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Governor Bangerter unveils tight $3.5 billion budget, pushes education, health and environment priorities
Summary
In a joint convention address, Governor Norman H. Bangerter proposed a $3.5 billion budget for fiscal 1992, pledged not to raise residential property taxes, proposed a $3 million one-time health-insurance risk pool, sought $10 million more for education technology and $4 million for first-grade class-size reduction, and asked the legislature to create a Department of Environmental Quality.
Salt Lake City — Governor Norman H. Bangerter delivered the State of the State to a joint convention of the Utah Legislature, proposing a $3.500 billion budget for fiscal year 1992 and urging targeted investments in education, health care and environmental protection.
"The United States Congress is welcome to come and visit the Utah legislature to learn how to balance a budget," Bangerter said, framing his recommendations against what he described as a precarious federal fiscal situation. He proposed a total state budget of $3,500,000,000 with the general and uniform school funds portion at $1,780,000,000 and said the inflation- and population-adjusted 1992 state funds budget would represent a 2% decrease from the previous year.
Bangerter emphasized tax restraint. "Whatever we decide to do, the residential property taxes of Utah homeowners must not be increased," he said, urging the legislature to resolve tax issues without raising homeowners'…
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