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Senate adopts compromise to end contested Salt Lake County police fee, gives counties transition time
Summary
Lawmakers approved a negotiated substitute to terminate a controversial local 'police fee' and provide counties until the end of 2011 to realign budgets. Sponsor described the change as the result of stakeholder negotiations and emphasized it avoids retroactive refunds.
Senators approved first substitute House Bill 226 after sponsor remarks that the measure represented a negotiated compromise among counties and municipalities affected by local policing and service fees.
Senator Bramble, sponsor on the floor, said HB 226 prohibits certain service-area fees (described by speakers as the much-criticized 'police fee' in Salt Lake County) while providing an…
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