No. 29129 (Amendment): R884-24P-53.2006 Valuation Guides for Valuation of Land Subject to the Farmland Assessment Act Pursuant to Utah Code Ann. Section59-2-515  

  • DAR File No.: 29129
    Filed: 10/16/2006, 01:44
    Received by: NL

    RULE ANALYSIS

    Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

    Section 59-2-515 authorizes the State Tax Commission to promulgate rules regarding the Property Tax Act, Part 5, "Farmland Assessment Act". Section 59-2-514 authorizes the State Tax Commission to receive valuation recommendations from the State Farmland Advisory Committee for implementation as outlined in Section R884-24P-53.

    Summary of the rule or change:

    This amendment annually updates the agricultural productive values to be applied by county assessors to land qualifying for valuation and assessment under the Farmland Assessment Act (FAA). The values are recommended to the Commission by the State Farmland Evaluation Advisory Committee, which meets under the authority of Section 59-2-514.

    State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

    Section 59-2-515

    Anticipated cost or savings to:

    the state budget:

    The amount of savings or cost to state government is undetermined. The state receives tax revenue for assessing and collecting and for the Uniform School Fund based on increased or decreased real and personal property valuation, including property assessed under the FAA (greenbelt). Property valuation (taxable value) changes have been recommended by class and by county. This year, 257 class/county valuations will increase, 6 will decrease and 74 will remain unchanged. No total cost or savings could be calculated without an exhaustive study of farmland acreage in each county by class, a listing of property newly-qualified for FAA assessment during 2007, and a listing of property no longer qualifying and removed from greenbelt during 2006. However, it is estimated that the overall change is minimal due to this amendment.

    local governments:

    The amount of saving or cost to local government is undetermined. Local governmental entities receive tax revenue based on increased or decreased property valuation, including property on greenbelt. Property valuation changes have been recommended by class and by county. This year, 257 class/county valuations will increase, 6 will decrease and 74 will remain unchanged. No total cost or savings could be calculated without an exhaustive study of farmland acreage in each county by class, a listing of property newly-qualified for greenbelt during 2006, and a listing of property no longer qualifying and removed from greenbelt during 2006. However, it is estimated that the overall change is minimal due to this amendment. County assessor offices statewide will be required to input the new value indicators into their computer systems to be applied against the acreage for individual properties. This input process is easily accomplished on an annual basis and represents no significant cost in time or money to the assessors' offices.

    other persons:

    Each property owner with property eligible for assessment under the FAA may see a change in value, depending on property class and situs county as 257 such value indicators will increase, 6 will decrease and 74 will not change. The effect on the property owner will be valuation increase, decrease or no change depending on the mix of property types and situs. No aggregate compliance cost can be determined without an exhaustive study of farmland acreage in each county by class, a listing of property newly-qualified for greenbelt during 2006, and a listing of property no longer qualifying and removed from greenbelt during 2006. In addition, the compliance cost will further be altered by changes to local property tax rates. However, it is estimated that the overall change due to this amendment is minimal.

    Compliance costs for affected persons:

    Each property owner with property eligible for assessment under the FAA may see a change in value, depending on property class and situs county as 257 such value indicators will increase, 6 will decrease and 74 will not change. The effect on the property owner will be valuation increase, decrease or no change depending on the mix of property types and situs.

    Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

    The fiscal impact to businesses will vary depending on the county and property classification. D'Arcy Dixon, Commissioner

    The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

    Tax Commission
    Property Tax
    210 N 1950 W
    SALT LAKE CITY UT 84134

    Direct questions regarding this rule to:

    Cheryl Lee at the above address, by phone at 801-297-3900, by FAX at 801-297-3919, or by Internet E-mail at clee@utah.gov

    Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

    12/01/2006

    This rule may become effective on:

    12/08/2006

    Authorized by:

    D'Arcy Dixon, Commissioner

    RULE TEXT

    R884. Tax Commission, Property Tax.

    R884-24P. Property Tax.

