Utah Code 10-6-133. Property tax levy — Time for setting — Computation of total levy — Apportionment of proceeds — Maximum levy
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Terms Used In Utah Code 10-6-133
- City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section
10-2-301 . See Utah Code 10-1-104 - City general fund: means the general fund used by a city. See Utah Code 10-6-106
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Fund: is a s defined by generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities. See Utah Code 10-6-106
- General fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 10-6-106
- Governing body: means a city council, or city commission, as the case may be, but the authority to make any appointment to any position created by this chapter is vested in the mayor in the council-mayor optional form of government. See Utah Code 10-6-106
- Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Special fund: means any fund other than the city general fund. See Utah Code 10-6-106
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) Before June 22 of each year, or September 1 in the case of a property tax rate increase under Sections 59-2-919 through 59-2-923, the governing body of each city, including charter cities, at a regular meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, shall by ordinance or resolution set the real and personal property tax levy for various municipal purposes.
(1)(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the governing body may set the levy at an appropriate later date with the approval of the State Tax Commission.
(2) In the governing body’s computation of the total levy, the governing body shall determine the requirements of each fund for which property taxes are to be levied and shall specify in the governing body’s ordinance or resolution adopting the levy the amount apportioned to each fund.
(3) The proceeds of the levy apportioned for city general fund purposes shall be credited as revenue in the city general fund.
(4) The proceeds of the levy apportioned for special fund purposes shall be credited to the appropriate accounts in the applicable special funds.
(5) For the first fiscal year after the year in which a county imposes a levy under Section 11-46-104, a city shall reduce the levy imposed under this section for general tax purposes by the amount necessary to offset the revenue described in Subsection 11-46-104(5)(c)(iii).
(6) The combined levies for each city, including charter cities, for all purposes in any year, excluding the retirement of general obligation bonds and the payment of any interest, and taxes expressly authorized by law to be levied in addition, may not exceed .007 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property.