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Senate passes inland-port and infrastructure amendments, directs funding for electrification research and port loan bank
Summary
The Senate approved a substituted S.B. 243 that tightens public-meeting requirements for port authorities, restores environmental language, restricts cross‑spoke tax-increment use and allocates funds ($5M to Utah State University; $15M to an inland-port bank) to support electrification and loan programs.
The Utah Senate passed a substituted infrastructure package addressing political-subdivision authorities and inland-port financing that includes public-meeting clarifications, environmental safeguards and a dedicated funding bank.
Senator Stevenson, the floor sponsor, said the substitute clarifies that port authorities are subject to the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act and restores language requiring "best…
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