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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1971 Commercial Property Pays 55 Of Property Taxes in S.L. County taxes were to Fish and Game Cases Up in 1970 Owners of commercial and industrial property paid $45,199,-60- 9 or 55.30 of the total property taxes charged in Salt Lake County last year. This compares with property taxes of $29,702.-62- 3 (23.34 of the total) on residential property, $5,623,370 or 6.88 on motor vehicles (passenger cars and trucks), and $990,388 (1.21) on agrucultur-a- $10,173,505 equal taxes imposed by spe(12.4), cial improvement districts totaled $4,260,402 (5.2), and bounty taxes amounted to $3,375 (0.004) in l property (farm real estate, farm buildings, machinery, and livestock). These facts were reported in.a Utah Foundation analysis of property tax data compiled by the State Tax Commission. The Foundation report notes that in 1970 for the state as a of whole, approximately 51.6 the total property tax burden was borne by owners of commercial and industrial property, 35.3 by owners of residential property, 7.3 by owners of motor vehicles, and 5.3 by agricultural property owners. Total property taxes imposed in Salt Lake County last year amounted to $81,728,367 according to the Foundation study. This represented an increase of or 8.94 from the 1969 property tax total and was or 100.56 above the 1960 level. Throughout the state property taxes rose by 6.7 last year and have increased by $6,-717,2- $40,-978,49- 77.2 1970. Arrest reports received by the Division of Fish and Game for the year 1970 total. 2,456 com- pared to 2,353 for 1969. Total fines levied was $65,024 of which $12,071 was suspended. The av- erage fine increased slightly over the previous years figure. Juvenile cases were down Throughout the entire state, significantly during 1970. A school taxes (both state and lo- total of 469 cases were handled cal ( accounted for 63.4 of the during the year compared to the total property tax load during 612 cases in juvenile courts dur1970. Property taxes imposed by ing 1969. county governments were equal, Five persons were found not to 18.9 of the total, city and guilty and six persons served a town taxes amounted to 13.2, total of 84 days in County jails. taxes levied by special improvement districts totaled 4.4, and One hundred ten were fined a total of 1,540 hours work. The bounty taxes accounted for 0.1 f the Utah property tax load work was done for cities, counties and school boards. last year. i Page Three south of Santaquin and in Spanish Fork Canyon. Lands affected in Juab County are east and south of Levan. Lands southProposed adjustment of the west of Moroni in Sanpete counUinta National Forest Boundary also would be involved. would place 25,544 additional ty The 15,380.6 acres of public acres in the forest, according to l&nds in the modificaproposed a withdrawal application filed tion represents part of a boundwith the Bureau of Land Manary adjustment program beagement by the Forest Service. tween BLM and the Forest ServIf the action is consummated ice designed to promote efficient the lands would be withdrawn government services and to minfrom all forms of appropriation, imize duplication of effort. The subject to existing valid rights, lands are adjacent to the Uinta except for provisions of the gen- National Forest and detached eral mining and mineral leasing from other BLM administered laws. Encompassed within the lands. They are similar to lands new boundary would be 10,174 now within the national forest, acres of lands, ac- - being primarily valuable for cording to Robert D. Nielson, watershed, wildlife, domestic BLM state director for Utah. livestock grazing and outdoor In Utah County the proposed recreation. Their use patterns tie boundary modification would in- in closely with those, of the navolve lands south of Iayson, tional forest. Forest Boundary Adjustment Studied non-feder- al . . We've got the . . . 32 5 since 1960. The Foundation notes, however, that the property tax has been rising at less than half the rate of the increase in other major taxes in Utah. For example, total state nonproperty taxes in Utah increased 23.3 in 1970 and 147.5 since 1960. Because of the rate increase, sales tax collections went up 39.5 last year between 1960 and and 217.7 1970. Property taxes accounted for of Utahs total state and local tax load in 1970. This com35 pares with 43 in 1960, 45 in in 1940. For the 1950, and 51 nation as a whole, property taxes made up about 39 of total state and local taxes in 1969. Foundation analysts point out that the main elements in the property tax rise during recent years include (1) mill levy increases, (2) new properties added to the tax rolls, (3) assessment adjustments stemming from the revaluation programs, and (4) higher assessments resulting from the increased volume of mineral production in the Stale. The average mill levy in Salt Lake County last year was 88.10 mills ($88.10 per $1,000 assessed valuation). This compares with an average county wide rate of 88.34 mills in 1965 and 73.23 mills in 1960. Throughout the state, the overall average mill levy in 1970 was 83.42 mills ($83.42 per $1,000 assessed valuation). This com1965. pares with 80.11 mills in 44.99 and 65.36 mills in 1960, mills in 1950. The Foundation rethe port observes that although has Uiah in average mill levy continued to rise, the increase years has during the past five 1 per year averaged less than anan average compared with nual increase of nearly 4 in the fifteen year period prior to 1965. Schools continue to receive the largest share from property tax receipts. State and local property taxes levied for support of the public schools in Salt Lake $50.03b. County last year totaled of 61.2 to 176. This was equal the in all property taxes imposed County. Taxes forto county pur$17,2o4,909 poses amounted of the total), municipal (21.1 -- to take what you've got We've got what it takes ... the computers, electronic controls, the most of right rolling stock and the right people to deliver., all whatever youve got. Be specific Pacific will cost-conscio- us ... a call to Union pay dividends and days. in these schedule-pressure- d . |