and hospital the memorial urging congress to amend the federal bank tax act the memorial urging congress to provide federal aid for old age pen alons the proposals for classification of property and creation of the state tax commission are the only two fundamental changes in the organic law recommended by the tax commission and their passage was the purpose for cal ling the special session the noar future will have to see the passage of these measures and if the senate refuses to accept the amendments made in the house on the property classification the working out of a basis of agreement will have to be arranged considerable interest is centered on J R 0 o 7 by rep chas redd ot san juan county which proposes to amend tho constitution to read all mines or mining clams both placer and rock shall ba assessed at full value by commission as provided by law all other atnee or mining claims and other mineral deposits including jaaes containing coal or ayd ahall bo assessed at their full alue all machinery used in mining and all property or surface improvements upon or appurtenant to mines or mining claeps and the bilue of any surface use made of mining claims or mining property for other than mining purposes shall be assessed at full value the state tax corn mison shall assess all property here in tn |