2016 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, , 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 Alignment (HB 180, HB 61, SB 103, SB 131) Chair Curtis Trader, Tax Review Commission Representative Representative 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 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