"If I'd have had any smarts at the time, I would have," Burnham says.

It could get better for Burnham - at least on his property tax bill.

Owners of motor homes could get a tax cut under a bill passed by a House committee Wednesday. House Bill 53 would reduce the current property tax of 1.5 percent of the RV's market value to 1.25 percent in 2006. Two years later, the tax would be reduced to 1 percent.

Sponsor LaWanna Shurtliff, D-Ogden, says a lower tax rate would keep Utahns from buying their RVs in states like Montana, where they would pay no sales tax.

"We are trying to pull that revenue back into our state," Shurtliff told the House Revenue and Taxation Committee.

Rep. Sheryl Allen, R-Bountiful, said she wasn't sure about the bill because owners of second homes don't get a break on taxes, and motor homes are "second homes on wheels."

"I'm willing to listen, but I have reservations," said Allen, who voted to pass out the bill.

Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, has introduced Senate Bill 23, which would change the value-based tax on recreational vehicles, such as ATVs and boats, to an age-based fee. That legislation, which does not cover motor homes, is headed for the full Senate.

Shurtliff's HB53 is on its way to the full House.