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Utah House debates amendments to Senate Bill 3, splits on administrative cuts; small law‑enforcement and tourism add‑ins advance
Summary
The Utah House considered multiple amendments to Senate Bill 3 (Supplemental Appropriations Act) on March 5, 2003, including competing proposals to trim administrative spending, add $250,000 for tourism promotion, shift modest appropriations to disability services and corrections, and a $12,900 contingent item for prison drug‑sniffing dogs; Representative Snow’s motion to cut $80,000 to $30,000 failed 32–39.
The Utah House of Representatives spent floor time on March 5 debating amendments to Senate Bill 3, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, as members weighed small reallocations and policy choices embedded in technical budget language.
Representative Bigelow introduced amendment number 9 and reviewed recent Senate adjustments, saying the Senate had reallocated funds and that $428,600 would be drawn from tobacco‑settlement monies rather than the LeRay McAllister Critical Land Conservation Fund to help balance the budget. He described roughly $898,000 in general‑fund‑restricted changes that the House needed to reconcile.
Representative Snow moved to amend a line item on page 484, reducing an $80,000 administrative allocation to $30,000 and directing more money to local community councils. Snow argued the change "simply makes more money available for our local community councils"…
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