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Utah Senate approves bill to sync service-district transfers with annexations to reduce temporary double taxation
Summary
The Utah Senate approved Sen. Fillmore’s bill to allow special service-district transitions to occur at the time of municipal annexation, which sponsors say prevents months of double taxation without changing bond obligations; the measure passed on a roll call.
The Utah Senate on the floor debated and approved Senate Bill 60 on aligning service-district transfers with municipal annexations, a sponsor-led measure intended to prevent short-term double taxation for newly annexed properties.
Sen. Fillmore, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues that the bill “allow[s] for the transition of those service districts at the same time that the annexation occurs” so residents do not temporarily pay taxes to districts that no longer provide their services. He said the change moves an administrative transfer earlier in…
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