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House Advances Plan to Replace Car Property Tax with Year‑based Uniform Fee; Debate Over Potential Tax Shift
Summary
Senate Bill 50 would replace the current motor-vehicle 'fee in lieu' property tax (assessed at 1.5% of fair market value) with a uniform fee that varies by vehicle year; members debated whether the change could shift tax burdens to real property and whether Truth‑in‑Taxation notification should be required; the House ultimately passed a substitute SB 50.
Lawmakers debated a major change to how Utah collects taxes tied to motor vehicles when first substitute Senate Bill 50 was presented on March 4, 1998. The sponsor described the bill as replacing the current relicense tax—assessed at 1.5% of fair-market value and called in statute a “fee in lieu tax”—with a uniform, year-based fee schedule: the older the vehicle, the lower the fee.
Opponents and questioners raised concerns that the change could produce a revenue…
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