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Utah Senate advances wide-ranging package of bills, tables nuclear oversight bill for fiscal review
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The Utah Senate on Thursday advanced dozens of bills across tax, construction, health and space policy and voted to table a measure to create a state nuclear energy regulatory office pending fiscal review. Lawmakers debated where public infrastructure district meetings should be held and approved code updates and tax changes.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate moved a slate of bills through second and third reading Thursday, approving tax-code changes, construction-code updates and measures affecting local infrastructure and behavioral health while tabling a proposal to create a state nuclear energy regulatory office pending further fiscal analysis.
Senators approved House Bill 17, sponsored by Senator Paul Brammer, which requires public infrastructure districts (PIDs) to hold meetings within the PID boundaries when feasible and otherwise at a nearby location. Brammer said the requirement is intended to make meetings more convenient for people affected by a PID. "If you're going to do a PID, you need to hold your meetings near where the PID would impact people," he said. Senator Sandle pressed on practical limits for very small or undeveloped PIDs; Brammer said the bill leaves "nearby" intentionally flexible so communities without a local meeting site can use a nearby city or county hall.
The chamber also…
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