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Senate advances Utah's $3.88 billion budget after floor fight over $2 million toll-road pilot
Summary
The Utah Senate passed the House Appropriations Act (House Bill 1) after extended floor debate on a $2 million toll-road pilot inserted into the bill; sponsors said the package totals $3.881 billion and funds a range of state priorities. Votes and a roll-call followed motion and amendment activity on the floor.
The Utah Senate, meeting March 3, 1997, approved the House Appropriations Act (House Bill 1) after an extended floor debate that at one point centered on a $2 million toll-road pilot project placed in the transportation section of the bill.
Senator McAllister, the bill sponsor on the floor, told colleagues the measure "summarizes the activity of every one of us as we've worked throughout the session," and noted the back-of-the-bill fiscal total: "we are appropriating $3,881,000,000." He moved the bill under suspension of the…
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