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Utah Senate advances dozens of bills in final week; township reform and DABC sticker repeal among major actions
Summary
In its last week of the 2009 session the Utah Senate approved a wide batch of bills — including the First Substitute to SB73 on township/annexation rules, SB245 changing motorcycle uniform fees, and a DABC sticker repeal estimated to save about $950,000 — and forwarded many items to the House.
The Utah State Senate, meeting March 5, 2009, moved a large package of bills through final or concurrence votes as it entered the last week of the legislative session. Among the measures voted were a major local-government rewrite (first substitute SB73), changes to motorcycle uniform fees (SB245), and a measure to eliminate manual DABC bottle stickers that the sponsor said would save roughly $950,000.
Why it matters: Several of the bills affect how local governments, schools and state agencies operate, and a number of widely watched policy changes were resolved on the Senate floor — sending the measures to the House for further action and leaving implementation questions for local officials and agencies to sort out.
What the Senate passed and advanced: The session’s business combined routine concurrence votes with several debated items.
- Senate Bill 245 (uniform fees on…
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