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11-58-306
11-59-307
11-70-306
63H-1-305
63N-1a-402
63N-3-612
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Tax Increment Financing Revisions
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward
Senate Sponsor:
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill deals with the publication of information about tax increment revenue.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
requires the boards of the Utah Inland Port Authority, the Point of the Mountain State
Land Authority, the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, the
Military Installation Development Authority, and the Governor's Office of Economic
Opportunity, on behalf of the convention center reinvestment zones, to publish
information related to tax increment revenue on a publicly accessible website; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63N-1a-402
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 159
ENACTS:
11-58-306
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
11-59-307
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
11-70-306
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63H-1-305
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63N-3-612
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
11-58-306
is enacted to read:
11-58-306
. Board to publish property tax differential information.
(1)
On or before June 30 of each year, the board shall publish on the authority's website, or
the website the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity determines in accordance
with Section
63N-1a-402
, the following information:
(a)
for each project area from which the authority received property tax differential:
(i)
an assessment of the change in the project area's value, including:
(A)
the base taxable value;
(B)
the estimated current assessed value; and
(C)
the percentage change between the base taxable value and the estimated
current assessed value;
(ii)
the amount of property tax differential the authority received for each year the
authority received property tax differential from the project area, including:
(A)
a comparison of the actual property tax differential received for each year to
the forecasted property tax differential for each year when the authority created
the project area;
(B)
the authority's historical receipts and expenditures of property tax differential;
and
(C)
a list of each taxing entity that imposes a tax within the project area and a
description of the benefits that each taxing entity receives from the project area;
(iii)
the amount of property tax differential the taxing entities expect to pay to the
authority for the next calendar year;
(iv)
the total amount of property tax differential the authority may receive from the
project area cumulatively and from each taxing entity;
(v)
the number of years remaining that the authority may collect property tax
differential from the project area;
(vi)
a map of the project area;
(vii)
a description of how the receipt of property tax differential during the preceding
year furthered the project area plan's goals, policies, and purposes; and
(viii)
any other relevant information the authority elects to provide;
(b)
for a project area from which the authority has not yet received property tax
differential:
(i)
the year in which the authority expects to receive property tax differential from the
project area; and
(ii)
the total amount of property tax differential the authority may receive from the
project area cumulatively and from each taxing entity; and
(c)
for the authority jurisdictional land:
(i)
an assessment of the change in the authority jurisdictional land's value, including:
(A)
the base taxable value;
(B)
the estimated current assessed value; and
(C)
the percentage change between the base taxable value and the estimated
current assessed value;
(ii)
the amount of property tax differential the authority received for each year the
authority received property tax differential from the authority jurisdictional land,
including:
(A)
a comparison of the actual property tax differential received for each year to
the forecasted property tax differential for each year for the authority
jurisdictional land;
(B)
the authority's historical receipts and expenditures of property tax differential;
and
(C)
a list of each taxing entity that imposes a tax within the authority jurisdictional
land and a description of the benefits that each taxing entity receives from the
authority jurisdictional land;
(iii)
the estimated amount of property tax differential to be paid to the authority for
the next calendar year;
(iv)
a map of the authority jurisdictional land;
(v)
a description of how the receipt of property tax differential during the preceding
year furthered the goals, policies, and purposes of the authority jurisdictional land;
and
(vi)
any other relevant information the authority elects to provide.
(2)
The provisions of this section apply regardless of when the project area is created.
(3)
On or before September 1 of each year, the executive director shall notify the Political
Subdivisions Interim Committee that the board has complied with this section and the
website where the board posted the information this section requires.
Section 2. Section
11-59-307
is enacted to read:
11-59-307
. Board to publish property tax augmentation
information.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Base taxable value" means the same as that term is defined in Section
11-59-208
.
(b)
"Property tax augmentation" means the same as that term is defined in Section
11-59-208
.
(c)
"Transferred parcel" means the same as that term is defined in Section
11-59-208
.
(d)
"Transferred parcel area" means:
(i)
all parcels that have been transferred to a private person, as described in Section
11-59-208
; and
(ii)
all parcels for which the collection period has not expired in accordance with
Subsection
11-59-208(2)
.
(2)
On or before June 30 of each year, the board shall, for the transferred parcel area,
publish on the authority's website, or the website the Governor's Office of Economic
Opportunity determines in accordance with Section
63N-1a-402
, the following
information:
(a)
an assessment of the change in the transferred parcel area's value including:
(i)
the base taxable value;
(ii)
the estimated current assessed value; and
(iii)
the percentage change between the base taxable value and the estimated current
assessed value;
(b)
the amount of property tax augmentation the authority received for each year the
authority received property tax augmentation from the transferred parcel area,
including:
(i)
the authority's historical receipts and expenditures of property tax augmentation;
and
(ii)
a list of each taxing entity that imposes a tax within the transferred parcel area
and a description of the benefits that each taxing entity receives from the
transferred parcel area;
(c)
the amount of property tax augmentation the taxing entities expect to pay to the
authority for the next calendar year;
(d)
the number of years remaining that the authority may collect property tax
augmentation from the transferred parcel area;
(e)
a map of the transferred parcel area;
(f)
a description of how the receipt of property tax augmentation during the preceding
year furthered the authority's goals, policies, and purposes; and
(g)
any other relevant information the authority elects to provide.
