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Senate debates $6.6M appropriation and companion sales‑tax fix for shelter O&M in homelessness package
Summary
Senators debated a compromise package that would appropriate roughly $6.6 million in general funds to pay operations and maintenance (O&M) for existing and planned homeless shelters while a companion bill would set a local sales‑tax distribution mechanism (1.8% off the top of a city's portion) to fund public-safety components. Questions focused on formulas, city impacts and accountability.
A lengthy floor debate in the Utah Senate focused on a homelessness package that pairs a general‑fund appropriation for operations and maintenance (O&M) of shelters with a companion local‑revenue mechanism intended to fund public‑safety support for new shelters.
Sponsors described the package as a compromise. One bill provides an appropriation of approximately $6.6 million to fund O&M for the…
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