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101 Specialized Product Amendments GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor:
101 Specialized Product Amendments Senate Amendments Amendment 1 January 21, 2026 09:37 AM Senator Evan J.
Evan J.
Vickers proposes the following amendments:
Vickers House Sponsor:
1.
Jennifer Dailey-Provost Cosponsor:
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may make rules to establish the additional information described in Subsection (1)(c) that a retailer shall provide in the application described in Subsection (1).] [(5)](3) The commission may [not ]charge a $50 fee for issuing or renewing a license under this section to offset the costs of administration.
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[(6)](4) The license under this section is in addition to a [license]permit required under Section 4-41-103.3.
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This bill amends provisions related to specialized products.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ creates a fee for the registration of cannabinoid;
▸ amends provisions related to cannabinoid and kratom products (specialized products);
▸ renames the "Cannabinoid Proceeds Restricted Account" to the "Specialized Product Proceeds Restricted Account";
▸ modifies provisions related to the tax on cannabinoid products;
▸ creates a temporary location sales license for specialized product retailers;
▸ creates a fee to be collected by the State Tax Commission to obtain a license to sell specialized products;
▸ applies a tax to kratom products that can be used for enforcement and other statutory required duties;
▸ creates penalties;
and ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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101 Enrolled Copy Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
4-41-403 (Effective 01/01/27), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 4-45-108 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 329 59-1-306 (Effective 01/01/27), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 258 59-1-403 (Effective 01/01/27) (Partially Repealed 07/01/29), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapters 182, 323, 400, and 498 59-12-104 (Effective 01/01/27), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 17 59-12-104.11 (Effective 01/01/27), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 11 59-31-101 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 59-31-201 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 59-31-202 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 59-31-301 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 59-31-302 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 59-31-401 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 59-31-402 (Effective 01/01/27), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 35 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1.
Section 4-41-403 is amended to read:
4-41-403 (Effective 01/01/27).
Standards for registration.
(1)(a) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act:
(i) to determine standards for a registered cannabinoid product, including standards for:
(A) testing to ensure the product is safe for human consumption;
and (B) accurate labeling;
(ii) governing an entity that manufactures cannabinoid products, including standards for health and safety;
(iii) to determine when and how a cannabinoid processor's cannabinoid [must ] shall be tested by the department at the expense of the cannabinoid processor;
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101 (iv) regarding what constitutes:
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(A) a conventional food or beverage;
and (B) a product that is marketed or manufactured to be enticing to children;
(v) regarding any other issue the department considers necessary for the safe production and sale of cannabinoid products;
and (vi) for a cannabinoid product that is not in an oil based suspension, prohibiting a serving size that is less than the full portion of a discrete unit of the cannabinoid product.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the department may not prohibit a sugar coating on a cannabinoid product to mask the product's taste, subject to the limitations described in Subsection (1)(a)(iv) or (v).
(2) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department may make rules to immediately ban or limit the presence of any substance in a cannabinoid product after receiving a recommendation to do so from a public health authority as defined in Section 26B-1-102.
(3) The department shall set a fine of not more than $5,000 for a person who sells a cannabinoid product that is not registered by the department.
(4) Until January 1, 2029, the department may set a fee to register a cannabinoid product.
Section 2.
Section 4-45-108 is amended to read:
4-45-108 (Effective 01/01/27).
Registration of kratom products -- Department duties.
(1) [The ] Until January 1, 2029, the department [shall] may set a fee to register a kratom product, in accordance with Section 4-2-103.
(2) The fee described in Subsection (1) may be paid by a producer, manufacturer, or distributor of a kratom product, but a kratom product may not be registered with the department until the fee is paid.
(3) The department[ shall]:
(a) shall set an administrative fine[, larger than the fee described in Subsection (1), ] not to exceed $5,000 for a person who sells a kratom product that is not registered with the department;
and (b) may assess the fine described in Subsection (3)(a) against any person who offers an unregistered kratom product for sale in this state[.] ;
and (c) may take an administrative action against any person who offers an unregistered kratom product for sale in this state.
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101 Enrolled Copy (4) The department may seize and destroy any unregistered kratom product offered for sale in this state.
(5) The department shall share information the department has obtained regarding persons that sell kratom products with the State Tax Commission upon request.
Section 3.
Section 59-1-306 is amended to read:
59-1-306 (Effective 01/01/27).
Definition -- State Tax Commission Administrative Charge Account -- Amount of administrative charge -- Deposit of revenue into the restricted account -- Interest deposited into General Fund -- Expenditure of money deposited into the restricted account.
