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County officials say state assessment rules shifted tax burden as centrally assessed values fell
Summary
Emery County commissioners and a state representative described how state valuation and centrally assessed declines (power plants, utilities) have reduced the county's taxable commercial base while rising residential assessments shifted the tax burden; officials urged residents to engage in forthcoming state legislative work on property tax.
County officials told a Green River town-hall meeting that state-driven property-valuation rules have increased residential property assessments while centrally assessed commercial values in the county have fallen, shifting a larger share of the tax burden onto individual property owners.
A county commissioner and other officials explained that Utah law and state tax-commission formulas require county values to be within a percentage of the state’s estimates, forcing recent…
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