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UTA briefings prompt discussion of 'fifth penny' sales tax and control of funds
Summary
A UTA representative told commissioners the current 'fifth penny' statute is transit-focused and that legislators are considering extending or expanding the authority (including proposals to channel part of it to roads); commissioners asked whether counties that enact the authority retain spending control once the funds flow back from the state.
Jeff Aserson of the Utah Transit Authority updated county leaders on state discussions over the 'fifth penny' sales-tax authority. Aserson said the statutory authority currently directs the revenue to transit purposes and that some legislators are considering extending the statute’s sunset date and, in some proposals, expanding allowable uses to include local road projects.
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