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Congressman Chaffetz addresses Utah House on online gaming, federal funding and public lands
Summary
Congressman Chaffetz told the Utah House on Feb. 5 that states should have more control over online sales tax, warned against federal changes that he said effectively legalized online gaming via a DOJ memo, advocated shifting some authorities to states (including fuel tax), and described work on prison reform; he took two questions from representatives.
Congressman Chaffetz appeared before the Utah House in a committee of the whole on Feb. 5 and delivered remarks touching on federal-state relations, online gambling, public lands and criminal justice reform.
Chaffetz said he is working on ‘‘remote transaction parity’’ legislation to give states more control over tax treatment of internet sales, describing it as a matter of states’ rights and referencing prior resolutions passed by the Legislature that support that position. He warned members that a federal solution would need to ‘‘facilitate’’…
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