Show legislature e of the state of utah special session 1930 state capitol the special session n of the utah legislature Is to be adjourned on feb ana and a great deal off of tax mea measure work is necessary oi of completion before adjournment time the seriate senate has been rapid in its rocq having baving passed 8 J R 3 ere cre colu acting the tax commission S J it 2 providing classification of property a bill for the capitol grounds another pro providing proVid riding ln SO 50 gas tax money to be used to pave the roads around the ca capitol altol the bank resolution Is 14 on third ling the ryan glnn to drop the multiple of mine taxation has hai ben been treated tile the be note Is considering the mccarthy proposal prop osil to let the tax commission kandle handle mines agthe as the utilities handler utilities should the hoewe committee plans carry in them the houe boue hou e the senate and huse house will differ on some points the principal difference being in the matter of mine taxation after much discussion the senate fenall finally wrote a provision proA sIon into S J R no 2 th that atthe the mine multiple of wree three could not be changed for six years members of the honse have tb that at the mine mice problem will be kept out of tho house bill and if it getsee fore the people at ill 01 it will be as a separate amendment and must stand or drop on its in merits crits rep critchlow introduced a propos alto nl to tack mine taxation onto ir II jr J R I 1 po no 1 the measure as a rider but lost jt it Is likely that the subject will be brought up again as As a last resort the multiple adherents arl heren ta may endeavor to get et the six year delay clause written in the house bill A strong onslaught on the offset provision is to be looked for lit in the lioums them the senate has declared that the legislature must provide offsets or deductions this means maans that a apart of property tax willbe will be applied apalie d on the income tax in cases where the taxpayer has to pay both the amount or of offset is left up to the legislature the tax commis commission slon anti and its expert dr litz has asserted that offsets will willi hill kill the income tax plan in actual operation the sponsors of the offset plan declare it will prevent double taxation the senate is sure it wants offset offsets and them 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 tases placed at 0 6 pei per cent and the bu business bubines sines s exal excl excise se at 4 per fiat cent this la 6 a question on which an agreement between the house andsen and senate will have to io berea be reached clied the senate killed the two thirds plan hochy h have ave meant the that lt a two 41 vota vote of the legislature legislature would be needed to change tax rats rates the house and s senate enate will have to digree agree 1 n the wording of the amendments to the detate constitution i on one amendment that propos proposing ih to cloae a tax commission with strong powers of control over local budgets and d ax levies the two houses are largely in agreement and little difficulty Is in working out tho the small difference that does exist 1 this amenda amendment antas as proposed in S J it 3 hasi bren passed by the senate and with only one small amendment to clarify it th the house ehouse has practically complo completed ted its consideration of this plan and anil Is ready to vote on the proposal pos I agreement Is yet to be reached on the clas of property amendment the tha legIsla legislature turo also has before it the following questions Amend amendment meni of the state building program to allow allavi the use of inmate labor on bull building dIng projects at state institutions to provide an additional for a building at atthe the mental hospital to authorize it a separate buil building din at the mental menial hospital in instead stead of an addition to the main building i to authorize authorise 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 net act the memorial urging congress Con giess to provide federal aid for old age af pf pensions 13 the proposals for classification of 0 ere creation or the state tax commission are tho the only only two funda mental cental changeat change sinthe in the organic law re commended by the tax commission commis and their heir passage was the purpose forcad for cal catling the special session the near nea r future will have baleto to see we ho passage of these measures saud and if abe he senate refuses to accept the amendments 1 made in the bouse on the ibe arty ty classification i thew the working Ork iluff butof out of basis of agreement will have to be arranged considerable interest Is cefi centered ferM on IT I 1 J R IN no 0 o 7 byred by rep chas redd of sin tan juan county which proposes to mend amend the constitution to read all mines or or mining claims oth placer and rock shall be assess d hatfull at full value by commission s provided bylaw by law all other mines oi or mining trig claims nd other valuable mineral deposits including lands containing coal or hydrocarbons ahall shall be assessed at belp full fall value all machinery used i mining and all property or surface improvements upon or appurtenant to or mining claims and the value any surface use made of mining alma or mining property for other lan mining purposes purposes shall be 1 fit at full value the state tax shall assess all property here i enumerated |