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House passes bill allowing use of existing state funds to keep benefits for furloughed employees
Summary
The Utah House passed HB2001 on Oct. 16, 2013, authorizing use of existing appropriated funds (no new appropriation) to continue health, dental and life insurance and to pay a Columbus Day holiday for state employees furloughed by the federal government; an amendment added the Department of Workforce Services. The bill passed unanimously and was sent to the Senate.
The Utah House on Oct. 16 passed House Bill 2001, a measure authorizing the use of existing appropriated funds to continue health, dental and life insurance and to pay a Columbus Day holiday for state employees furloughed because of the federal government shutdown. Representative Dee sponsored the bill and said the measure does not appropriate new money, but allows expenditure from budgets where funds already reside.
"These monies are already within these existing budgets," Representative Dee said, adding that the…
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