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Show FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1975 Page Eight Utah Senate Judiciary Committee Suggests Full Time Panel Schools To Receive $1.7 Million Bonus Distribution This Year fund or account at the close of the fiscal year. For example, at the conclusion of the 1973-7- 4 fiscal year, appropriation lapses to general fund free revenue by all agencies totaled $6,896,417. Of this sum, approximately $5,941,-50- 4 is accounted for by lapses from appropriations made to the Department of Social Services for welfare and other purposes. Utahs 1973 Legislature provided for a minimum school program of $508 per weighted pupil unit plus added amounts for Local school districts in Utah are expected to receive a special bonus distribution of $1.7 million from the sate this year. This fact was disclosed by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in an analysis of the 1973-7- 4 school program. According to the Foundation study, the special allocation represents funds remaining from last years state appropriation to the minimum school program after all intended legislative commitments for the 1973-7- 4 school year were met. The $1.7 million balance developed because most school costs were overestimated by school officials and the amount that could be raised from the required local tax was underestimated. The bonus distribution to local school districts arises from the fact that the 1973 Utah Legislature attempted to tie the state commitment under the minimum school program to a definiie amount based on the estimated costs for the various items. The 1973 school law listed the estimated cost items in a table and provided that if the amount for social security and retirement in this table is over or underestimated, then the amount per unit paid in all programs to school districts must be increased or decreased so that the state expenditure will not exceed transportation, retirement, so- cial security, and various programs. The $1.7 mil- lion special distribution will av- erage about $4.87 per weighted pupil unit and will be in addi- -' tion to the $508 per unit amount designated by the Legislature and previously allocated. In all likelihood, another bonus distribution will be made to local schools at the conclusion of the 1974-7- 5 fiscal year, ac- -. cording to the Foundation. Exact program costs will not be known until sometime after the close of the school year, but it is known that the local contributions to the program were underestimated by at least S650.000 for this year. The Foundation analysis that while it is true that costs school and local tax collections cannot be estimated with absolute precision nearly eighteen months before the close of The study points out that this jhe budget year, there seems to distribution to local be no justification for treating special schools comes at a time when the schools differently from other State is experiencing some fi- state institutions and denart-- ; nancial difficulties, and when ments which must remit excess higher education and other state aopropriation baances back to institutions and agencies have the State rather than to have any been instructed to cut their 1974-7- 5 windfalls available for expendi-- i appropriations by rf3. More- lure. over, the added apportionment will be made despite the fact that the State Uniform Fund City commissioners this week concluded the 1973-7- 4 fiscal year to ask the citizens comwith a deficit of $815,038, and is agreed on and salaries to mittee expected to end the present review thewages benefits retirement (1974-75- ) fiscal year with a deficit of $10 million or more unless cf city employes. The action some action is taken by the 1975 came after Commissioner Stephen Harmsen suggested the city Utah Legislature. Foundation analysts point out stop paying social security tax this special distribution pro- because employees now have the vision applying to the minimum option of being covered under a school program is somewhat state retirement plan. Harmsen employes would have unique. In most cases, if state said citytake-home pay without appropriations to agencies ex- higher ceed actual approved legislative social security and would receive programs, the unspent balance is better coverage under the state turned back to the appropriate dan. state-support- cate-Igoric- al ed $155.-752.10- con-;c.,:u:!- es 0. ! tat (Continued from page 1) ate directors setup after one year and if changes are needed they can be made in 1976. Richard Van Winkle, chairman of the Better Utah Committee said that the proposal for the nominating board to the committee follow guidelines set up by the committee. The proposal calls for four appointments to the board one each by the House speaker, the Senate President, the minority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader of the House. These four persons would nominate two others to the board. Not more than three could be from the same political party, a move designed to keep the nomination process away from partisan politics. The committee voted unanimously to make it a third degree felony for anyone connected with liquor companies to contribute to political campaigns or to make false statements to the commission of the Citizens Council on Liquor Control. Inflation Bests Utahns With Lower Speeds And Better Safety (Continued from page 1) what adjustments arc proper in acordance with Utah rating statutes. We are confident that competition will continue to bring to the citizens of Utah automobile rates which are not ecessive or unfairly discriminaMel Summerhays, property and casualty examiner for the state agency outlined these fac-tors- w hich should tend to in- crease insurance rates and those that might help reduce them. He said several new laws lowering speed limits, fewer miles traveled, a new low fare mass transit system in parts of Utah fewer traffic deaths and carpooling would help reduce rates. Highway Department Employees Honored For Safety Record The Utah Safety Council, on behalf of the National Safety Council, has presented the Utah Department of Highways with an award of honor for outstanding safety performance during The presentation was made Friday by Utah Safety Council