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Senate advances a slate of bills; several routine measures pass, one procurement bill fails

Utah State Senate · January 23, 1997
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The Utah Senate moved a number of committee-recommended bills and resolutions through third reading and referral to the House, including measures on school trust lands, property-tax rate corrections and the Native American Coordinating Board. A separate bill raising the local road bid threshold failed after extended debate.

The Utah State Senate on Jan. 23 advanced several committee-backed bills and adopted multiple resolutions on a largely procedural day, while rejecting a controversial change to local procurement thresholds.

Among the measures the chamber approved were Senate Bill 93, which creates a State Native American Coordinating Board with a handful of added departmental representatives (passed 23–0 with six absent); Senate Bill 87, which adjusts how clerical errors in certified property-tax rates are corrected (passed 24–0 with five absent); and Senate Bill 113, which…

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