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Senate declines repeal of optional local sales tax tied to prison mitigation
Summary
After extended debate about mitigation for a proposed prison relocation and whether the Legislature would be breaking a 'deal' with Salt Lake City, senators voted down the motion to repeal the optional local sales tax option; a substitute to limit the option to West Side mitigation also failed and the bill did not advance.
Senate Bill 180, which would have repealed an optional local sales tax provision earlier included as a mitigation tool for communities that might host a relocated state prison, failed to advance after a contentious floor debate.
Senators split sharply over whether removing the optional sales tax would undermine a deal made with Salt Lake City tied to prison relocation. Opponents of the repeal framed their argument as protecting a prior…
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