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Senate advances measure backing Commission on Aging after sponsor vows no new funding requests
Summary
Senators advanced a bill supporting the Commission on Aging after its sponsor detailed more than $2 million in grant funding and pledged not to seek additional state funding for the commission in the 2009 session; SB26 passed the Senate and was sent to the House.
Senate Bill 26, which supports the work of the Commission on Aging housed in the University of Utah Center on Aging, advanced out of the Utah Senate after the bill's sponsor outlined the commission's recent grant success and vowed to stop seeking further state appropriations for the group.
"The commission has brought in at minimum 2 over $2,000,000 in grant money," the sponsor said, noting that the…
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