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League and Tax Commission outline new truth-and-taxation disclosures and documentation requirements for cities
Summary
League staff and Tax Commission officials explained House Bill 236’s new early-disclosure and impact-schedule requirements and Senate Bill 238’s documentation and certification deadlines, urging cities to publish clear evidence and comply with new timelines.
Molly Wheeler, deputy director of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, opened a webinar training that reviewed the 2026 legislative changes affecting municipal property-tax procedures. League staff and Jen Hansen, senior director of property tax and miscellaneous taxes at the Utah State Tax Commission, walked participants through the new transparency steps in House Bill 236 and the technical cleanups in Senate Bill 238.
The League said HB236 requires the budget officer to state at the first May budget presentation whether a property-tax increase is being considered and to include an "impact schedule" describing how any additional revenue would be used. The legislative body must hold a public meeting by June 13 to announce an approximate dollar amount or percentage increase and the…
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