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Senate passes Utah Lake Authority after extended debate over wetlands protections
Summary
The Utah Senate passed second substitute House Bill 232 to create a Utah Lake Authority, after hours of debate and a failed amendment that would have barred dredging, draining or leasing of longstanding shallow-water duck marshes; vote recorded in the transcript as 20–8–1.
The Utah Senate narrowly approved second substitute House Bill 232, creating a Utah Lake Authority to coordinate restoration and management of Utah Lake, after extended floor debate over whether a proposed amendment should bar dredging, draining or leasing of historic shallow-water duck marshes.
Senator McCall, the Senate sponsor, presented the bill as a step to give the lake “something stronger” than the existing commission, saying Utah Lake has persistent problems — including toxic algae blooms — and needs a better-funded, coordinated response. “We need authority,” McCall said in floor remarks urging support for the measure.
Senator Weiler offered…
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