    R884-24P-53. [2006]2007 Valuation Guides for Valuation of Land Subject to the Farmland Assessment Act Pursuant to Utah Code Ann. Section 59-2-515.

    A. Each year the Property Tax Division shall update and publish schedules to determine the taxable value for land subject to the Farmland Assessment Act on a per acre basis.

    1. The schedules shall be based on the productivity of the various types of agricultural land as determined through crop budgets and net rents.

    2. Proposed schedules shall be transmitted by the Property Tax Division to county assessors for comment before adoption.

    3. County assessors may not deviate from the schedules.

    4. Not all types of agricultural land exist in every county. If no taxable value is shown for a particular county in one of the tables, that classification of agricultural land does not exist in that county.

    B. All property defined as farmland pursuant to Section 59-2-501 shall be assessed on a per acre basis as follows:

    1. Irrigated farmland shall be assessed under the following classifications.

    a) Irrigated I. The following counties shall assess Irrigated I property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 1
    Irrigated I


    1) Box Elder [800]820
    2) Cache [675]690
    3) Carbon [535]540
    4) Davis [810]850
    5) Emery [515]520
    6) Iron [795]815
    7) Kane [455]460
    8) Millard [790]810
    9) Salt Lake [690]700
    10) Utah [725]745
    11) Washington 650
    12) Weber [770]800

     

    b) Irrigated II. The following counties shall assess Irrigated II property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 2
    Irrigated II


    1) Box Elder [700]720
    2) Cache [575]590
    3) Carbon [435]440
    4) Davis [710]750
    5) Duchesne [475]490
    6) Emery [415]420
    7) Grand [405]410
    8) Iron [695]715
    9) Juab [435]450
    10) Kane [355]360
    11) Millard [690]710
    12) Salt Lake [590]600
    13) Sanpete [540]550
    14) Sevier [565]580
    15) Summit 470
    16) Tooele [440]460
    17) Utah [625]645
    18) Wasatch 500
    19) Washington 550
    20) Weber [670]700

     

    c) Irrigated III. The following counties shall assess Irrigated III property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 3
    Irrigated III


    1) Beaver [540]560
    2) Box Elder [550]570
    3) Cache [425]440
    4) Carbon [285]290
    5) Davis [560]600
    6) Duchesne [325]340
    7) Emery [265]270
    8) Garfield [200]210
    9) Grand [255]260
    10) Iron [545]565
    11) Juab [285]300
    12) Kane [205]210
    13) Millard [540]560
    14) Morgan [380]390
    15) Piute [345]350
    16) Rich 200
    17) Salt Lake [440]450
    18) San Juan [185]180
    19) Sanpete [390]400
    20) Sevier [415]430
    21) Summit 320
    22) Tooele [290]310
    23) Uintah [370]375
    24) Utah [475]495
    25) Wasatch 350
    26) Washington 400
    27) Wayne 340
    28) Weber [520]550

     

    d) Irrigated IV. The following counties shall assess Irrigated IV property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 4
    Irrigated IV


    1) Beaver [440]460
    2) Box Elder [450]470
    3) Cache [325]340
    4) Carbon [185]190
    5) Daggett [215]210
    6) Davis [460]500
    7) Duchesne [225]240
    8) Emery [165]170
    9) Garfield [100]110
    10) Grand [155]160
    11) Iron [445]465
    12) Juab [185]200
    13) Kane [105]110
    14) Millard [440]460
    15) Morgan [280]290
    16) Piute [245]250
    17) Rich 100
    18) Salt Lake [340]350
    19) San Juan [85]80
    20) Sanpete [290]300
    21) Sevier [315]330
    22) Summit 220
    23) Tooele [190]210
    24) Uintah [270]275
    25) Utah [375]395
    26) Wasatch 250
    27) Washington 300
    28) Wayne 240
    29) Weber [420]450

     

    2. Fruit orchards shall be assessed per acre based upon the following schedule:

     

