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House approves measure letting second-class counties put water fluoridation to a vote after opt-out amendment
Summary
The Utah House passed Senate Bill 158 on Feb. 29, 2000, extending the option to hold countywide referendums on adding fluoride to water systems to second-class counties while allowing cities with separate water systems to opt out. A proposed 60% supermajority requirement failed.
The Utah House on Feb. 29 approved Senate Bill 158, a bill that extends to second-class counties — including Utah, Weber and Davis — the option to hold countywide elections on whether to add fluoride to public water systems. The bill’s sponsor described it as a process bill giving local communities the chance to decide whether to fluoridate their water.
Representative Lockhart, who offered a successful floor amendment (Amendment 9), said the change protects municipalities that…
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