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Senate advances Olympic coordination bill, greets USOC and Salt Lake City officials
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced House Bill 430 to create a legislative Olympic and Paralympic coordination committee and passed House Concurrent Resolution 8 addressing Games indemnification; officials from the Salt Lake City Utah Committee and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic movement were invited to the Senate.
The Utah Senate voted to advance House Bill 430, a package of changes to set up an Olympic and Paralympic coordinating committee and to give the governor limited authority to execute Games-related contracts subject to legislative management review. Sponsor Sen. Mike McHale said the measure would create a three-member House and three-member Senate committee and allow the state to be ‘‘part of the process for the Salt Lake City–Utah Olympics.’’
McHale told colleagues the bill would give the governor authority to enter contracts related to hosting while requiring those contracts to be reviewed by the…
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