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House approves $463 million supplemental budget; amendment to cut wolf-lobby funds fails
Summary
The Utah House passed SB 2, a new fiscal-year supplemental appropriations act totaling about $463.4 million, after debate over targeted restorations and a failed amendment that would have reallocated $300,000 reportedly intended for wolf-related lobbying to education and environmental monitoring programs.
The Utah House passed Senate Bill 2, the new fiscal-year supplemental appropriations act, on March 12, 2013, after lengthy debate over funding priorities and a defeated floor amendment. Sponsor Representative Mel Brown told colleagues the bill appropriates roughly $463,392,700 in operating and capital budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, including general fund and education components.
The most contested floor move was Amendment No. 3, offered by Representative Arendt, which would have restored $132,300 for the Division of Environmental Response…
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