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Senate approves vehicle fee overhaul after heated debate over tax shift and minimum fee
Summary
The Senate passed substitute Senate Bill 50 on Feb. 20, 1998, replacing the fee-in-lieu structure with a graduated fee scheme and raising the minimum fee; an amendment to block automatic certified-rate shifts failed on a tie and the final vote was 17–11.
The Utah Senate passed substitute Senate Bill 50 on Feb. 20, 1998, restructuring vehicle fee collections and the certified-rate treatment of those fees. Sponsor Senator Mantis described the measure as a major change intended to cap unchecked growth in fee-based revenues and to modernize collections; the bill was adopted after extended debate and one amendment failed on a tie.
Senator Mantis said the change would replace the existing fee-in-lieu system with a graduated (by vehicle year) fee and that the bill, as amended in committee,…
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