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Senate rejects water-usage bill after debate on enforcement and scope
Summary
A bill aimed at collecting local water-use data and encouraging ordinances to conserve water on the Wasatch Front failed after senators argued the measure was merely voluntary and could indirectly impose penalties through local ordinances; the third substitute House Bill 538 failed on a 9-18 roll call.
Senators debated Third Substitute House Bill 538, a measure the sponsor described as addressing water management on the Wasatch Front and collecting local data to inform state policy for the Great Salt Lake basin. Senator McCall, sponsor of the substituted bill, said the penalties were removed and the measure is intended to encourage local planning and data…
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