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This bill would change how Utah's "minimum basic tax," a property tax school districts must impose to qualify for state basic-program funding, is handled financially. Currently, districts collect and keep this tax revenue directly as their local share of basic school program costs; under this bill, county treasurers would instead send that revenue monthly to the state treasurer, who would deposit it into a newly created Minimum Basic Tax Special Revenue Fund, with the state board then distributing an equivalent amount back to each district within 35 days, topped up with additional state funds as needed so the full cost of the district's basic school program is always covered. The bill also repeals older statutory language describing how state and local contributions combine to fund the basic school program, replacing it with this new remittance-and-distribution system, and requires property tax notices to include a specific statement explaining that the minimum basic tax is sent to the state, which returns an equivalent amount plus any additional funds necessary to fully cover the district's basic program costs. Related technical updates are made to energy-facility tax-fee calculations and other school funding statutes to align with this new process.