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House debate heats up over $64M bond package and 'face-funding' of campus projects
Summary
Lawmakers debated First Substitute Senate Bill 2 — a $64M capital/bond package that includes higher-education projects and highway funding — with amendments offered to delete a Vernal UCAT project and reduce totals; members pushed for a conference committee to resolve face-funding concerns.
Debate in the Utah House on Feb. 28 centered on First Substitute Senate Bill 2, a bond package that would fund capital facilities, highways and related projects. Members raised competing priorities and fiscal philosophies, and multiple amendments were offered to remove selected projects and change overall totals.
Representative Becker praised the committee’s work and warned that delaying restoration or new construction could increase future costs; he described the bill…
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