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Senate advances bill requiring economic review before cities enter private‑sector competition
Summary
Senate Bill 222, a measure requiring municipalities to conduct feasibility studies and public hearings before offering services that compete with private businesses, advanced to the third‑reading calendar after a long floor debate about scope and whether quasi‑public entities should be included.
The Utah Senate moved First Substitute Senate Bill 222 to the third reading calendar on March 1, 2004, after extended floor debate on how broadly the state should constrain municipal activities that compete with private enterprise.
Senator Scott Jenkins, sponsor, said the bill requires municipalities that perform a service for the first time that would compete with the private sector to complete an economic and feasibility study, hold a public hearing 20–60 days after publication, and disclose expected revenues and expenses. "If…
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