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Utah House approves bill to tighten oversight of land trust advocacy office
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 43 to implement reforms recommended in an OLAG audit, clarifying roles, spending plans and oversight for the Land Trust Protection and Advocacy Office and emphasizing protection of school beneficiaries; the measure passed 67-3.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 4 passed Senate Bill 43, a legislative package lawmakers described as a direct response to an Office of the Legislative Auditor General audit of the state’s trust system.
“Senate bill 43 is a comprehensive response to an OLAG audit of the trust system,” Representative Burton said on the floor, saying the bill “identifies the roles and responsibilities and the gaps that were in need of repair, and it fixes those.” Burton said the measure defines the advocacy office’s roles and the executive director position, requires spending plans, accounting and oversight standards, and was developed after an…
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