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House rejects bill to add modest registration fee for search-and-rescue funding
Summary
Lawmakers debated a substitute version of HB89 proposing a $2.50 assessment on registered motorized recreational vehicles to fund county search-and-rescue supplements; supporters called it "cheap insurance" for volunteers, opponents raised equity and precedent concerns. The House voted 24-48 and the bill failed.
The Utah House of Representatives debated first substitute House Bill 89 for over an hour before rejecting the measure by a recorded vote of 24-48.
The bill would have created a state-administered fund, collected by the State Tax Commission, to provide supplemental payments to county search-and-rescue units. Sponsor Representative Yore described the proposal as intended to “pick up a small amount of money” to help volunteers with out-of-pocket expenses and said the plan would assess $2.50 at registration for snowmobiles, boats and other licensed off‑road motor…
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