    TABLE 5
    Fruit Orchards


    1) Beaver [620]630
    2) Box Elder [665]685
    3) Cache [620]630
    4) Carbon [620]630
    5) Davis [665]685
    6) Duchesne [620]630
    7) Emery [620]630
    8) Garfield [620]630
    9) Grand [620]630
    10) Iron [620]630
    11) Juab [620]630
    12) Kane [620]630
    13) Millard [620]630
    14) Morgan [620]630
    15) Piute [620]630
    16) Salt Lake [620]630
    17) San Juan [620]630
    18) Sanpete [620]630
    19) Sevier [620]630
    20) Summit [620]630
    21) Tooele [620]630
    22) Uintah [620]630
    23) Utah [660]690
    24) Wasatch [620]630
    25) Washington 750
    26) Wayne [610]630
    27) Weber [665]685

     

    3. Meadow IV property shall be assessed per acre based upon the following schedule:

     

    TABLE 6
    Meadow IV


    1) Beaver [230]250
    2) Box Elder [235]250
    3) Cache [255]265
    4) Carbon [125]130
    5) Daggett [170]165
    6) Davis [260]270
    7) Duchesne [155]165
    8) Emery [125]130
    9) Garfield [95]100
    10) Grand [120]125
    11) Iron [225]250
    12) Juab [145]150
    13) Kane [100]115
    14) Millard [190]200
    15) Morgan [175]180
    16) Piute [160]175
    17) Rich 105
    18) Salt Lake 225
    19) Sanpete [190]195
    20) Sevier [200]205
    21) Summit [195]200
    22) Tooele [175]185
    23) Uintah [180]190
    24) Utah [230]240
    25) Wasatch 210
    26) Washington [215]220
    27) Wayne [160]170
    28) Weber [285]300

     

     

    4. Dry land shall be classified as one of the following two categories and shall be assessed on a per acre basis as follows:

    a) Dry III. The following counties shall assess Dry III property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 7
    Dry III


    1) Beaver [40]45
    2) Box Elder [50]65
    3) Cache [55]70
    4) Carbon [40]45
    5) Davis [40]45
    6) Duchesne [40]45
    7) Garfield [40]45
    8) Grand [40]45
    9) Iron [40]50
    10) Juab [40]45
    11) Kane [40]45
    12) Millard [40]45
    13) Morgan [40]45
    14) Rich [40]45
    15) Salt Lake [40]50
    16) San Juan [40]45
    17) Sanpete [40]45
    18) Summit [40]45
    19) Tooele [40]45
    20) Uintah [40]45
    21) Utah [40]45
    22) Wasatch 45
    [22)]23) Washington [40]45
    [23)]24) Weber [40]55

     

    b) Dry IV. The following counties shall assess Dry IV property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 8
    Dry IV


    1) Beaver [5]10
    2) Box Elder [15]30
    3) Cache [20]35
    4) Carbon [5]10
    5) Davis [5]10
    6) Duchesne [5]10
    7) Garfield [5]10
    8) Grand [5]10
    9) Iron [5]15
    10) Juab [5]10
    11) Kane [5]10
    12) Millard [5]10
    13) Morgan [5]10
    14) Rich [5]10
    15) Salt Lake [5]15
    16) San Juan [5]10
    17) Sanpete [5]10
    18) Summit [5]10
    19) Tooele [5]10
    20) Uintah [5]10
    21) Utah [5]10
    22) Wasatch 10
    [22)]23) Washington [5]10
    [23)]24) Weber [5]20

     

    5. Grazing land shall be classified as one of the following four categories and shall be assessed on a per acre basis as follows:

    a) Graze 1. The following counties shall assess Graze I property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 9
    GR I


    1) Beaver [68]80
    2) Box Elder [60]67
    3) Cache [65]72
    4) Carbon [57]59
    5) Daggett [68]63
    6) Davis [63]64
    7) Duchesne [67]69
    8) Emery [65]73
    9) Garfield [73]81
    10) Grand [70]78
    11) Iron [60]71
    12) Juab [69]70
    13) Kane [79]90
    14) Millard [78]85
    15) Morgan [54]56
    16) Piute [72]83
    17) Rich [65]68
    18) Salt Lake [72]73
    19) San Juan [70]75
    20) Sanpete [69]70
    21) Sevier [70]73
    22) Summit [68]74
    23) Tooele [73]75
    24) Uintah [65]72
    25) Utah [56]58
    26) Wasatch [53]54
    27) Washington [56]63
    28) Wayne [79]92
    29) Weber [63]70

