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Senate approves Montgomery's bill limiting Sports Authority spending to $59 million after committee testimony
Summary
After hours of debate and testimony from Sports Authority representative Randy Dreyer, the Utah Senate rejected a rival substitute and approved Senate Bill 84 to cap spending from the Olympic Special Revenue Fund at $59,000,000 and require legislative appropriation for additional expenditures.
The Utah Senate voted to advance Senate Bill 84 to the third-reading calendar on Feb. 1, 1996, approving a measure that caps spending from the Olympic Special Revenue Fund at $59,000,000 and requires the Legislature to approve any expenditures beyond that figure. The vote on SB 84 was 16 ayes, 11 nays and 2 absent.
Senator James Montgomery, the bill's sponsor, framed SB 84 as a taxpayer-protection measure that places the ultimate decision about public funds with elected officials. "The appropriations process is in the purview of the Legislature and we need to keep it there," Montgomery said during debate, arguing that the cap and subsequent appropriation requirement would prevent unreviewed spending.
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