(1) As used in this section, "qualifying tax, fee, or charge" means a tax, fee, or charge the commission administers under:
(a) Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act;
(b) Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act;
(c) Section 19-6-714;
(d) Section 19-6-805;
(e) Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act, other than a tax under Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection, or Chapter 12, Part 18, Additional State Sales and Use Tax Act;
(f) Section 59-27-105;
(g) Chapter 31, [Cannabinoid] Specialized Product Licensing and Tax Act;
(h) Chapter 32, Local Impact Mitigation Tax Act;
(i) Chapter 33, Wind or Solar Electric Generation Facility Capacity Tax;
(j) Section 63H-1-205;
(k) Title 63N, Chapter 3, Part 6, Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Act;
[or] (l) Title 69, Chapter 2, Part 4, Prepaid Wireless Telecommunications Service Charges;
or (m) Title 79, Chapter 6, Part [11] 14, Energy Project Assessment.
(2) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "State Tax Commission Administrative Charge Account." (3) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the restricted account shall consist of administrative charges the commission retains and deposits in accordance with this section.
(4) For purposes of this section, the administrative charge is a percentage of revenue the commission collects from each qualifying tax, fee, or charge of not to exceed the lesser of:
(a) 1.5%;
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101 (b) an equal percentage of revenue the commission collects from each qualifying tax, fee, or charge sufficient to cover the cost to the commission of administering the qualifying taxes, fees, or charges.
(5) The commission shall deposit an administrative charge into the restricted account.
(6) Interest earned on the restricted account shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(7) The commission shall expend money appropriated by the Legislature to the commission from the restricted account to administer qualifying taxes, fees, or charges or to offset general operational expenses.
Section 4.
Section 59-1-403 is amended to read:
59-1-403 (Effective 01/01/27) (Partially Repealed 07/01/29).
Confidentiality -- Exceptions -- Penalty -- Application to property tax.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Distributed tax, fee, or charge" means a tax, fee, or charge:
(i) the commission administers under:
(A) this title, other than a tax under Chapter 12, Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act;
(B) Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act;
(C) Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act;
(D) Section 19-6-805;
(E) Section 63H-1-205;
or (F) Title 69, Chapter 2, Part 4, Prepaid Wireless Telecommunications Service Charges;
and (ii) with respect to which the commission distributes the revenue collected from the tax, fee, or charge to a qualifying jurisdiction.
(b) "GOEO" means the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity created in Section 63N-1a-301.
(c) "Qualifying jurisdiction" means:
(i) a county, city, or town;
(ii) the military installation development authority created in Section 63H-1-201;
(iii) the Utah Inland Port Authority created in Section 11-58-201;
or (iv) the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District created in Section 11-70-201.
(2)(a) Any of the following may not divulge or make known in any manner any information gained by that person from any return filed with the commission:
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101 Enrolled Copy (i) a tax commissioner;
(ii) an agent, clerk, or other officer or employee of the commission;
or (iii) a representative, agent, clerk, or other officer or employee of any county, city, or town.
(b) An official charged with the custody of a return filed with the commission is not required to produce the return or evidence of anything contained in the return in any action or proceeding in any court, except:
(i) in accordance with judicial order;
(ii) on behalf of the commission in any action or proceeding under:
(A) this title;
or (B) other law under which persons are required to file returns with the commission;
(iii) on behalf of the commission in any action or proceeding to which the commission is a party;
or (iv) on behalf of any party to any action or proceeding under this title if the report or facts shown by the return are directly involved in the action or proceeding.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b), a court may require the production of, and may admit in evidence, any portion of a return or of the facts shown by the return, as are specifically pertinent to the action or proceeding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, a person described in Subsection (2)(a) may not divulge or make known in any manner any information gained by that person from any return filed with the commission to the extent that the disclosure is prohibited under federal law.
(3) This section does not prohibit:
(a) a person or that person's [duly ]authorized representative from receiving a copy of any return or report filed in connection with that person's own tax;
(b) the publication of statistics as long as the statistics are classified to prevent the identification of particular reports or returns;
and (c) the inspection by the attorney general or other legal representative of the state of the report or return of any taxpayer:
(i) who brings action to set aside or review a tax based on the report or return;
(ii) against whom an action or proceeding is contemplated or has been instituted under this title;
or (iii) against whom the state has an unsatisfied money judgment.