A will has the power to do marvelous things. Like taking care of your family in your absence. And assuring that your estate won't be tied up for months unnecessarily in probate court At First Security Bank, our Trust Department has the knowledge and experience to work with you and your attorney to set up and administer a practical estate. Its all part of being a full service bank. For all details on how we can help you, just call up and ask. Trust Department First Security Dank of Utah, N.A. 350-536- 1 Member TD1.C. Legislative Experts Considering Remedy For Income Tax Shortfall (Continued from page 1) revenue orginally intended. Mr. Lloyd believes the shortfall in revenue resulted not so much from miscalculation in the original bill as from floor amendment which significantly trimmed the revenue potential of the law and occurred too late to be analyzed so as to adjust the law. Under the state simplified reporting system, a taxpayer takes the taxable net income from his federal return, adds back his state income liability which has already been deductel in the federal return, deducts the federal tax and also deducts his retirement income. The state tax is then figured by applying the proner rate. The original bill, in an effort to make it more palatable and remove inequities in retirement exemptions was amended sev- eral times. The result was more libera! retirement exemptions, a lower tax rate and more liberal treatment of capital gains. Governor Calvin L. Hampton expressed a preference for goin back to the old law, but the councils revenue and taxation committee rejected this approach. The committee in its final report to the legislative council took no position on whether rates in the law should bo changed or how it should be adjusted. One factor in the committees tory. 1973. OXO. I'HE SALT LAKE TIMES President Darcie H. White, and Utah Safety Council Director Robert G. Ingersoll, during the regular meeting of the Utah State Road Commission in Salt Lake City. In presenting the plaque to State Road Commission Chairman R. LaVaun Cox, White noted that this is the second consecutive year that the Highway Department has been honored with the award. He said Utah Highway Department employees worked man-heu- rs with only 12 during accidents and 1973 111 He termed the lost man-dayrecord an exoellent safety performance. White said the Departments accident frequency rate of 2.15 and severity rating of 19.85 are well below the national average ratings of 13.59 for frequency and 1,544 for sevs. erity. tax return that has any depth to it, any To produce an income feeling, one must have Lived and Suffered. Frank Sullivan. Utah National Guard Special Forces Sees California Training South- The darkness deepens-ern Californias inland desert cools again as the whisper of the evening breeze softens. Desert creatures now begin their day in the absence of the sun, following their schedule of survival as has been customary since the desert was. Seldom is there change from that routine, except tonight. Far away, toward the horizon of the expansive night sky comes the steady rumble of a now familiar jet aircraft. The sound isnt ney to the community and activity continues without departure from schedule. As the plane passes far overhead the sound hangs in the sky seemingly unmoved toward the opposite horizon. One at a time, five, ten, twenty-fiv- e parachutes fill with the cold white of moon. decision to stay with the new system is that the law gives low arid middle income taxpayers a significantly better break than the old system. MUN Art Invitational At U of U May 1,2-- 3 The first MUN Art Invita- tional, a juried art exhibit, will be held in connection with the 21st General Assembly of the Utah High Schools Model United Nations in May, the Model United Nations Office of the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Utah announced today. The exhibit will be hung in the Salt Lake Public Library for the month of April and in the Union Building Art Gallery at !the University during the Assembly, May 1. 2, and 3. Open to all high school students throughout the state, the Invitational offers what will probably be their first chance to enter a formal exhibit. A S50 'purchase award wil be made to the winning entry, which will become part of a permanent collection. Second and third place winners will receive $20 and IS10 respectively. The jury will consist of three nationally local experts. Let the Silence of Peace Be Heard. the MUN theme this year, is suggested as a starting point for the students work, 'although any painting reflecting a feeling of international cooperation will be acceptable. For entry forms or additional information regarding the MUN iArt Invitational, students may call Mrs. Kathleen Darley. ; i rec-logniz- i iUHSMUN at Secretary-Genera- l, or write to the Model lUniled Nations Office, Division of Continuing Education, P. O. Box 200, University of Utah. ;Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. 581-600- 6 i Salt Lake City paramedic units responded to more calls in the past six days than any other units in the county. Fire Chief Leon DeKorver informed Commissioner Glen Greener that the paramedic crews responded to 90 calls since the program began last year. if its printing . . . 4 dial 364-846- light. The desert community will break routine tonight. Falling out of the dark southern California sky this weekend will be members of the Utah National Guards 19th Special Forces Group. The night jumn will be the beginning of a full weekend of training in conjunction with other service members ''f the Marines, Navy and U. S. Border Patrol. Training in water operations will be conducted at the Navys Amnhibious Base at Coronado. California. The guardsmen will also undergo extensive training at San Ysidro Sector Headquarters with the United States Border Patrol. Instruction will include basic reconnaissance techniques and familiarization with sensing devices and systems. The Utah battalion will return quietly to Salt Lake City Sunday evening at the conclusion of the exercise. ed Several new Butler buildings from 2,400 thru 10,000 sq. ft., available immediately from stock. These buildings represent substantial cost savings. Phone Utah System Builders 322-130- 7 |