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Senate advances bill to study emissions trading after fiscal-note discrepancy flagged
Summary
Senate Bill 19 would authorize a Department of Environmental Quality study of local emissions-trading mechanisms and funds one full-time equivalent (FTE) for that work; sponsors noted inconsistent fiscal notes (one place listing $300,000/3 FTEs, another $45,000/1 FTE) and pledged to reconcile the numbers before final action.
Senate Bill 19 came before the floor to authorize the Department of Environmental Quality to study and evaluate whether emissions trading — including local credit systems for reducing travel-related or stationary-source pollution — would be feasible in Utah. The sponsor described the bill as a non-implementing study that redistributes…
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