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101 (4)(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2) and for purposes of administration, the commission may by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, provide for a reciprocal exchange of information with:
(i) the United States Internal Revenue Service;
or (ii) the revenue service of any other state.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2) and for all taxes except individual income tax and corporate franchise tax, the commission may by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, share information gathered from returns and other written statements with the federal government, any other state, any of the political subdivisions of another state, or any political subdivision of this state, except as limited by Sections 59-12-209 and 59-12-210, if the political subdivision, other state, or the federal government grant substantially similar privileges to this state.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (2) and for all taxes except individual income tax and corporate franchise tax, the commission may by rule, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, provide for the issuance of information concerning the identity and other information of taxpayers who have failed to file tax returns or to pay any tax due.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide to the director of the Division of Environmental Response and Remediation, as defined in Section 19-6-402, as requested by the director of the Division of Environmental Response and Remediation, any records, returns, or other information filed with the commission under Chapter 13, Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act, or Section 19-6-410.5 regarding the environmental assurance program participation fee.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), at the request of any person the commission shall provide that person sales and purchase volume data reported to the commission on a report, return, or other information filed with the commission under:
(i) Chapter 13, Part 2, Motor Fuel;
or (ii) Chapter 13, Part 4, Aviation Fuel.
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), upon request from a tobacco product manufacturer, as defined in Section 59-22-202, the commission shall report to the manufacturer:
(i) the quantity of cigarettes, as defined in Section 59-22-202, produced by the manufacturer and reported to the commission for the previous calendar year under - 7 - S.B.
101 Enrolled Copy Section 59-14-407;
and (ii) the quantity of cigarettes, as defined in Section 59-22-202, produced by the manufacturer for which a tax refund was granted during the previous calendar year under Section 59-14-401 and reported to the commission under Subsection 59-14-401(1)(a)(v).
(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall notify manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retail dealers of a tobacco product manufacturer that is prohibited from selling cigarettes to consumers within the state under Subsection 59-14-210(2).
(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may:
(i) provide to the Division of Consumer Protection within the Department of Commerce and the attorney general data:
(A) reported to the commission under Section 59-14-212;
or (B) related to a violation under Section 59-14-211;
and (ii) upon request, provide to any person data reported to the commission under Subsections 59-14-212(1)(a) through (c) and Subsection 59-14-212(1)(g).
(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall, at the request of a committee of the Legislature, the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, or the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, provide to the committee or office the total amount of revenue collected by the commission under Chapter 24, Radioactive Waste Facility Tax Act, for the time period specified by the committee or office.
(j) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall make the directory required by Section 59-14-603 available for public inspection.
(k) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may share information with federal, state, or local agencies as provided in Subsection 59-14-606(3).
(l)(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide the Office of Recovery Services within the Department of Health and Human Services any relevant information obtained from a return filed under Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act, regarding a taxpayer who has become obligated to the Office of Recovery Services.
(ii) The information described in Subsection (4)(l)(i) may be provided by the Office of Recovery Services to any other state's child support collection agency involved in enforcing that support obligation.
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101 administrator, the commission shall provide to the state court administrator, the name, address, telephone number, county of residence, and social security number on resident returns filed under Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act.
(ii) The state court administrator may use the information described in Subsection (4)(m)(i) only as a source list for the master jury list described in Section 78B-1-106.
(n)(i) As used in this Subsection (4)(n):
(A) "Income tax information" means information gained by the commission that is required to be attached to or included in a return filed with the commission under Chapter 7, Corporate Franchise and Income Taxes, or Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act.
(B) "Other tax information" means information gained by the commission that is required to be attached to or included in a return filed with the commission except for a return filed under Chapter 7, Corporate Franchise and Income Taxes, or Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act.
(C) "Tax information" means income tax information or other tax information.
(ii)(A) Notwithstanding Subsection (2) and except as provided in Subsection (4)(n)(ii)(B) or (C), the commission shall at the request of GOEO provide to GOEO all income tax information.
(B) For purposes of a request for income tax information made under Subsection (4)(n)(ii)(A), GOEO may not request and the commission may not provide to GOEO a person's address, name, social security number, or taxpayer identification number.
(C) In providing income tax information to GOEO, the commission shall in all instances protect the privacy of a person as required by Subsection (4)(n)(ii)(B).
(iii)(A) Notwithstanding Subsection (2) and except as provided in Subsection (4)(n)(iii)(B), the commission shall at the request of GOEO provide to GOEO other tax information.
(B) Before providing other tax information to GOEO, the commission shall redact or remove any name, address, social security number, or taxpayer identification number.
(iv) GOEO may provide tax information received from the commission in accordance with this Subsection (4)(n) only:
(A) as a fiscal estimate, fiscal note information, or statistical information;
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101 Enrolled Copy (B) if the tax information is classified to prevent the identification of a particular return.
(v)(A) A person may not request tax information from GOEO under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, or this section, if GOEO received the tax information from the commission in accordance with this Subsection (4)(n).
(B) GOEO may not provide to a person that requests tax information in accordance with Subsection (4)(n)(v)(A) any tax information other than the tax information GOEO provides in accordance with Subsection (4)(n)(iv).