(3)
The provisions of this section apply regardless of when a transferred parcel is
transferred to the authority.
(4)
On or before September 1 of each year, the executive director shall notify the Political
Subdivisions Interim Committee that the board has complied with this section and the
website where the board posted the information this section requires.
Section 3. Section
11-70-306
is enacted to read:
11-70-306
. Board to publish enhanced property tax revenue
information.
(1)
On or before June 30 of each year, the board shall publish on the
fairpark
district's
website, or the website the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity determines in
accordance with Section
63N-1a-402
, the following information:
(a)
for all parcels of privately owned land within the
fairpark
district boundary for which
the payment period has not expired under a designation resolution, as described in
Section
11-70-401
:
(i)
an assessment of the change in the parcel's value, including:
(A)
the base taxable value;
(B)
the estimated current assessed value; and
(C)
the percentage change between the base taxable value and the estimated
current assessed value;
(ii)
the amount of enhanced property tax revenue the
fairpark
district received for
each year the
fairpark
district received enhanced property tax revenue from the
parcel, including:
(A)
a comparison of the actual enhanced property tax revenue received for each
year to the forecasted amount of enhanced property tax revenue
for the parcels,
if available;
(B)
the
fairpark
district's historical receipts and expenditures of enhanced property
tax revenue;
(C)
the amount of enhanced property tax revenue that is paid to the host
municipality, as described in Subsection
11-70-401(5)
; and
(D)
a list of each taxing entity that imposes a tax within the
fairpark
district
boundary and a description of the benefits that each taxing entity receives from
the
fairpark
district;
(iii)
the amount of enhanced property tax revenue the taxing entities expect to pay to
the
fairpark
district for the next calendar year;
(iv)
the total amount of enhanced property tax revenue the
fairpark
district may
receive from the parcels;
(v)
the number of years remaining that the
fairpark
district may collect enhanced
property tax revenue from the parcels; and
(vi)
a map of the parcels;
(b)
for project areas outside the
fairpark
district boundary, as described in Section
11-70-403
, the project area budget, if applicable, or other analyses, with receipts and
expenditures categorized by the type of receipt and expenditure related to the
development performed or to be performed under the district budget or plan,
including:
(i)
each project area collection period, including:
(A)
the start and end date of the payment period; and
(B)
the number of years remaining in each collection period;
(ii)
the amount of funds the authority may receive from the project area cumulatively
and from each taxing entity, including:
(A)
the total dollar amount; and
(B)
the percentage of the total amount of enhanced property tax revenue generated
within the project area;
(iii)
the remaining amount of enhanced property tax revenue the
fairpark
district may
receive from the project area cumulatively and from each taxing entity; and
(iv)
a map of each project area;
(c)
the estimated amount of enhanced property tax revenue to be paid to the
fairpark
district for the next calendar year from both parcels within the
fairpark
district
boundary and project areas created outside the
fairpark
district boundary;
(d)
a description of how the receipt of enhanced property tax revenue during the
preceding year furthered the
fairpark
district's goals, policies, and purposes; and
(e)
any other relevant information the authority elects to provide.
(2)
The provisions of this section apply regardless of when a project area is created or when
a parcel of privately owned property within the
fairpark
district boundaries generates
enhanced property tax revenue.
(3)
On or before September 1 of each year, the board shall notify the Political Subdivisions
Interim Committee that the board has complied with this section and the website where
the board posted the information this section requires.
Section 4. Section
63H-1-305
is enacted to read:
63H-1-305
. Board to publish certain information.
(1)
On or before June 30 or each year, the board shall publish on the authority's website, or
the website the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity determines in accordance
with Section
63N-1a-402
, the following information:
(a)
for each project area from which the authority received property tax allocation:
(i)
an assessment of the change in the project area's value, including:
(A)
the base taxable value;
(B)
the estimated current assessed value; and
(C)
the percentage change between the base taxable value and the estimated
current assessed value;
(ii)
the amount of property tax allocation the authority received for each year the
authority received property tax allocation from the project area, including:
(A)
a comparison of the actual property tax allocation received for each year to the
forecasted property tax allocation for each year when the authority created the
project area;
(B)
the authority's historical receipts and expenditures of property tax allocation;
and
(C)
a list of each taxing entity that imposes a tax within the project area and a
description of the benefits that each taxing entity receives from the project area;
(iii)
the amount of property tax allocation the taxing entities expect to pay to the
authority for the next calendar year;
(iv)
the total amount of property tax allocation the authority may receive from the
project area cumulatively and from each taxing entity;
(v)
the number of years remaining that the authority may collect property tax
allocation from the project area;
(vi)
a map of the project area;
(vii)
a description of how the receipt of property tax allocation during the preceding
year furthered the project area plan's goals, policies, and purposes; and
(viii)
any other relevant information the authority elects to provide; and
(b)
for a project area from which the authority has not yet received property tax
allocation:
(i)
the year in which the authority expects to receive property tax allocation from the
project area; and
(ii)
the total amount of property tax allocation the authority may receive from the
project area cumulatively and from each taxing entity.
