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Debate intensifies over severance-tax increase targeting mining profits; House approves amended measure
Utah House of Representatives · February 13, 1990
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Summary
Lawmakers debated a severance-tax increase (House Bill 250) that supporters said would modestly raise extraction taxes on mining and opponents warned could threaten jobs at Kennecott; after lengthy debate the House passed the amended bill and referred it to the Senate.
House Bill 250 drew extended floor debate Feb. 13, 1990 as members weighed the measure’s potential economic impact against projected state revenue and fiscal fairness.
Opponents, including Representative Lewis, warned the change would hit Kennecott employees and local…
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