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House approves reallocation to Endangered Species Mitigation Fund after debate over earmarks
Summary
Lawmakers approved First Substitute HB 275 to redirect $3 million once paid for Central Utah mitigation into a state Endangered Species Mitigation Fund; debate centered on whether the change constitutes an earmark and on impacts to water and local road funds.
The Utah House passed First Substitute House Bill 275, a measure that directs a $3 million state payment previously earmarked for Central Utah Project mitigation into an Endangered Species Mitigation Fund once the final CUP payment has been completed. Representative Thomas D. Hatch, sponsor of the bill, said the reallocated money will fund mitigation plans, habitat-conservation agreements and recovery work and stressed it would not be used to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the…
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