2012 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Article 17a - Minimum School Program Act
Section 145 - Additional levy by district for debt service, school sites, buildings, buses, textbooks, and supplies.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a school district may elect to increase its tax rate by up to 10% of the cost of the basic program.
(2) The proceeds from the increase may only be used for debt service, the construction or remodeling of school buildings, or the purchase of school sites, buses, equipment, textbooks, and supplies.
(3) This section does not prohibit a district from exercising the authority granted by other laws relating to tax rates.
(4) This increase in the tax rate is not included in determining the apportionment of the State School Fund, and is in addition to other tax rates authorized by law.
(5) Beginning January 1, 2012, a school district may not:
(a) levy a tax rate in accordance with this section; or
(b) increase its tax rate as described in Subsection (1).
Amended by Chapter 371, 2011 General Session
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