§ 17B-1-1002. Limit on local district property tax levy -- Exclusions.

(1) The rate at which a local district levies a property tax for district operation and maintenance expenses on the taxable value of taxable property within the district may not exceed:

(a) .0008, for a basic local district;

(b) .0004, for a cemetery maintenance district;

(c) .0004, for a drainage district;

(d) .0008, for a fire protection district;

(e) .0008, for an improvement district;

(f) .0005, for a metropolitan water district;

(g) .0004, for a mosquito abatement district;

(h) .0004, for a public transit district;

(i)

(i) .0023, for a service area that:

(A) is located in a county of the first or second class; and

(B)

(I) provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; or

(II) subject to Subsection (3), provides law enforcement services; or

(ii) .0014, for each other service area; or

(j) the rates provided in Section 17B-2a-1006, for a water conservancy district.

(2) Property taxes levied by a local district are excluded from the limit applicable to that district under Subsection (1) if the taxes are:

(a) levied under Section 17B-1-1103 by a local district, other than a water conservancy district, to pay principal of and interest on general obligation bonds issued by the district;

(b) levied to pay debt and interest owed to the United States; or

(c) levied to pay assessments or other amounts due to a water users association or other public cooperative or private entity from which the district procures water.

(3) A service area described in Subsection (1)(i)(i)(B)(II) may not collect a tax described in Subsection (1)(i)(i) if a municipality or a county having a right to appoint a member to the board of trustees of the service area under Subsection 17B-2a-905(2) assesses on or after November 30 in the year in which the tax is first collected and each subsequent year that the tax is collected:

(a) a generally assessed fee imposed under Section 17B-1-643 for law enforcement services; or

(b) any other generally assessed fee for law enforcement services.

Amended by Chapter 282, 2011 General Session