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Utah House rejects transportation revisions bill after heated debate over fees and bonds
Summary
After hours of debate over a $20 vehicle registration fee, large transportation bonds and budget priorities, the Utah House failed to pass Senate Bill 239, the transportation revisions package; sponsors said the measure would fund major projects and create jobs, opponents withheld support and the bill was returned to the Senate.
The Utah House on day 44 rejected Senate Bill 239, a broad transportation revisions package that would have raised vehicle registration fees and authorized large bond issuances, sponsors said.
Representative Garn, the House sponsor, told members the bill would raise the vehicle registration fee by $20 and create about $503 million in new ongoing revenue that, together with bonding of roughly $2.2 billion, would fund projects including improvements on I‑15 in Utah County, the Mountain View Corridor…
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