     

    b) Graze II. The following counties shall assess Graze II property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 10
    GR II


    1) Beaver [19]23
    2) Box Elder [18]20
    3) Cache [19]22
    4) Carbon [17]18
    5) Daggett [20]19
    6) Davis [19]20
    7) Duchesne [20]21
    8) Emery [19]22
    9) Garfield [22]25
    10) Grand [21]23
    11) Iron [18]21
    12) Juab [20]21
    13) Kane [24]28
    14) Millard [23]26
    15) Morgan [16]17
    16) Piute [22]26
    17) Rich [20]22
    18) Salt Lake [21]22
    19) San Juan [21]23
    20) Sanpete [21]21
    21) Sevier [21]22
    22) Summit [19]21
    23) Tooele [22]23
    24) Uintah [19]22
    25) Utah [17]19
    26) Wasatch [16]17
    27) Washington [17]21
    28) Wayne [23]28
    29) Weber [19]21

     

    c) Graze III. The following counties shall assess Graze III property based upon the per acre values below:

     

    TABLE 11
    GR III


    1) Beaver [13]16
    2) Box Elder [12]13
    3) Cache [13]14
    4) Carbon [11]12
    5) Daggett [13]12
    6) Davis [12]13
    7) Duchesne [13]14
    8) Emery [13]14
    9) Garfield [14]16
    10) Grand [14]15
    11) Iron [12]14
    12) Juab [13]14
    13) Kane [15]18
    14) Millard [15]17
    15) Morgan [10]11
    16) Piute [14]17
    17) Rich [13]14
    18) Salt Lake 14
    19) San Juan [14]15
    20) Sanpete [13]14
    21) Sevier 14
    22) Summit [12]14
    23) Tooele [14]15
    24) Uintah [13]14
    25) Utah [11]12
    26) Wasatch [10]11
    27) Washington [11]13
    28) Wayne [15]18
    29) Weber [12]14

     

    d) Graze IV. The following counties shall assess Graze IV property based upon the per acre values listed below:

     

    TABLE 12
    GR IV


    1) Beaver [5]6
    2) Box Elder 5
    3) Cache 5
    4) Carbon 5
    5) Daggett 6
    6) Davis 5
    7) Duchesne 5
    8) Emery 5
    9) Garfield [5]6
    10) Grand 5
    11) Iron [5]6
    12) Juab 5
    13) Kane 6
    14) Millard 6
    15) Morgan 5
    16) Piute [5]6
    17) Rich 5
    18) Salt Lake 5
    19) San Juan 5
    20) Sanpete 5
    21) Sevier 5
    22) Summit 5
    23) Tooele 5
    24) Uintah 5
    25) Utah 5
    26) Wasatch 5
    27) Washington 5
    28) Wayne 6
    29) Weber 5

     

    6. Land classified as nonproductive shall be assessed as follows on a per acre basis:

     

    TABLE 13
    Nonproductive Land


    a) Nonproductive Land
    1) All Counties 5

     

    KEY: taxation, personal property, property tax, appraisals

    Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [September 21], 2006

    Notice of Continuation: April 5, 2002

    Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 59-2-515

     

     

Document Information

Effective Date:
12/8/2006
Publication Date:
11/01/2006
Filed Date:
10/16/2006
Agencies:
Tax Commission,Property Tax
Rulemaking Authority:

Section 59-2-515

Authorized By:
D'Arcy Dixon, Commissioner
DAR File No.:
29129
Related Chapter/Rule NO.: (1)
R884-24P-53. 2004 Valuation Guides for Valuation of Land Subject to the Farmland Assessment Act Pursuant to Utah Code Ann. Section 59-2-515.