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Senate approves House Bill 149 to route federal forest payments through state for school and county disbursement
Summary
House Bill 149 passed the Senate under suspension of the rules to allow the state to receive Forest Service payments and apportion them to counties and school districts; senators noted the federal government will withhold a 15% project holdback and estimated $55 million over four years would be affected.
The Utah Senate unanimously passed House Bill 149 on Feb. 17, a bill authorizing federal Forest Service in‑lieu payments to be routed to the state for apportionment to affected counties and school districts. Senators suspended the rules and moved the bill directly to final passage to ensure prompt distribution of funds held in the state treasurer’s office.
Senator Okerlund, the bill’s…
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