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House debates municipal broadband ballot transparency after UTOPIA debt figures cited; gallery disturbance pauses discussion
Summary
Lawmakers considered uncircling and amending SB114 to require ballot-language disclosure of total principal and interest costs for municipal broadband projects; Representative Stratton cited existing UTOPIA debt and potential additional debt, and a gallery disturbance interrupted debate.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House took up first substitute SB114, a narrow amendment concerning municipal government authority to place fiber-optic questions on local ballots, and debated an amendment intended to increase transparency about potential local borrowing.
Representative Wilson described SB114 as “a simple amendment to existing statute related to the regulation of municipal governments providing telecommunications services” and said it allows cities to ask voters…
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