(o) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may provide to the governing board of the agreement or a taxing official of another state, the District of Columbia, the United States, or a territory of the United States:
(i) the following relating to an agreement sales and use tax:
(A) information contained in a return filed with the commission;
(B) information contained in a report filed with the commission;
(C) a schedule related to Subsection (4)(o)(i)(A) or (B);
or (D) a document filed with the commission;
or (ii) a report of an audit or investigation made with respect to an agreement sales and use tax.
(p) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may provide information concerning a taxpayer's state income tax return or state income tax withholding information to the Driver License Division if the Driver License Division:
(i) requests the information;
and (ii) provides the commission with a signed release form from the taxpayer allowing the Driver License Division access to the information.
(q) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide to the Utah Communications Authority, or a division of the Utah Communications Authority, the information requested by the authority under Sections 63H-7a-302, 63H-7a-402, and 63H-7a-502.
(r) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide to the Utah Educational Savings Plan information related to a resident or nonresident individual's contribution to a Utah Educational Savings Plan account as designated on the resident or nonresident's individual income tax return as provided under Section 59-10-1313.
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101 (s) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), for the purpose of verifying eligibility under Sections 26B-3-106 and 26B-3-903, the commission shall provide an eligibility worker with the Department of Health and Human Services or its designee with the adjusted gross income of an individual if:
(i) an eligibility worker with the Department of Health and Human Services or its designee requests the information from the commission;
and (ii) the eligibility worker has complied with the identity verification and consent provisions of Sections 26B-3-106 and 26B-3-903.
(t) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may provide to a county, as determined by the commission, information declared on an individual income tax return in accordance with Section 59-10-103.1 that relates to eligibility to claim a residential exemption authorized under Section 59-2-103.
(u) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide a report regarding any access line provider that is over 90 days delinquent in payment to the commission of amounts the access line provider owes under Title 69, Chapter 2, Part 4, Prepaid Wireless Telecommunications Service Charges, to the board of the Utah Communications Authority created in Section 63H-7a-201.
(v) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide the Department of Environmental Quality a report on the amount of tax paid by a radioactive waste facility for the previous calendar year under Section 59-24-103.5.
(w) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may, upon request, provide to the Department of Workforce Services any information received under Chapter 10, Part 4, Withholding of Tax, that is relevant to the duties of the Department of Workforce Services.
(x) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may provide the Public Service Commission or the Division of Public Utilities information related to a seller that collects and remits to the commission a charge described in Subsection 69-2-405(2), including the seller's identity and the number of charges described in Subsection 69-2-405(2) that the seller collects.
(y)(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide to each qualifying jurisdiction the collection data necessary to verify the revenue collected by the commission for a distributed tax, fee, or charge collected within the qualifying jurisdiction.
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101 Enrolled Copy commission shall provide a qualifying jurisdiction with copies of returns and other information relating to a distributed tax, fee, or charge collected within the qualifying jurisdiction.
(iii)(A) To obtain the information described in Subsection (4)(y)(ii), the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee of the qualifying jurisdiction shall submit a written request to the commission that states the specific information sought and how the qualifying jurisdiction intends to use the information.
(B) The information described in Subsection (4)(y)(ii) is available only in official matters of the qualifying jurisdiction.
(iv) Information that a qualifying jurisdiction receives in response to a request under this subsection is:
(A) classified as a private record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act;
and (B) subject to the confidentiality requirements of this section.
(z) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide the Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission, upon request, with taxpayer status information related to state tax obligations necessary to comply with the requirements described in Section 32B-1-203.
(aa) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall inform the Department of Workforce Services, as soon as practicable, whether an individual claimed and is entitled to claim a federal earned income tax credit for the year requested by the Department of Workforce Services if:
(i) the Department of Workforce Services requests this information;
and (ii) the commission has received the information release described in Section 35A-9-604.
(bb)(i) As used in this Subsection (4)(bb), "unclaimed property administrator" means the administrator or the administrator's agent, as those terms are defined in Section 67-4a-102.
(ii)(A) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), upon request from the unclaimed property administrator and to the extent allowed under federal law, the commission shall provide the unclaimed property administrator the name, address, telephone number, county of residence, and social security number or federal employer identification number on any return filed under Chapter 7, Corporate Franchise - 12 - Enrolled Copy S.B.
101 and Income Taxes, or Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act.
(B) The unclaimed property administrator may use the information described in Subsection (4)(bb)(ii)(A) only for the purpose of returning unclaimed property to the property's owner in accordance with Title 67, Chapter 4a, Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(iii) The unclaimed property administrator is subject to the confidentiality provisions of this section with respect to any information the unclaimed property administrator receives under this Subsection (4)(bb).
(cc) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may, upon request, disclose a taxpayer's state individual income tax information to a program manager of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program under Section 53F-6-402 if:
(i) the taxpayer consents in writing to the disclosure;
(ii) the taxpayer's written consent includes the taxpayer's name, social security number, and any other information the commission requests that is necessary to verify the identity of the taxpayer;
and (iii) the program manager provides the taxpayer's written consent to the commission.
