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Commission adopts ordinance letting assessor, clerk and treasurer process specified tax relief
Summary
Commissioners adopted an amendment to Utah County Code Article 21-8 to authorize the assessor to process low-value exemption applications, codify clerk/auditor processing of veteran/blind/indigent abatements, and allow treasurer-processed penalty reductions under defined criteria.
Utah County commissioners voted to adopt an ordinance amending County Code Article 21-8 to streamline processing of property tax relief and penalty reductions.
Paul Jones of the Utah County Attorney’s Office presented the ordinance and described three main changes: authorizing the county assessor to process exemption applications when taxable value falls below the statutory threshold (referenced in discussion as $10,300); codifying that the clerk/auditor’s office will process veteran abatements, the blind exemption, indigent relief and circuit breaker claims (functions the clerk/auditor already performs); and allowing the treasurer to process penalty-reduction requests under objective criteria, including permitting penalties under $5 to be reduced to zero if the statutory criteria are met.
“This has been a process a few weeks in the making,” Paul Jones said, describing coordination with the assessor, treasurer and clerk/auditor. Commissioners discussed the scope of treasurer discretion and the objective criteria authorizing reductions.
A motion to approve the ordinance as stated in regular agenda item 4 was moved and seconded; the chair recorded the motion as passing 2-0, with Commissioner Graves and Commissioner Lee recorded on the affirmative.
