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Utah Senate rejects permissive planning coordination bill after debate over funding and authority
Summary
Senate Bill 189, a permissive planning-coordination measure urged by sponsor Senator McAllister and supported by municipal associations, failed in the Utah Senate after sustained debate about open-ended funding authorities and potential local taxing powers.
Senator McAllister sought to create a voluntary framework encouraging local governments to coordinate planning across municipalities, counties and special districts, arguing the bill would "encourage them and give them more reason to coordinate and cooperate in their planning efforts." The bill explicitly made the planning effort permissive and did not appropriate state funding, the sponsor said.
Opponents pressed repeatedly on the floor that the draft left…
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