(dd) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may provide to the Division of Finance within the Department of Government Operations any information necessary to facilitate a payment from the commission to a taxpayer, including:
(i) the name of the taxpayer entitled to the payment or any other person legally authorized to receive the payment;
(ii) the taxpayer identification number of the taxpayer entitled to the payment;
(iii) the payment identification number and amount of the payment;
(iv) the tax year to which the payment applies and date on which the payment is due;
(v) a mailing address to which the payment may be directed;
and (vi) information regarding an account at a depository institution to which the payment may be directed, including the name of the depository institution, the type of account, the account number, and the routing number for the account.
(ee) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide the total amount of revenue collected by the commission under Subsection 59-5-202(5):
(i) at the request of a committee of the Legislature, the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, or the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, to the committee or office for the time period specified by the committee or office;
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(ff) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may provide the Department of Agriculture and Food with information from a return filed in accordance with Chapter 31, [Cannabinoid] Specialized Product Licensing and Tax Act.
(gg) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission shall provide the Department of Workforce Services with the information described in Section 35A-3-105.
(hh) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), the commission may provide aggregated information to the Utah Population Committee, created in Section 63C-20-103, if the Utah Population Committee requests the information in accordance with Section 63C-20-105.
(5)(a) Each report and return shall be preserved for at least three years.
(b) After the three-year period provided in Subsection (5)(a) the commission may destroy a report or return.
(6)(a) Any individual who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) If the individual described in Subsection (6)(a) is an officer or employee of the state, the individual shall be dismissed from office and be disqualified from holding public office in this state for a period of five years thereafter.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (6)(a) or (b), GOEO, when requesting information in accordance with Subsection (4)(n)(iii), or an individual who requests information in accordance with Subsection (4)(n)(v):
(i) is not guilty of a class A misdemeanor;
and (ii) is not subject to:
(A) dismissal from office in accordance with Subsection (6)(b);
or (B) disqualification from holding public office in accordance with Subsection (6)(b).
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (6)(a) or (b), for a disclosure of information to the Office of the Legislative Auditor General in accordance with Title 36, Chapter 12, Legislative Organization, an individual described in Subsection (2):
(i) is not guilty of a class A misdemeanor;
and (ii) is not subject to:
(A) dismissal from office in accordance with Subsection (6)(b);
or (B) disqualification from holding public office in accordance with Subsection (6)(b).
(7) Except as provided in Section 59-1-404, this part does not apply to the property tax.
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101 Section 5.
Section 59-12-104 is amended to read:
59-12-104 (Effective 01/01/27).
Exemptions.
Exemptions from the taxes imposed by this chapter are as follows:
(1) sales of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuel subject to a Utah state excise tax under Chapter 13, Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act;
(2) subject to Section 59-12-104.6, sales to the state, its institutions, and its political subdivisions;
however, this exemption does not apply to sales of:
(a) construction materials except:
(i) construction materials purchased by or on behalf of institutions of the public education system as defined in Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 2, provided the construction materials are clearly identified and segregated and installed or converted to real property which is owned by institutions of the public education system;
and (ii) construction materials purchased by the state, its institutions, or its political subdivisions which are installed or converted to real property by employees of the state, its institutions, or its political subdivisions;
or (b) tangible personal property in connection with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of a project, as defined in Section 11-13-103, or facilities providing additional project capacity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;
(3)(a) sales of an item described in Subsection (3)(b) from a vending machine if:
(i) the proceeds of each sale do not exceed $1;
and (ii) the seller or operator of the vending machine reports an amount equal to 150% of the cost of the item described in Subsection (3)(b) as goods consumed;
and (b) Subsection (3)(a) applies to:
(i) food and food ingredients;
or (ii) prepared food;
(4)(a) sales of the following to a commercial airline carrier for in-flight consumption:
(i) alcoholic beverages;
(ii) food and food ingredients;
or (iii) prepared food;
(b) sales of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically:
(i) to a passenger;
(ii) by a commercial airline carrier;
and (iii) during a flight for in-flight consumption or in-flight use by the passenger;
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101 Enrolled Copy (c) services related to Subsection (4)(a) or (b);
(5) sales of parts and equipment for installation in an aircraft operated by a common carrier in interstate or foreign commerce;
(6) sales of commercials, motion picture films, prerecorded audio program tapes or records, and prerecorded video tapes by a producer, distributor, or studio to a motion picture exhibitor, distributor, or commercial television or radio broadcaster;
(7)(a) except as provided in Subsection (85) and subject to Subsection (7)(b), sales of cleaning or washing of tangible personal property if the cleaning or washing of the tangible personal property is not assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
(b) if a seller that sells at the same business location assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property and cleaning or washing of tangible personal property that is not assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property, the exemption described in Subsection (7)(a) applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales of the assisted cleaning or washing of the tangible personal property;
