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Senate advances aviation package: cuts to airplane property tax, new registration fees and fuel tax increase debated and moved forward
Summary
A package of aviation bills was debated at length: sponsors proposed phased reductions to airplane property tax, higher registration fees for larger aircraft, and targeted increases in general‑aviation fuel tax to fund runway maintenance. Amendments were adopted and the bills were moved to the third‑reading calendar or the top of the third‑reading list.
Senator Hilliard led a multi‑bill floor presentation on aviation funding, calling attention to maintenance needs across Utah’s approximately 50 local airports and arguing that current taxation discourages registration and aviation‑related business activity in the state. "What's Senate Bill 139 does is, first of all, it takes the property tax, which is currently 1%, and it reduces it by 2 tenths of a percent a year for 3 years," Hilliard said,…
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