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Senate committee clears bill letting state higher-education institutions pass credit-card fees to cardholders
Summary
A Utah Senate education committee recommended favorably on SB 17, which would allow state-run higher education institutions to pass credit-card processing fees to cardholders; lawmakers and witnesses debated impacts on retail purchases and low-income students.
A Utah Senate education committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 17, a measure that would let state-run higher education institutions pass credit-card processing fees on to cardholders rather than absorb the cost.
The bill’s presentation said institutions currently absorb processing charges and that passing them through could reduce state expenditures; the presenter noted such charges can be "3 to $4,000 every single month." A student, Ella Fransen, told the committee that she prefers fees folded into posted prices…
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