Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Senate approves restructuring of economic development, debates tourism board authority and funding
Summary
The Senate approved House Bill 318 to reorganize economic development functions and debated competing views on whether the tourism board should be a policy board or advisory board. Relatedly, the Senate concurred with House changes to Senate Bill 7, which carries substantial tourism funding (discussed as $19 million) and was sent back to the House.
The Utah Senate advanced a package of bills that restructure state economic development functions and took up a related tourism funding measure in lengthy debate that centered on governance and accountability for large appropriations.
Sen. Mansell presented House Bill 318 with a coordinating amendment that reconciles functions across roughly 10 related measures to create a consolidated structure for economic development and tourism. "We're creating this department under the governor's watchful eye and hoping that we get a much more efficient and effective economic development and tourism industry out of this," Mansell said while explaining the charts and proposed organizational…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
