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Senate debate stalls on plan to develop Utah State Developmental Center land after objections to sale language
Summary
Lawmakers debated whether 143 acres north of the Utah State Developmental Center should be leased or sold. Sponsor argued a development process would create ongoing revenue for services; opponents pressed to limit the measure to long‑term leases, citing past sales that did not benefit the center. The floor circled the measure for later review after a procedural ruling on an attempted verbal amendment.
Senators spent an extended floor session debating a joint resolution that would authorize the governing board of the Utah State Developmental Center (USDC) to seek proposals to develop roughly 143 acres immediately north of the campus.
Sponsor Senator Hemmert said the USDC governing board asked the Legislature to allow a process to develop or lease the parcel so it could generate long‑term revenue for the center and the Division of Services for People with Disabilities. He noted the original training‑school allotment totaled about 750 acres and that roughly 450 acres remain under state control, and described the resolution as permission for an RFP process rather than an endorsement of a specific developer.
Senator Margaret Dayton moved to remove all instances of the word "sale" from the resolution and to…
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