Sales and use tax ordinance provisions -- Tax rate -- Distribution of tax revenues -- Commission requirement to retain an amount to be deposited into the Qualified Emergency Food Agencies Fund.

Utah Code § 59-12-204, under Part 59-12-2: Local Sales and Use Tax Act.

Utah Code § 59-12-204

59-12-204. Sales and use tax ordinance provisions -- Tax rate -- Distribution of tax revenues -- Commission requirement to retain an amount to be deposited into the Qualified Emergency Food Agencies Fund.

(1) The tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this part shall impose a tax upon those transactions listed in Subsection. 59-12-103(1)

(2) The tax ordinance under Subsectionshall include a provision imposing a tax upon every transaction listed in Subsectionmade within a county, including areas contained within the cities and towns located in the county: (1) 59-12-103(1) at the rate of 1% of the purchase price paid or charged; and if the location of the transaction is within the county as determined under Sectionsthrough. 59-12-211 59-12-215 Notwithstanding Subsection, a tax ordinance under this Subsectionshall include a provision prohibiting a county, city, or town from imposing a tax under this section on the sales and uses described in Sectionto the extent the sales and uses are exempt from taxation under Section. (2)(a) (2) 59-12-104 59-12-104

(3) Such tax ordinance shall include provisions substantially the same as those contained in, insofar as they relate to sales or use tax, except that the name of the county as the taxing agency shall be substituted for that of the state where necessary for the purpose of this part and that an additional license is not required if one has been or is issued under Section. Part 1, Tax Collection 59-12-106

(4) Such tax ordinance shall include a provision that the county shall contract, prior to the effective date of the ordinance, with the commission to perform all functions incident to the administration or operation of the ordinance.

(5) Such tax ordinance shall include a provision that the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, the purchase price or the cost of which has been subject to sales or use tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted in accordance with this part by any county, city, or town in any other county in this state, shall be exempt from the tax due under this ordinance.

(6) Such tax ordinance shall include a provision that any person subject to the provisions of a city or town sales and use tax shall be exempt from the county sales and use tax if the city or town sales and use tax is levied under an ordinance including provisions in substance as follows: a provision imposing a tax upon every transaction listed in Subsectionmade within the city or town at the rate imposed by the county in which it is situated pursuant to Subsection; 59-12-103(1) (2) notwithstanding Subsection, a provision prohibiting the city or town from imposing a tax under this section on the sales and uses described in Sectionto the extent the sales and uses are exempt from taxation under Section; (2)(a) 59-12-104 59-12-104 provisions substantially the same as those contained in, insofar as they relate to sales and use taxes, except that the name of the city or town as the taxing agency shall be substituted for that of the state where necessary for the purposes of this part; Part 1, Tax Collection a provision that the city or town shall contract prior to the effective date of the city or town sales and use tax ordinance with the commission to perform all functions incident to the administration or operation of the sales and use tax ordinance of the city or town; a provision that the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, the gross receipts from the sale of or the cost of which has been subject to sales or use tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted in accordance with this part by any county other than the county in which the city or town is located, or city or town in this state, shall be exempt from the tax; and a provision that the amount of any tax paid under, shall not be included as a part of the purchase price paid or charged for a taxable item. Part 1, Tax Collection

(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, beginning on July 1, 2009, the commission shall calculate and retain a portion of the sales and use tax collected under this part as provided in this Subsection. (7) For a city, town, or unincorporated area of a county that imposes a tax under this part, the commission shall calculate a percentage each month by dividing the sales and use tax collected under this part for that month within the boundaries of that city, town, or unincorporated area of a county by the total sales and use tax collected under this part for that month within the boundaries of all of the cities, towns, and unincorporated areas of the counties that impose a tax under this part. For a city, town, or unincorporated area of a county that imposes a tax under this part, the commission shall retain each month an amount equal to the product of: the percentage the commission determines for the month under Subsectionfor the city, town, or unincorporated area of a county; and (7)(b) $25,417. The commission shall deposit an amount the commission retains in accordance with this Subsectioninto the Qualified Emergency Food Agencies Fund created by Section. (7) 35A-8-1009 An amount the commission deposits into the Qualified Emergency Food Agencies Fund shall be expended as provided in Section. 35A-8-1009