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House floor debate over city administrative fees sends HB405 to file after tie vote
Utah House of Representatives · February 29, 2008
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Summary
A contentious floor exchange over whether cities may keep up to 1.5% for administration from local option sales taxes ended in a 36–36 tie; first substitute HB405 failed and was filed after a call of the House.
A prolonged floor discussion on first substitute House Bill 405 — concerning city or town sales and use taxes to fund botanical, cultural, recreational and zoological facilities — centered on whether the substitute improperly diverted program money to administration by allowing a 1.5% administrative allocation.
Representative Sandstrom, sponsor of the…
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