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League debates SB 337 substitute, delegates position to officers to continue negotiations
Summary
The Utah League of Cities and Towns spent most of its final LPC meeting dissecting SB 337 (a two-part bill creating a Beehive agency and an Economic Opportunity Coordinating Council), pressing for clear local-consent and revocability provisions. The committee voted to delegate its position to League officers to negotiate a second substitute.
The Utah League of Cities and Towns Legislative Policy Committee focused its final session largely on SB 337 and its first substitute, which League staff said removed explicit preemption but left key questions about scope, revenue and local consent.
League staffer Cameron Deal told members the original SB 337 drafted state-level preemption of local land-use authority and would have allowed a state agency to capture local tax increment without municipal consent. “81% of you were very concerned with SB 337 as drafted,” Deal said, citing webinar and Slido data the League delivered to bill sponsors and the governor.
Why it matters: members said the bill, as originally written, risked eroding municipal land-use control and diverting revenue cities rely on for services. The first substitute adds a 45-day written local-consent window and requires an…
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