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Committee endorses local sales‑tax option to help fund EMS in tourist counties
Summary
The committee substituted and unanimously approved Senate Bill 67, allowing certain counties and local governments to adopt a local sales tax to finance emergency medical services where tourism drives transient call volume.
Senator Owens presented Senate Bill 67, a measure the committee has considered in prior sessions, to permit some counties to adopt a local option sales tax to fund emergency medical services (EMS) in areas with heavy tourism and transient call volume.
Local elected officials and fire district leaders from southern Utah described the problem in detail. Bill Hoster, mayor of Leeds and board chair of Hurricane Valley Fire Special Service District, told the committee tourists vastly outnumber permanent residents in parts of Washington County and place a disproportionate burden on local EMS.…
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