and (c) for purposes of Subsection (7)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
(i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
and (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for sales of assisted cleaning or washing of tangible personal property;
(8) sales made to or by religious or charitable institutions in the conduct of their regular religious or charitable functions and activities, if the requirements of Section 59-12-104.1 are fulfilled;
(9) sales of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under the motor vehicle laws of this state if:
(a) the sale is not from the vehicle's lessor to the vehicle's lessee;
(b) the vehicle is not registered in this state;
and (c)(i) the vehicle is not used in this state;
or (ii) the vehicle is used in this state:
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or (B) if the vehicle is used to conduct business, for the time period necessary to transport the vehicle to the borders of this state;
(10)(a) amounts paid for an item described in Subsection (10)(b) if:
(i) the item is intended for human use;
and (ii)(A) a prescription was issued for the item;
or (B) the item was purchased by a hospital or other medical facility;
and (b)(i) Subsection (10)(a) applies to:
(A) a drug;
(B) a syringe;
or (C) a stoma supply;
and (ii) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may by rule define the terms:
(A) "syringe";
or (B) "stoma supply";
(11) purchases or leases exempt under Section 19-12-201;
(12)(a) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) served by:
(i) the following if the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the general public:
(A) a church;
or (B) a charitable institution;
or (ii) an institution of higher education if:
(A) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is not available to the general public;
or (B) the item described in Subsection (12)(c) is prepaid as part of a student meal plan offered by the institution of higher education;
(b) sales of an item described in Subsection (12)(c) provided for a patient by:
(i) a medical facility;
or (ii) a nursing facility;
and (c) Subsections (12)(a) and (b) apply to:
(i) food and food ingredients;
(ii) prepared food;
or (iii) alcoholic beverages;
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(i) regardless of the number of transactions involving the sale of that tangible personal property or product transferred electronically by that person;
and (ii) not regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
(b) this Subsection (13) does not apply if:
(i) the sale is one of a series of sales of a character to indicate that the person is regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
(ii) the person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
(iii) the person sells an item of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically that the person purchased as a sale that is exempt under Subsection (25);
or (iv) the sale is of a vehicle or vessel required to be titled or registered under the laws of this state in which case the tax is based upon:
(A) the bill of sale, lease agreement, or other written evidence of value of the vehicle or vessel being sold;
or (B) in the absence of a bill of sale, lease agreement, or other written evidence of value, the fair market value of the vehicle or vessel being sold at the time of the sale as determined by the commission;
and (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission shall make rules establishing the circumstances under which:
(i) a person is regularly engaged in the business of selling a type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
(ii) a sale of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically is one of a series of sales of a character to indicate that a person is regularly engaged in the business of selling that type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
or (iii) a person holds that person out as regularly engaged in the business of selling a type of tangible personal property or product transferred electronically;
(14) amounts paid or charged for a purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for office equipment or office supplies, by:
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(i) is located in the state;
and (ii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials:
(A) in the manufacturing process to manufacture an item sold as tangible personal property, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
or (B) for a scrap recycler, to process an item sold as tangible personal property, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(b) an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
(i) is described in NAICS Subsector 212, Mining (except Oil and Gas), or NAICS Code 213113, Support Activities for Coal Mining, 213114, Support Activities for Metal Mining, or 213115, Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining, of the 2002 North American Industry Classification System of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget;
(ii) is located in the state;
and (iii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials in:
(A) the production process to produce an item sold as tangible personal property, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(B) research and development, as the commission may define that phrase in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(C) transporting, storing, or managing tailings, overburden, or similar waste materials produced from mining;
(D) developing or maintaining a road, tunnel, excavation, or similar feature used in mining;
or (E) preventing, controlling, or reducing dust or other pollutants from mining;
or (c) an establishment, as the commission defines that term in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:
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(ii) is located in the state;
and (iii) uses or consumes the machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials in the operation of the web search portal;
(15)(a) sales of the following if the requirements of Subsection (15)(b) are met:
(i) tooling;
(ii) special tooling;
(iii) support equipment;
(iv) special test equipment;
or (v) parts used in the repairs or renovations of tooling or equipment described in Subsections (15)(a)(i) through (iv);
and (b) sales of tooling, equipment, or parts described in Subsection (15)(a) are exempt if:
