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Governor Bangerter proposes $3.5 billion budget, education and public-safety priorities in State of the State
Summary
In a joint convention, Governor Norman H. Bangerter proposed a $3.5 billion fiscal 1992 budget, pledged not to raise residential property taxes, urged creation of a Department of Environmental Quality, proposed a children's justice center and a health-insurance risk pool, and called for expanded drug-free zones with mandatory sentences for selling drugs to minors.
Norman H. Bangerter, governor of Utah, delivered his 1991 State of the State address in a joint convention of the legislature, proposing a $3.5 billion fiscal year 1992 budget and outlining priorities for education, public safety and environmental protection. "Whatever we decide to do, the residential property taxes of Utah homeowners must not be increased," he said, framing tax restraint as a primary constraint on any legislative action.
Bangerter told lawmakers that the general and uniform school funds portion of his proposal would total $1,780,000,000 and described the overall budget as "tight," saying adjusted state funds represented a roughly 2% decrease from the prior year when accounting for inflation and population growth. He said careful budgeting had kept Utah from a fiscal crisis and…
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