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House passes appropriations adjustments after floor fight over litigation funding and transparency language
Summary
The House approved final appropriations adjustments (House Bill 3) after rejecting an amendment to delete $1.65 million set aside for a commerce-clause legal challenge and after adopting (but not deleting) proposed accountability language about a separate $2 million DNR contract appropriation.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives on March 8 approved a package of appropriations adjustments and budget reconciliations, passing measures that House leaders said close out the fiscal year and send the bills back to the Senate for further consideration.
Representative Last, sponsor of the appropriations adjustments, told colleagues the package repays $85 million in past loans, added tens of millions to reserves and redirected recent revenue increases into education, higher education and other priorities. "This brings our budget from all sources to nearly $17.3 billion," Last said in a floor summary that listed specific…
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