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Senate approves tax‑dedicated fund for methamphetamine housing reconstruction
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 12 to create an income tax contribution for a Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Fund. Sponsor Sen. Maine said initial administrative costs are modest and funding will come from contributions, not the general fund; final passage was 22‑6 with 1 absent.
Sen. Maine asked the Senate to approve Senate Bill 12, creating an Individual Income Tax Contribution for a Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Fund to pay for rebuilding homes contaminated by methamphetamine production. Maine said the fiscal note was small — about $25,000 to start for administrative costs — and that the program would not draw from the general fund.
"I don't need to go and tell you the good things that Habitat for Humanity does," Sen. Maine said while outlining program delivery and funding sources. He told colleagues the fund would support rebuilding of homes destroyed by methamphetamine contamination and that the program would operate with charitable contributions and returned funds rather than general fund appropriations.
After discussion and a waived summation, the Senate took a roll‑call vote. The chamber recorded 22 yea votes, 6 nay votes and 1 absent; the bill passed and will be sent to the House for consideration.
The Senate action was procedural final passage: the bill now proceeds to the House. No amendments or implementation dates were specified on the floor record; administrative details and program rules were not specified during the Senate debate.
