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Senate approves measure to put Salt Lake County light-rail question before voters; floor bars use of public funds to promote it
Summary
Senate passes SB 108 to allow a November county referendum on a quarter-cent sales tax for a Sandy-to-downtown light rail project; senators debated ridership, cost and environmental trade-offs and adopted an amendment prohibiting use of public funds to promote the referendum before passing the measure on second reading.
Senate Bill 108, a proposal to send a Salt Lake County light-rail sales-tax proposal to the ballot, advanced in the Utah Senate after a prolonged and at times contentious floor debate.
Sponsor Senator K. S. Cornaby described the measure as a county referendum mechanism: if voters approve a quarter-cent county sales-tax increase in the November general election, Salt Lake County could use the funds to construct a light-rail line from Sandy to…
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