2016 Utah Taxes Now
Conference Tentative Agenda th 38 Annual Conference on Taxes & Spending Sponsored by: Utah Taxpayers Association, Chevron, and Workers Compensation Fund Monday, May 16, 2016 – 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Grand America Hotel, 555 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah Moderated by Association President Howard Stephenson and Association Vice-President Billy Hesterman
7:30 Registration/Continental breakfast 10:20 Break 8:00 Welcome Mike Edmonds, Chairman, 10:30 Fiscally Responsible Medicaid Expansion Utah Taxpayers Association House Majority Leader Jim Dunnigan
8:05 View from the House 10:40 Removing the Local Option Sales Tax for the House Speaker Greg Hughes City Receiving State Correctional Facility (SB 180) Senator Lyle Hillyard 8:20 Planning and Funding for Utah’s Future
Water Needs (SB 28, SB 80, SB 251) 10:50 States Rights: Tax Interest on Municipal Senator Stuart Adams Bonds? Representative Timothy Hawkes Gary Hansen, Zions Bank
8:40 Addressing the Remote Sales Tax Challenge 11:05 Do Special Service Districts have the Right to (HB 235) Taxation without Representation? (SB 235) Natalie Martins, Twowheelingtots.com Senator Lincoln Fillmore Senator Curt Bramble LeGrand Bitter, Utah Association of Special 9:00 Report from the Tax Commission Districts Chairman John Valentine 11:20 Removing Tax Earmarks from the State 9:20 Utah 2.0 – Ensuring Utah’s Economic Budget Viability Through Tax Reform and Workforce Representative Brian King Alignment (HB 180, HB 61, SB 103, SB 131) Chair Curtis Trader, Tax Review Commission Representative Brad Wilson Representative John Knotwell 11:35 Halting Automatic Property Tax Hikes (HB 25) Senator Ann Millner Representative Dan McCay
9:55 Education Funding Equalization: Can Utah 11:45 View from the Senate Achieve Equal Funding for Every Student? Senate President Wayne Niederhauser Senator Lincoln Fillmore Representative Joel Briscoe 12:00 Luncheon: Grand Ballroom/Awards Representative Steve Eliason Taxpayer Watchdog of the Year Awards Luncheon Speakers: Candidates for 10:10 Impacts of SB 38 to the Property Tax Notice Utah Governor: Responses to Utah 2.0 Jennifer Condie, Utah State Tax Commission and Streamlines Sales Tax Proposal Governor Gary Herbert Jonathan Johnson Mike Weinholtz