Transient room tax authority for municipalitiesand certain authorities -- Purposes for which revenues may be used.

Utah Code § 59-12-352, under Part 59-12-3: Transient Room Tax.

Utah Code § 59-12-352

59-12-352. Transient room tax authority for municipalitiesand certain authorities -- Purposes for which revenues may be used.

(1) Except as provided in Subsection, the governing body of a municipality may impose a tax of not to exceed 1% on charges for the accommodations and services described in Subsection. (5) 59-12-103(1)(i) Subject to Section, the military installation development authority created in Sectionmay impose a tax under this section for accommodations and services described in Subsectionwithin a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act, as though the authority were a municipality. 63H-1-203 63H-1-201 59-12-103(1)(i) Beginning October 1, 2024, the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, created in Section, may impose a tax under this section for accommodations and services described in Subsectionwithin the district sales tax area, as defined in Section, to the same extent and in the same manner as a municipality may impose a tax under this section. 11-70-201 59-12-103(1)(i) 11-70-101 Beginning October 1, 2025, the creating entity of a major sporting event venue zone approved pursuant to Title 63N, Chapter 3, Part 17, Major Sporting Event Venue Zone Act, may impose a tax under this section for accommodations and services described in Subsectionwithin the sales and use tax boundary, as defined in Section: 59-12-103(1)(i) 63N-3-1701 to the same extent and in the same manner as a municipality may impose a tax under this section; and as described in Subsection. (7)

(2) Subject to the limitations of Subsection, a governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, increase or decrease the tax under this part. (1)

(3) A governing body of a municipality shall regulate the tax under this part by ordinance.

(4) A municipality may use revenues generated by the tax under this part for general fund purposes.

(5) A municipality may not impose a tax under this section for accommodations and services described in Subsectionwithin: 59-12-103(1)(i) a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the military installation development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act; or the district sales tax area, as defined in Section. 11-70-101 Subsectiondoes not apply to: (5)(a) the military installation development authority's imposition of a tax under this section; or the imposition of a tax under this section by the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District created in Section. 11-70-201 A municipality may not impose a tax under this section for accommodations and services described in Subsectionwithin a qualified development zone of a major sporting event venue zone if the creating entity of the major sporting event venue zone imposes a tax as described in Subsection. 59-12-103(1)(i) (7)

(6) As used in this Subsection: (6) "Authority" means the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, created in Section. 11-59-201 "Authority board" means the board referred to in Section. 11-59-301 The authority may, by a resolution adopted by the authority board, impose a tax of not to exceed 5% on charges for the accommodations and services described in Subsectionfor transactions that occur on point of the mountain state land, as defined in Section. 59-12-103(1)(i) 11-59-102 The authority board, by resolution, shall regulate the tax under this Subsection. (6) The authority shall use all revenue from a tax imposed under this Subsectionto provide affordable housing, consistent with the manner that a community reinvestment agency uses funds for income targeted housing under Section. (6) 17C-1-412 A tax under this Subsectionis in addition to any other tax that may be imposed under this part. (6)

(7) As used in this Subsection, "creating entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section. (7) 11-71-101 A creating entity may, by ordinance, impose a tax not to exceed 5% on charges for the accommodations and services described in Subsectionfor transactions that occur within the sales and use tax boundary, as defined in Section, of a major sporting event venue zone. 59-12-103(1)(i) 63N-3-1701 A creating entity shall use all revenue from a tax imposed under this Subsectionas described in Sectionsand. (7) 11-71-202 11-71-203 A tax under this Subsectionis in addition to any other tax that may be imposed under this part. (7)