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Utah Senate passes convention-facility funding plan after substitute fights and intent language
Summary
After hours of debate and failed substitute proposals, the Utah Senate passed a revised funding package for Salt Lake convention facilities (First Substitute Senate Bill 211), adopting intent language that requires a $10–$15 million contribution from Salt Lake City and changing the transient room tax revenue split.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 28 passed First Substitute Senate Bill 211, a funding package for convention facilities that clears the way for renovation and expansion of the Salt Palace and the Sandy Expo Center. Sponsors and opponents spent more than an hour debating competing substitutes that would have altered which taxes fund the project and how much counties outside Salt Lake would keep.
Senator Jenkins, who led floor efforts to protect revenue for other counties, proposed substitutes that removed the car-rental tax from the bill and adjusted the transient room tax (TRT) rate. "This would...remove the car rental and bump the amount they could charge to 2 percent," Jenkins said during floor…
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