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House backs overhaul of USTAR research program, shifts funding and campus responsibilities
Summary
After hours of debate over mission and accountability, the House passed a fourth-substitute bill to refocus the Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) and move some researcher and building responsibilities to universities; the measure passed 62–10 and goes back to the Senate.
The Utah House on March 8 approved a fourth-substitute bill to change the scope and funding of the Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR), voting 62–10 to send the measure back to the Senate for final consideration.
Sponsor Representative Webb described the proposal as a refocusing of USTAR after a difficult audit and restructuring in prior years. Under the language the principal researchers and certain buildings would be transferred…
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