Uintah Basin Standard | 1962-04-12 | Page 9 | TV Taxing Law is Explained by Utah's Attorney

NEW ASSISTANT George Myton has been appointed assistant at Stevens He was formerly a counselor at the with has been associated for 10 years TV taxing law is explained by Utah's attorney No general taxation power was granted by the 1961 Utah Legislature on television rules A. Pratt This opinion has been given by the Utah attorney requested Glenn J. Duchesne County Kesler 1961 Legislature did not grant powers indiscriminately for counties' to tax television Attorney Mecham wanted to know whether section of the Utah enacted in 1961 which was intended to permit counties to provide transmission and relay facilities in remote granted power to tax all television users as well as who could obtain TV service only by construction of special relay Clarence J. assistant attorney wrote the He held that only in areas where television was not available without special relay facilities could a county levy tax to provide such