(i) the tooling, equipment, or parts are used or consumed exclusively in the performance of any aerospace or electronics industry contract with the United States government or any subcontract under that contract;
and (ii) under the terms of the contract or subcontract described in Subsection (15)(b)(i), title to the tooling, equipment, or parts is vested in the United States government as evidenced by:
(A) a government identification tag placed on the tooling, equipment, or parts;
or (B) listing on a government-approved property record if placing a government identification tag on the tooling, equipment, or parts is impractical;
(16) sales of newspapers or newspaper subscriptions;
(17)(a) except as provided in Subsection (17)(b), tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically traded in as full or part payment of the purchase price, except that for purposes of calculating sales or use tax upon vehicles not sold by a vehicle dealer, trade-ins are limited to other vehicles only, and the tax is based upon:
(i) the bill of sale or other written evidence of value of the vehicle being sold and the vehicle being traded in;
or (ii) in the absence of a bill of sale or other written evidence of value, the then existing fair market value of the vehicle being sold and the vehicle being traded in, as determined by the commission;
and (b) Subsection (17)(a) does not apply to the following items of tangible personal property or products transferred electronically traded in as full or part payment of the purchase price:
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(ii) electricity;
(iii) water;
(iv) gas;
or (v) steam;
(18)(a)(i) except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), sales of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically used or consumed primarily and directly in farming operations, regardless of whether the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically:
(A) becomes part of real estate;
or (B) is installed by a farmer, contractor, or subcontractor;
or (ii) sales of parts used in the repairs or renovations of tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically is exempt under Subsection (18)(a)(i);
and (b) amounts paid or charged for the following are subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter:
(i)(A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(i)(B), machinery, equipment, materials, or supplies if used in a manner that is incidental to farming;
and (B) tangible personal property that is considered to be used in a manner that is incidental to farming includes:
(I) hand tools;
or (II) maintenance and janitorial equipment and supplies;
(ii)(A) subject to Subsection (18)(b)(ii)(B), tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically if the tangible personal property or product transferred electronically is used in an activity other than farming;
and (B) tangible personal property or a product transferred electronically that is considered to be used in an activity other than farming includes:
(I) office equipment and supplies;
or (II) equipment and supplies used in:
(Aa) the sale or distribution of farm products;
(Bb) research;
or (Cc) transportation;
or (iii) a vehicle required to be registered by the laws of this state during the period ending two years after the date of the vehicle's purchase;
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(20) exclusive sale during the harvest season of seasonal crops, seedling plants, or garden, farm, or other agricultural produce if the seasonal crops are, seedling plants are, or garden, farm, or other agricultural produce is sold by:
(a) the producer of the seasonal crops, seedling plants, or garden, farm, or other agricultural produce;
(b) an employee of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a);
or (c) a member of the immediate family of the producer described in Subsection (20)(a);
(21) purchases made using a coupon as defined in 7 U.S.C.
Sec.
2012 that is issued under the Food Stamp Program, 7 U.S.C.
Sec.
2011 et seq.;
(22) sales of nonreturnable containers, nonreturnable labels, nonreturnable bags, nonreturnable shipping cases, and nonreturnable casings to a manufacturer, processor, wholesaler, or retailer for use in packaging tangible personal property to be sold by that manufacturer, processor, wholesaler, or retailer;
(23) a product stored in the state for resale;
(24)(a) purchases of a product if:
(i) the product is:
(A) purchased outside of this state;
(B) brought into this state:
(I) at any time after the purchase described in Subsection (24)(a)(i)(A);
and (II) by a nonresident person who is not living or working in this state at the time of the purchase;
(C) used for the personal use or enjoyment of the nonresident person described in Subsection (24)(a)(i)(B)(II) while that nonresident person is within the state;
and (D) not used in conducting business in this state;
and (ii) for:
(A) a product other than a boat described in Subsection (24)(a)(ii)(B), the first use of the product for a purpose for which the product is designed occurs outside of this state;
(B) a boat, the boat is registered outside of this state;
or (C) a vehicle other than a vehicle sold to an authorized carrier, the vehicle is registered outside of this state;
(b) the exemption provided for in Subsection (24)(a) does not apply to:
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or (ii) a sale of a vehicle exempt under Subsection (33);
and (c) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, for purposes of Subsection (24)(a), the commission may by rule define what constitutes the following:
(i) conducting business in this state if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
(ii) the first use of a product if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
or (iii) a purpose for which a product is designed if that phrase has the same meaning in this Subsection (24) as in Subsection (63);
(25) a product purchased for resale in the regular course of business, either in the product's original form or as an ingredient or component part of a manufactured or compounded product;
(26) a product upon which a sales or use tax was paid to some other state, or one of another state's subdivisions, except that the state shall be paid any difference between the tax paid and the tax imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act, and no adjustment is allowed if the tax paid was greater than the tax imposed by this part and Part 2, Local Sales and Use Tax Act;
(27) any sale of a service described in Subsections 59-12-103(1)(b), (c), and (d) to a person for use in compounding a service taxable under the subsections;
(28) purchases made in accordance with the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established in 42 U.S.C.
