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House approves sales-tax measure to fund water, transportation and corridor preservation after heated debate
Summary
After extended floor debate and multiple amendment battles, the House approved House Bill 393, a sales-tax-derived funding package for water and transportation that shifts allocations between state highway funds and local road/corridor preservation accounts.
The Utah House passed House Bill 393 after a protracted floor session marked by competing amendments over how the new sales-tax revenue would be distributed between state-level highway funding and local road preservation (B & C roads) and transportation-corridor preservation.
Sponsor Representative James R. Gowan said the bill targets both statewide and local transportation and water infrastructure needs and reflected prior work (including a follow-up to a…
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