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House debates ballot measure to let businesses form self-taxing districts; measure fails on the floor
Summary
The Utah House debated SJR 21, a proposed constitutional amendment to allow business-promoted special service districts to appear on the ballot. Supporters said voters should decide; opponents warned it could enable forced taxation and exclusion. The resolution did not pass the House vote.
Representative Pignanelli urged colleagues to put a constitutional amendment before Utah voters to let business owners form special service districts that could levy assessments to fund local improvements. "We need to put this on the ballot," he said on the House floor, arguing downtown business alliances in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo want authority to improve streets and pedestrian malls.
Opponents warned the proposal risks overriding…
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