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House approves county-option sales tax to fund agricultural and open-land preservation after extended debate
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 126, allowing eligible counties to place a ballot question for a 1/8-cent local-option sales tax to fund purchase or conservation of agricultural and open lands; supporters said it gives local control, opponents warned of tax creep and private-property impacts.
The Utah House on the floor passed House Bill 126, which allows counties that meet several statutory criteria to place a ballot question permitting voters to adopt a 1/8-cent county option sales and use tax dedicated to preserving agricultural and open land.
Sponsor Representative Craig Butters said the bill would not itself impose a tax but would give citizens in qualifying counties a process to put the question to voters. “What this bill does, it will not directly impose a tax, but it does allow a method whereby the citizens in the county can enact a 1 eighth of a cent local option sales tax for preservation of agriculture land and open land,”…
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