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Public Utility Tangible Property Tax<br />

Tax Year 2001 <strong>Taxes</strong> --$715.3 million<br />

• Tax Base: Assessed value <strong>of</strong> public utility<br />

tangible property<br />

• Tax Rate: Varies by locality; average TY 2001<br />

rate was 73.6 mills<br />

• Who Pays: Public utilities with tangible<br />

property in <strong>the</strong> state<br />

• How Collected: Semi-annual payments <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

county treasurer<br />

• Who Administers: Returns are filed with ODT<br />

who <strong>the</strong>n certifies taxable values <strong>to</strong> county<br />

audi<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

Public Utility Reform<br />

• Responsibility for assessing real property <strong>of</strong><br />

utilities switched from ODT <strong>to</strong> county audi<strong>to</strong>rs in<br />

1982<br />

• True value <strong>of</strong> most utility tangible property based<br />

on composite allowances <strong>and</strong> assessed at 88<br />

percent based on Utility Tax Task Force<br />

recommendations beginning in 1990<br />

• There has been a gradual movement <strong>of</strong> assessment<br />

rates for utility tangible property <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> assessment<br />

rate for general business tangible property<br />

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