Section 63H-1-501 - Authority receipt and use of property tax allocation - Contractual annual payment - Distribution of property tax allocation(1)(a) The authority may:(i) subject to Subsection (1)(b):(A) receive up to 75% of the property tax allocation for up to 25 years, as provided in this part; and(B) after the time period described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) expires, receive up to 75% of the property tax allocation for up to 15 years, if the board determines the additional years will produce significant benefit; and(ii) use the property tax allocation before, during, and after the period described in Subsection (1)(a)(i).(b) With respect to a parcel located within a project area, the 25-year period described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) begins on the day on which the authority receives the first property tax allocation from that parcel.(2)(a) For purposes of Subsection (1)(b), the authority may designate an improved portion of a parcel in a project area as a separate parcel.(b) An authority designation of an improved portion of a parcel as a separate parcel under Subsection (2)(a) is for purposes of Subsection (1)(b) only and does not constitute a subdivision for any other purpose.(c) A county recorder shall assign a separate tax identification number to the improved portion of a parcel designated by the authority as a separate parcel under Subsection (2)(a).(3) Improvements on a parcel within a project area become subject to property tax on January 1 immediately following the day on which the authority or an entity designated by the authority issues a certificate of occupancy with respect to those improvements.(4)(a) If the authority or an entity designated by the authority has not issued a certificate of occupancy for a private parcel within a project area, the private parcel owner shall make an annual payment to the authority:(i) that is equal to 1.2% of the taxable value of the parcel above the base taxable value of the parcel; and(ii) until the parcel becomes subject to the property tax described in Subsection (3).(b) The authority may use the revenue from payments described in Subsection (4)(a) for any purpose described in Subsection 63H-1-502(1).(c) The authority may submit for recording to the office of the recorder of the county in which a private parcel described in Subsection (4)(a) is located: (i) a copy of an agreement between the authority and the private parcel owner that memorializes the payment obligation under Subsection (4)(a); or(ii) a notice that describes the payment obligation under Subsection (4)(a).(d) An owner of a private parcel described in Subsection (4)(a) may not be required to make a payment that exceeds or is in addition to the payment described in Subsection (4)(a)(i) until the private parcel becomes subject to the property tax described in Subsection (3).(e) Upon the transfer of title of a private parcel described in Subsection (4)(a), the amount of the annual payment required under Subsection (4)(a) shall be: (i) treated the same as a property tax; and(ii) prorated between the previous owner and the owner who acquires title from the previous owner.(f) A person who fails to pay or is delinquent in paying an annual payment described in Subsection (4)(a) is subject to the same penalties and interest as the failure or delinquent payment of a property tax in accordance with Title 59, Chapter 2, Property Tax Act.(g) A county treasurer shall:(i) include the annual payment described in Subsection (4)(a) on a county property tax notice in accordance with Section 59-2-1317; and(ii) collect the annual payment as part of the property tax collection.(h) A county auditor shall include the annual payment described in Subsection (4)(a) on the notice of property valuation in accordance with Subsection 59-2-919.1(1).(5) Each county that collects property tax on property within a project area shall pay and distribute to the authority the property tax allocation and dedicated tax collections that the authority is entitled to collect under this title, in the manner and at the time provided in Section 59-2-1365.(6)(a) The board shall determine by resolution when the entire project area or an individual parcel within a project area is subject to property tax allocation.(b) The board shall amend the project area budget to reflect whether a parcel within a project area is subject to property tax allocation.(7) The following property owned by the authority is not subject to any property tax under Title 59, Chapter 2, Property Tax Act, or any privilege tax under Title 59, Chapter 4, Privilege Tax, regardless of whether the authority enters into a long-term operating agreement with a privately owned entity under which the privately owned entity agrees to operate the property: (b) a hotel condominium unit in a condominium project, as defined in Section 57-8-3; and(c) a commercial condominium unit in a condominium project, as defined in Section 57-8-3.Amended by Chapter 514, 2024 General Session ,§ 9, eff. 3/21/2024.Amended by Chapter 463, 2022 General Session ,§ 8, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 282, 2020 General Session ,§ 19, eff. 3/28/2020.Amended by Chapter 498, 2019 General Session ,§ 8, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 442, 2018 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 5/8/2018.Amended by Chapter 377, 2015 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 3/30/2015.Amended by Chapter 183, 2014 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/13/2014.Amended by Chapter 362, 2013 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by Chapter 9, 2010 General Session