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House backs final settlement in long‑running Pelt lawsuit, sends approval to Senate
Summary
The House approved House Joint Resolution 32 asking the legislature to approve the final settlement agreement in Pelt v. State of Utah, a dispute dating to the 1950s–1990s involving the Utah Navajo Trust Fund; the resolution passed 71‑0 and will be forwarded to the Senate and requires gubernatorial and court approvals to finalize the settlement.
Speaker Clark told the chamber the state is close to concluding a decades‑old dispute known in the transcript as the Pelt (also referenced as "Peltz") lawsuit and presented House Joint Resolution 32, which asks the legislature to approve a final settlement agreement that exceeds $1,000,000 and therefore requires legislative approval under Utah law.
"For the last 18 years, we have been navigating through the federal court system on what has been…
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