(1) This section applies to a community reinvestment project area that an agency created before May 14, 2019, and that is subject to a taxing entity committee under Subsection 17C-5-202(2).

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Terms Used In Utah Code 17C-5-203

  • Community: means a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Community reinvestment project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under Chapter 5, Part 1, Community Reinvestment Project Area Plan. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area: means the geographic area described in a project area plan within which the project area development described in the project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area budget: means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to a project area prepared in accordance with:
         (47)(a) for an urban renewal project area, Section 17C-2-201;
         (47)(b) for an economic development project area, Section 17C-3-201;
         (47)(c) for a community development project area, Section 17C-4-204; or
         (47)(d) for a community reinvestment project area, Section 17C-5-302. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area plan: means an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, a community development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that, after the project area plan's effective date, guides and controls the project area development. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Sales and use tax revenue: means revenue that is:
         (56)(a) generated from a tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; and
         (56)(b) distributed to a taxing entity in accordance with Sections 59-12-204 and 59-12-205. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Tax increment: means the difference between:
              (61)(a)(i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and
              (61)(a)(ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Taxing entity: means a public entity that:
         (62)(a) levies a tax on property located within a project area; or
         (62)(b) imposes a sales and use tax under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Taxing entity committee: means a committee representing the interests of taxing entities, created in accordance with Section 17C-1-402. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
(2) Subject to the taxing entity committee‘s approval of a community reinvestment project area budget under Section 17C-5-304, and for the purpose of implementing a community reinvestment project area plan, an agency may receive up to 100% of a taxing entity’s tax increment, or any specified dollar amount of tax increment, for any period of time.
(3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), an agency that adopts a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to a taxing entity committee may negotiate and enter into an interlocal agreement with a taxing entity and receive all or a portion of the taxing entity’s sales and use tax revenue for any period of time.