Show Legisla legislature tur e of the state of utah special session 1930 the special session of 0 tile the ut hillh ii Leg legislature matr e is 19 working industriously nt at the mammoth task tark of preparing amendments ani to tle ae tl e itah state stain conati ution f for r t the I 1 le consideration ot of the utah voter divergent DI t alws ws and sug aig Kest ions 9 and plans occur in increasing ly large numbers as actual work of amendment building proceeds proceed the mining interests of tile the state stat e are concerned over the alie mul multiple fa for r mining taxation sen G if ryan from eureka a mining engi engineer ricer has urged that the legislature wait and approach the ques tion from no an entirely new tingle mr ryan maintains that the mine multiple basis Is but a guess at the file best ne ile thinks that an equitable and scientific system can be worked out it if additional time is secured sen patterson claims there Is no necessity for any delay lie ile wants the question settled at once and would prefer having the multiple three placed in the lie state constitution this is the figure in the statute at present and means that the valuation of a mine tor for taxation purposes Is equal to three times the tha net proceeds for preceding year the senate itt in discussing S J R xo no 2 has struck out the portion which would put the money from the income taxes into the district school fund fand the senate has added pumping and power equipment used in irrigating to the list of tax exemptions exemption the senate has also broadened the scope of exemptions to include certain property owned by widows of disabled veteran soldiers it Is evident that the senate hlll III make further efforts to specify just where the income tax money will nill be placed senator has bas a plan which would create a new fund to receive this money and have hare the same expended as the legislature would direct the senate has bus passed S 3 R no 3 which creates the centralized tax body the senate has considered a number ot of plans to amend S J R no 2 which provides for the classification of property certain exemptions and disposition of moneys raised from income taxes the house of representatives discarded 11 II J R no 3 which was wag the mate to S J it no 3 and took up the senate resolution when it was passed I 1 by the senate any change in the present use of gasoline taxes was opposed by chairman blood of the state road commis sion at a committee hearing bearing on revenue and taxation mr air blood stated that the needs of highway construction were close upon the trail of incoming taxes placed at the disposal of the road department blood informed the committee that the state would receive additional federal aid funds for the next three years and that the state puts up to receive the ile he thought that it if the state stat e in increased creased the gasoline tax and distributes the receipts in other ways than at present it will mean eventual need for road bond issues sir mr blood also stated that extensive improvements in utah highways was bringing in being a situation under which the present revenue would be required far upkeep alone for the collecting of income tax from individuals and bus business ineRs concerns Is 13 made in proposed amendment of section 3 article XIII of the constitution which is now under consideration at the session among its other taxation shifting problems the means of 0 offsetting the taxes of those subject to income tax when nhen it is effective effective is tating a deal of the legislators attention some plan for equitable offsetting of these taxes axes Is vitally necessary according to the views of some of the legislators the senate and house to have definitely aban abandoned donel the proposed revision of article 13 of the constitution ns as wed ed by the committee that revision rei ision would have opened up the subject of rate limitations educational licati onal equalization find and cron creating ting of an endowment fund for schools which are not now opened in the two basic amendments of the revision committee while fixing of if the i mine multiple was not cx presly placed before the session by the two amendments the subject Is on t the h e floor anyway theotime the time of the special session Is over halt half consumed and the time remaining the program to be disposed of li the constitutional amendments amendment tor for the tax commission and for far classification fi a bill to col continue the work of the tax revision commis commission slon and its advisory committee the amendments to the building code and pro provision lilon for she he work on the st state ate C capitol 1 grounds the houlk houk of the automobile was hoard heard in tile the legislature ullen a adele delegation of automobile dealers colors called to discus a to segregate the tax on cars so 90 as ae to old in the handling of the auto business an appeal to congress for amendment of section U S rey revised ased statutes so ns as to auth authorize oriz e the state to impose a just juht aud and equitable tax on oil national banks was mude made la in the lie form of a memorial introduced by thoma thomas as IL II burton of cerbi the memorial was prepared by dr harvey I 1 4 lutz tax expert and member of the uta utah ll 11 board of equalization the auto question was wa not acted upon and cars will probably not be separated from other eity in the final outcome |