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Senate amends tourism funding to shift $4 million toward Salt Palace expansion

Utah State Senate · April 20, 2005
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Summary

Senators amended tourism funding language to reallocate $4 million from a tourism account to the Salt Palace convention-facility expansion and passed the substitute bill; sponsors said conditions and interlocal agreements must be met before funds are expended.

Senators considered amendments and subsequent passage of tourism and convention-facility funding that would contribute to the Salt Palace expansion in Salt Lake City.

Senator Leonard Jenkins introduced an amendment to a substituted tourism bill that reduced an allocation from $18,000,000 to $14,000,000 and explained the $4,000,000 difference would be taken from the tourism account to help fund the Salt Palace project. “You’ll notice that on line number 22 the amount of the…

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