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Utah Senate debates school-construction procurement changes; amendment and reconsideration sent bill back for further action
Summary
Senate Bill 23, which revises school construction procurement rules and removes a self-performance threshold, drew floor questions about potential conflicts of interest and was amended and circled for further review; a later motion to reconsider put the bill back on the third-reading calendar.
Senate Bill 23, sponsored on the floor by Senator Jenkins, advanced amid questions about procurement code changes for school construction and the removal of a self-performed work threshold.
Jenkins said the measure updates definitions under the new procurement code and removes a statutory reference that had "morphed" into a self-performed work provision unintended for construction. He described…
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