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Senate advances array of bills on taxes, utilities, wildland fire and forfeiture; several measures pass, some fail
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 24 moved a large slate of legislation — including tax clarifications, a Public Service Commission mediation measure and wildland-fire funding — passing several bills by roll-call and filing others after defeat. Key votes included SB307, SB173, SB235, SB301 and HJR9.
The Utah Senate met Feb. 24 and took final action on a broad set of bills covering tax treatment, utility easements, wildland-fire funding and law-enforcement forfeiture accounts.
Senators advanced a measure to authorize the Public Service Commission to mediate disputes over the use of existing utility easements, arguing it will prevent the proliferation of new poles and lines. Sponsor Senator Watson said the bill “allows the Public Service Commission to mediate that, to authorize access, and to set an amount of cost on it.” The Senate placed that measure on the third-reading calendar and recorded a roll-call that showed SB307 passed with 25 ayes and no nays.
On wildland-fire funding, Senator Leonard Blackham described SB173 as an insurance-style pool to protect small counties from catastrophic fire costs, saying it…
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