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Senate advances oversight measure for 2002 Olympic preparations; funding cap debate leaves key bills circuited for later action
Summary
Senators placed a substitute bill creating an Olympic oversight coordinator on the third‑reading calendar and engaged in an extended debate over access to excess Olympic funds. A competing bill to cap spending at $59 million was presented; Senate leaders agreed to circle funding bills for further floor debate and reconvene at 2:00 p.m.
The Utah Senate advanced legislation to impose executive oversight on Olympic contracting and coordination while leaving unresolved a separate, politically charged question about capping public spending for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Senator Moran presented Substitute Senate Bill 121 as a measure to provide oversight of entities working on the Olympic Games, telling senators the bill "sets up an Olympic coordinator who . . . would review the contracts and advise the governor," and that, for the near term, the state auditor would perform that role. The…
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