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Utah House passes broad consent package, amends Summer Games funding and extends oil-and-gas tax credit
Summary
The Utah House adopted numerous committee reports and sent a package of bills to the Senate on January 29, 1998. Lawmakers amended H.B.100 to remove an ongoing appropriation, approved an oil-and-gas severance tax credit with a review date, and narrowly approved a local museum appropriation.
The Utah House convened on the sixteenth day of the session and approved a wide slate of measures, moving many bills on the consent calendar to the Senate and acting on several debated items on the floor. Key outcomes included passage of local tax relief for Snowville, an amendment converting an ongoing appropriation for the Utah Summer Games into a one-time payment, and an extension of a severance tax credit for oil-and-gas well workovers with a scheduled review.
Most of the morning was taken up with committee reports from Natural Resources, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Transportation, Judiciary and Retirement, each adopted by motion and placing recommended bills on the consent or third-reading calendars. Representative Peter C. Knudson introduced House Bill 55 to restore a 1% town-option sales tax for Snowville — "What this bill does, it restores that 1% to Snowville and, allows them to…
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