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Utah House narrowly rejects local-option sales tax to fund farmland conservation
Summary
After a lengthy debate over landowner rights and long-term viability of easements, the House voted 36–33 to reject substitute House Bill 122, which would have allowed counties to impose a 1/8‑cent local sales tax to fund conservation easements for agricultural land.
The Utah House on Feb. 28 debated substitute House Bill 122, a local-option sales tax to fund conservation easements on agricultural land, and rejected the proposal by a narrow margin (36–33).
What the bill would do: HB 122 would have authorized voters in a county to approve a 1/8‑cent local sales tax to raise funds to buy conservation easements from willing landowners to preserve agricultural uses. Sponsors said the measure was voluntary, local,…
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