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Show WaitMt tUIsT.dsm AiMricaiui MON-CIRCULAT- Volume XIII, No. 2 tod Kin IN February, 1967 m men eeeara SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Us, to take advantage of first quality baling wire and twine at specially low prices. To take advantage of this programme' According to Ed Thomas, Manager of the Utah Agricultural Marketing Association, a program has been set up to enable counties - M i Or '9. ''T u i(l A. county should have a supply committee take orders and be prepared to collect money on delivery and arrange for one or two unloading points. Twine will be premium quality of Portugese, Dutch or East African origin and must be imported. This is the reason for early orders being needed," Mr. Thomas said. The twine will be delivered in 1000 bale truck loads near the middle of May. Twine orders should be received the first week of March. Baling Wire will be U.S. Steel or C. F. & I. and will be shipped by truck or train. A carload will be 835 boxes and a truckload will consist of 424 boxes. "The supply program has been arranged with Intermountain Farmers Association and in order to assure members of ample quantity, orders for wire must be received in the very near future. Members who are inter ested should contact their county supply committee or county president, Mr. Thomas said. Le Grand Jarman Reports on Major Agricultural Legislation In the tremendous pile of bills before the House and Senate in the Utah Legislature, a number are of great Importance to agriculture. The following is a brief resume of some of these bills by LeGrand Jarman, Legislative Director for the Utah Farm Bureau. This is an amendment S.J.F. 1 to the Constitution to provide for the repeal of the business Inventory tax. This has reference to the property tax which is paid by businessmen each year on the inventory on hand January 1. This resolution has passed both houses and will be on the ballot November 1968 for the people to approve or This is an amendment to the Consititution which provides that the Legislature may enact a law which would set up a special assessment program for farm lands on the basis of use rather than its value for sale. This has passed both houses and will be on the ballot in 1968. S.J.R. 2 This is an amendment S.J.R. 4 to provide for a uniform fee on motor vehicles in lieu of the present property tax. This resolution has been before the Legislature 2 previous sessions and failed both times in the House of Representatives. This year there is insufficient support in the Senate to pass it and thus it will likely not be approved this year. S.J.R. 7 This is an amendment to the Constitution to provide for an annual session of the Legislature. This would be on the even numbered years, a calendar session for budget purposes only. The regular session will be held on the odd numbered years for the days as is the present time. This has passed both Houses and will be on the ballot in 1968. 20-d- ay dar S.J.R. 8 This is an amendment to the Constitution to increase the pay of legislators. The amount of pay will be provided in the Constitution at $25 for each day the Legislature is in session, and $15 per day for each day in legislative work. This differs from the amendment which was defeated last November in that this time no change could be made except by a constitutional amendment. The one last November provided juture raises could be made by the Legislature itself. This is a bill providing a special rate on licenses for farm trucks. This bill has not passed S.B. 31 either house and inasmuch as S. J. R. 4 will not pass this year, it is likely the farm truck license bill will not be pushed any further. S.B. 47 Provides that operators of trucks in excess of 27,000 lbs. laden weight must have a chauffers license. It appears that this will be changed so that it will apply only to commercial trucks and other vehicles and if so would not affect farm trucks. H.B. 41 To repeal oleomarger-in- e tax. This has been defeated in the House of Representatives and thus is dead for this session of the Legislature. H.B. 8 Provides that farmers will receive their gas tax refund on a calendar year basis rather than a fiscal year and that they will not be charged sales tax on this gasoline purchase as has been heretofore. This bill has passed both houses and is in the hands of the Governor. This bill originally proH.B. 6 vided for sales tax to be applied to draft beer sales. It has been amended to provide exemption on sales tax on baling twine and wire. It means that farmers will not have to pay sales tax on these items in the foture. This bill has passed the House and is in the Senate. H.B. 136 -- - This provides for sales tax exemption on baling twine and wire and fuel oils used for heating ordhards as well as used in farm machinery. As noted in No. 8 and No. 6, parts of this has already been taken care of. However, H. B. 136 must still be passed to get the exemption on fuel used in orchards and diesel tractors. This bill has not passed either house yet. - To repeal the daylight savings time as passed by the National Congress. This bill has been tabled permanently and will not S. B 13 -- pass. z tJ o - c -- H 3(A m TO Qc ?2 c3 ff T Z o zQ |