(2)
The provisions of this section apply regardless of when the project area is created.
(3)
On or before September 1 of each year, the executive director shall notify the Political
Subdivisions Interim Committee that the board has complied with this section and the
website where the board posted the information this section requires.
Section 5. Section
63N-1a-402
is amended to read:
63N-1a-402
. Board of Economic Opportunity duties and powers.
(1)
The GOEO board shall advise and assist the office to:
(a)
promote and encourage the economic, commercial, financial, industrial, agricultural,
and civic welfare of the state;
(b)
promote and encourage the development, attraction, expansion, and retention of
businesses, industries, and commerce in the state;
(c)
support the efforts of local government and regional nonprofit economic
development organizations to encourage expansion or retention of businesses,
industries, and commerce in the state;
(d)
act to enhance the state's economy;
(e)
develop policies, priorities, and objectives regarding the assistance, retention, or
recruitment of business, industries, and commerce in the state;
(f)
administer programs for the assistance, retention, or recruitment of businesses,
industries, and commerce in the state;
(g)
ensure that economic development programs are available to all areas of the state in
accordance with federal and state law;
(h)
identify local, regional, and statewide rural economic development and planning
priorities;
(i)
understand, through study and input, issues relating to local, regional, and statewide
rural economic development, including challenges, opportunities, best practices,
policy, planning, and collaboration; and
(j)
maintain ethical and conflict of interest standards consistent with those imposed on a
public officer under Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees'
Ethics Act.
(2)
(a)
In addition to the duties and powers described in this section, the GOEO board
and office may coordinate with one or more regional land use authorities regarding
the publication of information required under:
(i)
Section
11-58-306
, for the Utah Inland Port Authority;
(ii)
Section
11-59-307
, for the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority;
(iii)
Section
11-70-306
, for the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration
District; and
(iv)
Section
63H-1-305
, for the Military Installation Development Authority.
(b)
The GOEO board shall make a recommendation to the office regarding whether the
public would benefit from having the information described in Subsection
(2)(a)
and
Section
63N-3-612
published on the same website.
(3)
In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
GOEO board may, in consultation with the executive director, make rules for the
conduct of the GOEO board's business.
Section 6. Section
63N-3-612
is enacted to read:
63N-3-612
. Office to publish certain information for a convention center
reinvestment zone.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Collection area" means:
(i)
the area within a convention center reinvestment zone;
(ii)
the sales and use tax boundary of the convention center reinvestment zone, as
described in Section
63N-3-610.1
; and
(iii)
the sales and use tax boundary of the convention center public infrastructure
district.
(b)
"Convention center public infrastructure district" means a public infrastructure
district created in accordance with Subsection
63N-3-607(8)
.
(c)
"Zone" means a convention center reinvestment zone created in accordance with this
part.
(2)
On or before June 30 of each year, following the creation of a convention center
reinvestment zone, the office shall publish on the office's website the following
information for the collection area:
(a)
an assessment of the change in the zone's value, including:
(i)
the base taxable value;
(ii)
the estimated current assessed value; and
(iii)
the percentage change between the base taxable value and the estimated current
assessed value;
(b)
the amount of property tax increment received from the zone, including:
(i)
a comparison of the actual property tax increment and sales and use tax increment
received for each year to the forecasted property tax increment and sales and use
tax increment for each year when the zone was created, if available;
(ii)
historical receipts and expenditures of property tax increment and sales and use
tax increment;
(iii)
a list of each taxing entity that imposes a tax within the zone and a description of
the benefits that each taxing entity receives from the zone; and
(iv)
the amount paid to other taxing entities, if applicable;
(c)
the amount of property tax increment and sales and use tax increment the taxing
entities expect to pay to the public infrastructure district for the next calendar year;
(d)
a map of the zone;
(e)
a description of how the receipt of property tax increment and sales and use tax
increment during the preceding year furthered the zone's goals, policies, and
purposes; and
(f)
any other relevant information the office elects to provide.
(3)
The provisions of this section apply regardless of when a zone is created.
(4)
On or before September 1 of each year, the office shall notify the Political Subdivisions
Interim Committee that the office has complied with this section and the website where
the office posted the information this section requires.
Section 7.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
.
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