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Senate approves property‑transaction disclosure bill after debate over recorder privacy
Summary
First substitute SB 30 passed the Senate 21‑7 after senators questioned whether county recorders would make purchase‑price data public; sponsor said recorders would hand information to assessors and that county assessors support the change toward a limited‑disclosure model.
Salt Lake City — The Utah State Senate on third reading approved first substitute Senate Bill 30, a measure to provide county assessors with purchase‑price information to improve property valuation and shift Utah toward a limited‑disclosure model for certain transactions.
Sponsor Senator McKay described the bill as an effort to give assessors better data to fairly value property tax while noting safeguards discussed with county officials. "The recorder won't do anything…
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