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Utah Senate debates whether to reinstate $500K for capital planning; override fails
Summary
Senators split over whether to override Governor Norman H. Bangerter’s line-item veto of a capital-planning subitem in House Bill 401 (item 120). The Senate recorded 18 yeas and 11 nays, failing to reach the two-thirds threshold required to overturn the veto.
The Utah State Senate spent several hours on April 17, 1991 debating whether to override Governor Norman H. Bangerter’s veto of a capital-planning subitem in the 1991 Appropriations Act (House Bill 401, item 120). The House had earlier overridden the veto and sent the matter to the Senate; senators divided over institutional authority and fiscal prudence.
Supporters of reinstating the planning funds, citing legal counsel’s advice, argued that allowing the governor to excise subcomponents of an appropriation would set a precedent that shifts appropriation authority from the Legislature to the executive. One senator summarized…
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