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Senate approves amended tech-summit incentives bill, cuts cap from $1M to $500,000

Utah State Senate · February 21, 2018
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Summary

After debate over whether the program should be handled through appropriations, the Senate passed amended SB146 to create incentives for a technology summit with an amended cap reduced to $500,000 and a five-year sunset and reporting requirements for oversight.

The Utah Senate on third reading passed Senate Bill 146, a measure to provide incentives for a proposed technology summit, after the sponsor offered an amendment that reduced the maximum incentive from $1,000,000 to $500,000.

Sen. Evan Andrade, sponsor of the bill, said Amendment 1 was designed to address concerns about scale and fiscal prudence while preserving the program’s ability to promote the summit outside…

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