Measure on the ballot in the 2024 Utah General Election in Utah.
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Get Started*(Though this measure will appear on the ballot, votes toward it will not be tallied because it failed to be published in a state newspaper 60 days prior to the election as is required by state law)* This joint resolution of the Legislature proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to modify provisions related to the use of taxes on intangible property and income. This resolution proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to: require taxes on intangible property and income to be used to: maintain a statutory public education funding framework; and fund a budgetary stabilization account; and permit tax on intangible property and income to be used to support state needs in addition to other permitted uses.
A "Yes" Vote supports requiring taxes on intangible property and income to be used to maintain a public education funding framework, provided through state law, that (1) uses a portion of revenue growth for Uniform School Fund expenditures for changes in student enrollment and long-term inflation and (2) provides a budgetary stabilization account; and allowing the state to use tax revenue for other purposes after education funding requirements are met.
A "No" Vote opposes changing the allowed uses for income tax and intangible property tax revenue and opposes allowing the state to use tax revenue for other purposes after education funding requirements are met.
"It's time for us as a state to come together and figure out another way forward and how to balance our state's budget. We have a constitutional duty to balance our state's budget. We don't get to make this decision. We can't make this decision. This bill allows the citizens of the state to make the decision and I think that's what we need to do." - Mike Schultz, Utah Senator, in support of Amendment A (Learn more)
Utah's largest teacher union is opposing a proposed change to the Utah Constitution that would remove the state's current requirement that income tax revenue be reserved only for public education and services for children and people with disabilities. Utah Education Association Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to oppose the proposed constitutional amendment that Utah voters will weigh in on this November....she said Utah has "yet to realize a fully funded public education system." - Renee Pinkney, President of Utah Education Association, in opposition to Amendment A (Learn more)
"to protect and provide continued constitutional protections but then allow for ... revenue in the income tax fund to be used for other state purposes once we fulfilled our responsibilities for growth, and for student enrollment and long-term inflation." - Dan McCay, Utah Senator, in support of Amendment A (Learn more)
"We cannot support these measures to remove the constitutional earmark on public education funding because education funding is essential to our state's future and should never be used as a bargaining chip. We strongly believe that education funding is non-negotiable and as Democrats, we believe we must continue to keep public education a priority. The tax cuts in H.B. 54 do not outweigh the benefits of removing the earmark on education funding. The language in S.J.R. 10 is vague and the House Democrats worry that the way it is written will result in a significant loss of investment into public education, making education funding subject to the whims of political tides... In the bill's present form, we call on the voters to reject the constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot in 2024." - Utah House Democratic Caucus, in opposition to Amendment A (Learn more)
Article XIII, Section 5. [Use and amount of taxes and expenditures.] (1) (a) The Legislature shall provide by statute for an annual tax sufficient, with other revenues, to defray the estimated ordinary expenses of the State for each fiscal year. (b) If the ordinary expenses of the State will exceed revenues for a fiscal year, the Governor shall: (i) reduce all State expenditures on a pro rata basis, except for expenditures for debt of the State; or (ii) convene the Legislature into session under Article VII, Section 6 to address the deficiency. 38 (2) (a) For any fiscal year, the Legislature may not make an appropriation or authorize an expenditure if the State's expenditure exceeds the total tax provided for by statute and applicable to the particular appropriation or expenditure. (b) Subsection (2 (a) does not apply to an appropriation or expenditure to suppress insurrection, defend the State, or assist in defending the United States in time of war. (3) For any debt of the State, the Legislature shall provide by statute for an annual tax sufficient to pay: (a) the annual interest; and (b) the principal within 20 years after the final passage of the statute creating the debt. (4) Except as provided in Article X, Section 5, Subsection (5)(a), the Legislature may not impose a tax for the purpose of a political subdivision of the State, but may by statute authorize political subdivisions of the State to assess and collect taxes for their own purposes. (5) All revenue from taxes on intangible property or from a tax on income shall be used: (a) to support the systems of public education and higher education as defined in Article X, Section 2; [and] (b) to maintain a statutory public education funding framework that: (i) uses a portion of revenue growth for expenditures from the Uniform School Fund for changes in student enrollment and long-term inflation; and (ii) provides a budgetary stabilization account;(c)to support children and to support individuals with a disability[.]; and (d)to support other state needs after the fulfillment of the requirements in Subsection (5)(b). (6) Proceeds from fees, taxes, and other charges related to the operation of motor vehicles on public highways and proceeds from an excise tax on liquid motor fuel used to propel those motor vehicles shall be used for: (a)statutory refunds and adjustments and costs of collection and administration; (b)the construction, maintenance, and repair of State and local roads, including payment for property taken for or damaged by rights-of-way and for associated administrative costs; (c) driver education; (d) enforcement of state motor vehicle and traffic laws; and (e) the payment of the principal of and interest on any obligation of the State or a city or county, issued for any of the purposes set forth in Subsection (6)(b) and to which any of the fees, taxes, or other charges described in this Subsection (6) have been pledged, including any paid to the State or a city or county, as provided by statute. (7) Fees and taxes on tangible personal property imposed under Section 2, Subsection (6) of this article are not subject to Subsection (6) of this Section 5 and shall be distributed to the taxing districts in which the property is located in the same proportion as that in which the revenue collected from real property tax is distributed. (8) A political subdivision of the State may share its tax and other revenues with another political subdivision of the State as provided by statute. (9) Beginning July 1, 2016, the aggregate annual revenue from all severance taxes, as those taxes are defined by statute, except revenue that by statute is used for purposes related to any federally recognized Indian tribe, shall be deposited annually into the permanent State trust fund under Article XXII, Section 4, as follows: (a) 25% of the first $50,000,000 of aggregate annual revenue; (b) 50% of the next $50,000,000 of aggregate annual revenue; and (c) 75% of the aggregate annual revenue that exceeds $100,000,000.
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