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Senate rejects constitutional amendment to loosen property-tax language

Utah State Senate · February 3, 1998
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Summary

Senate defeated a substitute for SJR 1 that would have removed certain constitution-level constraints on property taxation (uniform/equal rate and fair-market-value language); opponents warned it could enable unequal tax treatment across owner classes and create unpredictability. The measure failed on a roll-call vote.

On Feb. 3 the Utah Senate rejected a substitute Senate Joint Resolution 1 that would have amended constitutional language governing property taxation, including removing references requiring uniform and equal rates and certain valuation language.

Senator Montgomery, who…

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