Sec.
1786;
(29) sales or leases of rolls, rollers, refractory brick, electric motors, or other replacement parts used in the furnaces, mills, or ovens of a steel mill described in SIC Code 3312 of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget;
(30) sales of a boat of a type required to be registered under Title 73, Chapter 18, State Boating Act, a boat trailer, or an outboard motor if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is:
(a) not registered in this state;
and (b)(i) not used in this state;
or (ii) used in this state:
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(I) 30 days in any calendar year;
or (II) the time period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to the borders of this state;
or (B) if the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor is used to conduct business, for the time period necessary to transport the boat, boat trailer, or outboard motor to the borders of this state;
(31) sales of aircraft manufactured in Utah;
(32) amounts paid for the purchase of telecommunications service for purposes of providing telecommunications service;
(33) sales, leases, or uses of the following:
(a) a vehicle by an authorized carrier;
or (b) tangible personal property that is installed on a vehicle:
(i) sold or leased to or used by an authorized carrier;
and (ii) before the vehicle is placed in service for the first time;
(34)(a) 45% of the sales price of any new manufactured home;
and (b) 100% of the sales price of any used manufactured home;
(35) sales relating to schools and fundraising sales;
(36) sales or rentals of durable medical equipment if:
(a) a person presents a prescription for the durable medical equipment;
and (b) the durable medical equipment is used for home use only;
(37)(a) sales to a ski resort of electricity to operate a passenger ropeway as defined in Section 72-11-102;
and (b) the commission shall by rule determine the method for calculating sales exempt under Subsection (37)(a) that are not separately metered and accounted for in utility billings;
(38) sales to a ski resort of:
(a) snowmaking equipment;
(b) ski slope grooming equipment;
(c) passenger ropeways as defined in Section 72-11-102;
or (d) parts used in the repairs or renovations of equipment or passenger ropeways described in Subsections (38)(a) through (c);
(39) subject to Subsection 59-12-103(2)(j), sales of natural gas, electricity, heat, coal, fuel oil, or other fuels for industrial use;
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(b) if a seller that sells or rents at the same business location the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or recreation one or more unassisted amusement devices and one or more assisted amusement devices, the exemption described in Subsection (40)(a) applies if the seller separately accounts for the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or recreation for the assisted amusement devices;
and (c) for purposes of Subsection (40)(b) and in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules:
(i) governing the circumstances under which sales are at the same business location;
and (ii) establishing the procedures and requirements for a seller to separately account for the sales or rentals of the right to use or operate for amusement, entertainment, or recreation for assisted amusement devices;
(41)(a) sales of photocopies by:
(i) a governmental entity;
or (ii) an entity within the state system of public education, including:
(A) a school;
or (B) the State Board of Education;
or (b) sales of publications by a governmental entity;
(42) amounts paid for admission to an athletic event at an institution of higher education that is subject to the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C.
Sec.
1681 et seq.;
(43)(a) sales made to or by:
(i) an area agency on aging;
or (ii) a senior citizen center owned by a county, city, or town;
or (b) sales made by a senior citizen center that contracts with an area agency on aging;
(44) sales or leases of semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or development materials regardless of whether the semiconductor fabricating, processing, research, or development materials:
(a) actually come into contact with a semiconductor;
or (b) ultimately become incorporated into real property;
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(46) the lease or use of a vehicle issued a temporary sports event registration certificate in accordance with Section 41-3-306 for the event period specified on the temporary sports event registration certificate;
(47)(a) sales or uses of electricity, if the sales or uses are made under a retail tariff adopted by the Public Service Commission only for purchase of electricity produced from a new alternative energy source built after January 1, 2016, as designated in the tariff by the Public Service Commission;
and (b) for a residential use customer only, the exemption under Subsection (47)(a) applies only to the portion of the tariff rate a customer pays under the tariff described in Subsection (47)(a) that exceeds the tariff rate under the tariff described in Subsection (47)(a) that the customer would have paid absent the tariff;
(48) sales or rentals of mobility enhancing equipment if a person presents a prescription for the mobility enhancing equipment;
(49) sales of water in a:
(a) pipe;
(b) conduit;
(c) ditch;
or (d) reservoir;
(50) sales of currency or coins that constitute legal tender of a state, the United States, or a foreign nation;
(51)(a) sales of an item described in Subsection (51)(b) if the item:
(i) does not constitute legal tender of a state, the United States, or a foreign nation;
and (ii) has a gold, silver, or platinum content of 50% or more;
and (b) Subsection (51)(a) applies to a gold, silver, or platinum:
(i) ingot;
(ii) bar;