| Show legislature of the state stale of utah special session 1930 I 1 sante capitol abe sivelar session of tile ho legislature Is to bo be adjourned i journea 1 I lon on feb an and a great deal of lilt fill measure inen auTO work is 13 necessary of completion before adjournment time the senate spirito has been rapid in its ita progress prof fresa having passed S J ra cre the lio tax commission S J it II 2 classification of property a 1411 appropriating for the capitol grounds pr another providing KO 50 gaa an tax money to lo ho 10 used to pave tho the roads around tho the cu pitol tho the bank resolution Is on tilled third rend jar tile plan to drop tho the multiple system of mine taxation hns has leca been tile senate Is considering the mccarthy proposal to let tho the t tax ax ca commission handle manos as the utilities handles utilities should tile the house committee plans carry in the house the senate a and ad ho house its 0 will differ on some points the principal difference being in the matter of mine taxation after much discussion the senate finally wrote a provision into S J II 11 no 2 that the mine multiple of th three ree could not bo be changed for six years members of the house have d that the mine problem will ho be kept out of the ahe house bill ond and it it gets before the people at all it will bo be ns as a separate amendment and roust must stand or drop an on its merits rep critchlow crutchlow introduced a p propos nl al to 0 o tack mine taxation onto 11 II J it no 1 tho the classification measure ng as a rider but lost it Is HWY that the subject will be brought up again As a last resort the multiple adherents may endeavor to get the six year delay clause written in the house bill A strong onslaught on the offset provision to Is to be looked for in the house tho the senate has declared that the legislature must provide offsets or deductions this means that a part of the property tax will be applied on oil the income tax in cases whore where the taxpayer has to pay both the amount of offset Is left up to the legislature tho the tax commission and ita export expert dr lutz ling haq asserted ted that offsets will kilt kill the income tax plan in actual operation the sponsors of the offset plan declare it will prevent double taxation the senate la Is suie sure it wants offsets and the house has not yet acted upon the question the senate has hag evaded the matter of limits on income taxes takes the house committee wants the limit on personal income taxes placed at 0 per cent and the business excise at 4 per rent cent this Is a question on which an agreement between the house and senate will have to be reached the senate killed the two thirds plan which would have meant that a two thirds vote of the tha legislature would be needed to change tax rates the house and s senate nata will have to agree on in the wording of the amendments to the state constitution on bhe omen amendment dment that proposing to create a teate tax commission with strong powers of control over local budgets and tax levies tw two houses are largely la in agreement and little difficulty la Is foreseen in working out tho the small difference that does docs exist this amendment as apropo proposed sed la in S JT B R 3 has been passed by the senate and with only one small amend amendment mont to clarify 14 it the ho house usellas 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 lej slature also has before it the following questions amendment of the state building program to allow the use of incato labor on building projects at state institutions to provide an additional for a at the tha to authorize a separate building at the mental menial 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 0 to o amend the federal bank tax act the memorial urging congress t provide federal aid for old age ra jrsn alons the proposals for classification aff on of property and creation of the state tax commission are the only two fundamental changes in the organic to law w recommended reto by the tax and their passage was the purpose for forent calling the special session the near future will have to see im the passage of these chese measures and it if the senate refuses to accept the amend ments made in the house on the property classification the working out of a a basis of agreement will have to be arranged considerable interest Is centered on 11 II J R no 7 by rep chas radd of san ban juan county winch proposes to amend the constitution to rend read all mines or mining cl imai bott P placer acer and rock shall be assessed at full value by commission as provide by law all other mines mince or mining claims and other valuable mineral deposits including lands containing coal or hydrocarbons shall be assessed at their full f value all machinery in mining and and all property or surface Improve improvements meats upon or appurtenant to radues or mining claims and the value of any surface use made oc flolo claims or mining property for oilier than mining pur purposes durpos pos ahall shall be assessed et full value tile the state tax commission shall ass ss all property herein |
