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Rich County raises transient room tax to 4.5% and broadens allowable uses

3673347 · June 5, 2025
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Summary

The Rich County Commission unanimously adopted changes to the county's transient room tax ordinance to raise the rate to 4.5% and align spending authority with recently amended state law; annual reporting will move to the state auditor's office.

The Rich County Commission on the motion of a commissioner voted unanimously to increase the county transient room tax rate to 4.5% and to update the ordinance to reflect recent state statutory changes.

County staff told the commission that the Utah Legislature amended Utah Code 59-12-301 to permit counties of the second through sixth class to impose a transient room tax at a rate not to exceed 4.5% beginning on or after July 1,…

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