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House backs technical fixes for $50 million Salt Lake County highway bond
Summary
Representative Wayne Harper told the House HB260 makes technical changes to enable previously authorized $50 million in general obligation bonds for state roads in Salt Lake County to be issued and to list projects; committee report was 11-0 in Revenue and Taxation.
Representative Wayne Harper introduced House Bill 260 as a technical, conforming bill to allow issuance of $50,000,000 in general obligation bonds previously authorized to fund state road projects in Salt Lake County. Harper said the bill restricts bond-funded projects to state roads within Salt Lake County and adjusts language so the bonds can be issued and projects listed.
Harper said the sales tax financing mechanism — a quarter of a quarter-cent sales tax imposed in Salt Lake County — was already approved by residents and the current measure simply conforms statutory language to permit bonds to be issued. The Revenue and Taxation Committee reported the bill out with an 11-0 vote and three members absent.
The transcript shows the bill was presented on the consent calendar and the clerk opened the vote on the item for the full House. The record provided does not display a final roll-call tally for the floor vote within the excerpt but indicates usual consent-calendar procedures took place.
What happens next: The clerk indicated voting was open on consent calendar items; the provided transcript does not include an explicit final floor roll-call for HB260 within the excerpt.
