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Senate committee advances substitute to clarify Utah Inland Port Authority powers amid water and boundary concerns
Summary
A first substitute to SB 2.25, aimed at clarifying Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) powers including a narrower definition of distribution centers, minor boundary adjustments, and water‑use distinctions, advanced unanimously after testimony raising Great Salt Lake and property rights concerns.
Senators on a Utah Senate committee voted unanimously to send a first substitute to Senate Bill 2.25 — titled 'Utah Inland Port Authority amendments' — to the full Senate after a day of testimony that ranged from industry support to environmental and property‑rights objections.
Sponsor Senator Stevenson opened by calling the measure a technical update to allow the inland port to recognize manufacturing components in distribution centers and to streamline project‑area processes. Ben Hart, executive director of the Utah Inland Port Authority, told the committee the changes are largely "minor cleanup" intended to clarify what the authority may do inside Salt Lake City versus outside that jurisdiction and to allow administrative adjustments to project area…
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