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House passes clean-fuel bill to Senate, later refuses to concur with Senate’s shorter sunset
Summary
The Utah House sent a clean-fuel vehicle tax credit (House Bill 1) to the Senate after an initial 67-0 vote, then later refused to concur with Senate amendments that shortened the bill’s five-year sunset to two years, citing concerns that a two-year sunset would not spur the necessary private investment in fueling infrastructure.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives moved quickly during its third special session to advance a clean-fuel vehicle tax credit and then reject Senate changes that lawmakers said would undercut the policy’s effectiveness.
House Bill 1, a measure to provide tax incentives for converting vehicles to cleaner fuels, was described on the floor by sponsor Representative Norm Nielsen as having suffered a technical hitch in the Senate: one amendment “happened to be left on the desk of the clerk of the senate,” he said, creating a procedural defect…
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