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House approves local‑option restaurant and hotel taxes to fund convention facilities, including Salt Palace
Summary
After amendments narrowing which sales are taxed, the House passed Substitute House Bill 438 to allow counties to adopt a 1% restaurant tax and a 0.5% hotel tax for convention/tourism funding; final vote 49–19.
The Utah House of Representatives passed Substitute House Bill 438, a package authorizing local‑option taxes to provide dedicated revenue streams for convention and tourism facilities, including the Salt Palace. The bill, sponsored in the House as "Rob W. Bishop," authorizes a county option 1% restaurant tax and an additional 0.5% transient room (hotel/motel) tax for first‑class counties; the restaurant tax may be dedicated locally while the hotel tax is described in debate as dedicated to tourism promotion.
Representative Bishop,…
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