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Show Sun Chronicle Thursday, February 22, 973 added property tax placed on their equipment. The law is infinitely unfair and discriminatory in that it forces some owners of recreation equipment to pay property taxes in order to register their equipment while owners of other types of recreation equipment such as golfers, hunters, skiers are allowed to escape. This even though such privileged owners may have an equal or larger investment in equipment than of those who are forced to pay. It is ironic that such a situation should come to pass through the efforts of the people drafting the original bills. The intent was to create machinery which would give law enforcement a means of identiage"-iesfication and control and a method of raising revenue via registration fees which would be used for the development of facilities. Unfortunately, the machinery to force payment of an unfair property tax was DEAR EDITOR this action are as follows: Dear Editor: the members of the Recreation Vehicle and Boating Advisory Councils, representing a collective broad spectrum of public interests as we do, i.e., land owners, Representathes Ye, above gently of the worked dili,id long with your legislative committees in drafting the 'oating Act of 1959 and the Recreation Vehicle Act of 1971. These acts have become models for other states attesting to the excellence of the work and planning that went into the drafting of this legislation. At no time was it the intent of your committees or the advisors who worked with them to include a mandatory proof of payment of property taxes as a prerequisite to registration. This amendment was hastily added by some members of the Legislature at times when some cities and counties were desperately seeking funds to offset a deficit situation. As a result it is our collective and considered opinion, that a large segment of the people of I'tah have been saddled with an unfair and discriminatory requirement. Traditionally, we are taxed on the basis of facilities, services or benefits received. Under the amended law, recreation vehicle, boat and camper owners receive no additional benefits from the conservationists, wildlife groups, and the owners of boats, snowmobiles, and motor bikes, dune buggies, drives, and vehicles, and the industries serving the aforementioned recreation equipment owners, and actii q in concert with the affiliated Utih Outdoor Recreation groups and the camper and camp trailer owners, in unanimous action, do hereby petition for an amendment to the appropriate sections of the Recreation Vehicle and Boating Acts, the Camper Tax Law, and the Motor Vehicle Code allowing for the registration of recreation vehicles, boats, campers, and camp trailers without a property tax certificate from the county assessor and requiring in its place, an annual recreation facilities development fee to in be used to accelerate the building of campgrounds and recreation vehicle and boating facilities. Some reasons in support of groups of gas and oil, and registration fees. Possibly, the most unfair aspect of the property tax requirement lies in the geographical distribution of recreation equipment owners. While the recreation vehicle, boat and camper owners receive absolutely no return for their property taxes in terms of facilities or services related to their use, the injury is further compounded by the fact that Salt Lake County which contributes the least area of use for this equipment collects approximately 50 of such property taxes in the entire state. In the years since the inception of the Boating Act, for instance, Salt Lake County has collected several times more property taxes than the total amount collected statewide for boat registrations by the Parks and Recreation Division. While the Parks and Recreation Division has done an outstanding job in providing boating facilities throughout the state with its revenue, Salt Lake County has yet to a provide single boating facility. fhe members of the two councils and the groups they represent wish it understood that they in no way seek to avoid paying for services and facilities created for their benefit. They fully support the concept of registration fees where the funds are earmarked for facility development and law enforcement. An additional important factor in considering amending out the property tax receipt provision comes from the tax assessors themselves. Reports have reached us that county tax assessors have found it most difficult to establish the true value of many campers, boats, motorcycles and other recreation equipment since bluebooks or tables establishing values are inadequate or In addition, it is impossible to truly and fairly assess the value of homemade and custom made units. also created. It is further ironic that such unfairness should exist when one considers the relative contributions to state revenues made by the two groups mentioned. While the later group does make some contribution in sales taxes, consider the much larger contribution made by recreation vehicle and boat owners in sales taxes, revenues from the sale Something New j JJwarte- rFounder and The Camp Trailer Section of the Motor Vehicle Registration Act Section lndixiduals representing the interested parties of this and the affected petition groups have arranged for the introduction of the legislation which will bring about this desired end. -- vT-'.vV ; rr.v-J'- l Attached you will find an opinion from the Attorney General specifying the legality of such legislative action. yty : your help, we can have the means to build the recreation facilities which will not only help satisfy our local needs, but will act as an attraction to recreationists through the nation and which will ultimately result in much greater revenue to the state and local governments than could ever be derived from the unfair practice now in force. v, With YWV Vi i V W I i 541 3 S. 1900 W., - R0yin,s jL.Lr 4 -- , ' - V" ; j; - of Zion National Park its from Observation Point and looks horizontal down the canyon of the great scenic wonder in Southern Utah. n The park covers 94,888 acres and is the example of a deep, narrow, best-know- vertically-walle- above. -- - d canyon readily accessible for observation, such as the point Photo from Glen Perrins. 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