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House amends Voluntary Contributions Act after debate over payroll deductions
Utah House of Representatives · February 25, 2004
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Summary
Lawmakers debated whether public employers should facilitate payroll deductions for political contributions and whether employees could pay administrative costs; the House removed a committee amendment allowing employee-paid deduction costs and passed the bill as amended, 42–29.
Representative Styler moved an amendment to remove committee language in House Bill 302 that would allow payroll deductions for political contributions if the employee paid the administrative cost. Styler argued the change preserved the ‘‘paycheck protection’’ principle that government should not act…
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