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Senate advances UDOT emergency bid-limit changes after extended debate and adds procedural oversight
Summary
After extended debate on Jan. 23, the Utah Senate passed an amendment to Senate Bill 17 adding administrative hearing procedures and advanced the bill to third reading; the measure would raise the in-house emergency/maintenance bid threshold and drew sustained exchanges on oversight and impacts to private contractors.
A bill altering bidding and emergency-repair thresholds for the Utah Department of Transportation moved forward after extended floor debate Jan. 23, with the Senate approving an amendment that adds administrative hearing procedures and advancing the measure to the third-reading calendar.
Sen. Knudson, sponsor of Senate Bill 17, described the amendment he placed on the floor to insert language (citing Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act) that would require the department to "establish procedures for a hearing evidencing that a region within the department violated this section" and to administer sanctions if a violation is found. He framed the change as a…
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