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House approves short-term CIB loan-waiver to offset mining sales-tax shortfall
Summary
The House passed HB42 to let the Community Impact Board consider waiving an outstanding loan to compensate a city that lost an estimated $158,000 annually after a sales-tax exemption on mining equipment; the bill enables up to roughly $1.1 million in loan waivers and expires in one year.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives on Thursday approved House Bill 42, a narrowly drawn fix that would let the Community Impact Board (CIB) waive outstanding loan balances to make a city whole after a sales-tax exemption on mining equipment reduced local revenues.
Representative Painter, the bill’s sponsor, said the state’s earlier decision to exempt mining equipment from local sales tax unintentionally removed a local option that had provided about $158,000 a year to the affected community. "What this bill…
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