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Show Under the CAPITOL DOMEBy DOME DOMEBy By James ConradAlthough ConradAlthough Conrad ConradAlthough Although the 27th Utah legslature leg legslture l1.ture l1ture slture . will go down as the theheaviest theheaviest theheaviest heaviest spending spendmg body m in the thehistory thehistory thehistory history of the state it will swill also alsobe alsobe alsobe be remembered for its action on onthe onthe onthe the education educ1.tlon educ1tlon educition . labor and welfare wel welfare welfare fare Iron frontsSuch fronts frontsSuch ts Such is the general Impres Impresslon impression impression slon sion as the session nears its f , nal nalhour nalhour nalhour hour before flag covered clocks clockson clockson clockson on the final fmal da3 da3In da ) In . these t.hese thres three fields the leg legIslature legislature legislatunc Islature islatunc concentrated its most mostvItal mostvital mostvital vItal action and appears certamto certainto certain certam to adjourn with important new newlegislation newlegislation newlegislation legislation in 1n na the law books on onall onall all throe three matters _ Labor i&sues isues bsues issues & finished off last last\\ last lasteek 55 \ \ eek eeh when f\vhen f vhen \ ( Gov Herbert B BMaw BMaw BMaw Maw mindful of the overrIdes overridesand overridesand and traps into which his vetoes vetoeshave vetoeshave have fallen refused to eithersign eIther eIthersign eithersign sign or veto HB HE ELI 36 the Clegg Clegglabor Clepglabor Clegglabor labor bill Thus the LIttle LIttle'Wagner LittleWagner LittleWagner 'Wagner Wagner ' Act ] is S now amended amendedto amendedI to outlaw the secondary boycott boycottand boycottand boycottand and set up other unfair laborpractices labor laborpractIces labornractices practIces nractices on the part of employes employI employCs employ es Cs and umonsStIll unionsStill unions umons unionsStill Still in m the hands of the governor gov governor ernor however and a bill blJl on onwhich onwhich onwhich which he might apply a pocket pocket pock et veto wto since smce it arrived too late latefor latefor latefor for a return from the chief ex cx executIve cxecutive executive ecutIve s office ] is S another bill billin billin in which labor } is S keenly mter inter mterested interested interested ested This measure endorsed endorsedby endorsedby endorsedby by the State Tax Ta " Study commit committee committee tee would apply the Ne.v Nev New . York Yorkplan Yorkplan plan of reducing reducmg employer payments payments pay ments in m the unemployment msurance insurance in m surance fund for two and a half halfyears haiyears ' practice years then would avould put into mto prac practlce practice halfI I tlce tice the charge back plan planwhIch plansvhich planwhich whIch svhich is 1S as vigorously opposed by , bilabor bylabor labor bYIlabor in m the absence of furthel further furtherlegislatIve furtheregislative bYI . legislatIve egislative l actIon . Welfare legislation as suchl suchlwas sueh suehvas suchwas , > was vas s wrapped up m in a compro compromisc I ImIse mise misc house bill that fmally finally finallyassed fmall ; : p passed assed the senate and went to tohe tcthe ' the t he governor last week It setsl setslmaximum set sets setsmaximum ; maximum grants of $45 45 $ perl per perlmonth permonth peimonth r $9for 9for $90for month for a single smgle person $90 90 $90or $ ( ' for f forieach or two $114 114 $ for three $15 15 $ foi for fori forach e each ach additional and $175 175 $ for a aamily i ifamily ' foristate f family amily It also provides fori for fortate r s state tate hens liens on propeity propel ty of recip reclp reclplents recipents i lents ents over $1250 1250 $ and allows the thestateto thetatcto state state-to state to tatc---to tatc s . - - - - to protect ttscapItal its tts capital m in investment inestment : vestment estment v where welfare budgets budgetsmclude budgetsnclude budgetinclude mclude nclude i mortgage payments ; onl onlhomes on onomes 1 homesI h homes homesBut omes omesBut I But this was not the entIre entIrepIcture entireicture entiripicture pIcture p icture on welfare since th the themergency < ! e emergency mergency relief rebef fund figurec figured figuredn in i n the entire financing fmancmg pro.gramand prpgran pro.gram program prQgram prpgranand prQgramnd flgUredj . a and nd in m the 19 million dollar approprlatIons apropriations ap propnations proprlatIons ropriations p bill passed in m record recrd rec ord o rd time by the two housesMuch houses housesMuch housesMuch ; Much of the state states s fmanClal financial fmanClalbudget fmanciabudget financialudget 1 budget b udget for the coming commg bienniun blenmum biennium blenmumhmged bienniumhinged hinged hmged on limiting lImltmg of the welfare welare wel f fare are reserve to $5 5 $ 000 000 with witha witta withprovision a provision for the surplus surplusalong surplusalong surplusalong along with a general fund sur surplus surplus surplus plus over $1 1 $ 000 000 to go mto into mtoa intoa mta ( a building bUlldmg fundSchool fund fundSchool School bills brought the long longest longest est and most heated fight fJght fght of the thesessIOn theession thi session ession s in the senate before ifinally It Itfmally itfinally fmally finally accepted the mInimum mInimumschool minimunschool minimumschool i school program on a $3300 3300 $ per perclassroom perclassroom r classroom , unit umt basis after alter re redefmmg redefining defining defmmg the classroom unit umt and andIncreasmg andincreasing ( increasing Increasmg the number from 4847 to 5397 This would .et et . > et up upa ] a property tax levy for school schools : of 21 217 7 mills throughout the thestate thestate thi state On final fmal passage of the meas measure measure ; ure Sen H Grant Vest ( D DUmtah DUintah Umtah Uintah ) ) and Sen Ray P Lunt LuntR Lu LuntR : ( R Sanpete ) cast the only dl dis dissenting - ; sentmg senting votes in m a 19 2 count countIt countIt It is believed the house member members membersmight membersmight membermight -s s - might reduce the minimum mmJIDum fl fi fl.gure figure to $3100Liquor $3100 3100 $ Liquor matters matters , , which cen centered certered tered around a bill to provIde provIdesale providesale providsale sale by drink drmk were disposed 01 of 01the ofin cin \f f \ in the senate which killed the thebill I bill by a 10 11 vote with the g , 10 in m favor including mcludmg Sens SensClegg Sen : ? I Clegg Fowles Cowles HirschI HirschiKnight ' Knight Kmght Lamareaux Lund Me Mc McShane . I IShane Shane Melich Mehch and Selvin Selvm Mldg Midg Mid ; ' ley Midgley and Elggren were absentPassed absentPassed absent absentPassed MldgI I ! Passed by the senate howev however however , er was a bill bIn to prov de a board boardof boarof " j of five members to admmlster administer administerprogram a aprogram aprogram " program of study and treatment treatmentof " of alcoholism in m the state WIth WIthan withan wit an appropriation of $65 65 $ 000 000The 000The - The upper house also passed a ab ab b 11 to legalize pan pan parI mutuel bel bet bettmg betting ting tmg on horse racing racmg in the state stateIn stateIn stat betI < [ I In its amended form the bIll bIllwould bill'would bi : ? ' would 'would limit five day meet meek meet " , tol tolone to toone tone smgltown smgletown singletown one per year for any smgle single town city or track and would wouldprovide wouldprovide woulprovide provide that meets in m anyone anyonecounty any one onecounty county must be at least 20 days daysapart daysapart , g apart The measure passed by bya bya b " a vote of 15 5 with Sens Day Hoikm HopkIn DayFarr Farr Holbrook Lund and Hoi Hop , km kIn dissentIngThe dissentingThe dissenting The eighth week of the ses sesslOn session se ; ; sion slOn also was highlighted by the theoutstandmg theoutstanding outstanding outstandmg ofthe political pohtlcal fme fine'se finese ' se of the assembly It all occurred occurredIth occurreds s \ with \\Ith Ith ith final pa passage pasage < : sage of the appro , appropnatIons appropniations pnations pniations b 11 as amended by the thesenate thesenate g senate and with the house over overrIdmg overriding . ofHE ofHB riding rIdmg the governor s veto of c , HB HE 71 which svhich would limit dIVer dIVerslon diversion ] - sion slon of motor vehicle vehtcle registr reglstra registra ; tion hon reglstrahon registration funds to the department of ofpublIc ofpublic public ty andindustrial and industrial mdustrlal dove devel development development : opment to $300 300 $ 000 annually annuallyThe The appropriations bill as ass assnt ssent s snt < , nt to the governor carried an a item making makmg $300 300 $ 000 availabi avallabl availablc availablcannually S ' annually to the P.ID PID P&ID P & . < UD from mo ma motor motor tor tar registration funds It also alsc alsocarrIed alscI als ' ) carried a section repealing the thevery thI th I very law 13JW that HB HE 71 seeks to toamend t tamend tc tct I amend and limit lJIDlt the department departmen departmentto departmento t to the $300 300 $ 000 annually annuallyNow annuallyNow Now that the house has over3 overI over overrIdden ridden the governor s veto of ofHB o a . : I HB HE 71 the senate can withholc wIthhold withholcaction I action on HB HE KB 71 until the gov goat governor goatI ernor either approves or vetoes vetoe vetoessectIons I sections of the appropriation approprIatIOns approprIatIOnsblll ; : 5 bill blll limiting lImItmg the P&ID PID & If the thegovernor thgovernor th ( i governor vetoes these items the thesenate thi ( senate lImltjthe still will svill be able to lImltj limit limi limithe thit t ; the departments department s income by bypassmg b3 b3f t passing passmg HB HE KB 71 over his veto I . : f ' . Iflthe Ifl the governor does not veto thesi these then thesesectIons thensections thesisections I sections the senate can let HE HB I 1 71 die by striking strlkmg the enactIng enactinl enactIngclause i : clause and the present law wIll wil wIllbe wilbe 1 . be repealed by the appropna appropria appropnahons appropriations tions hons billC bill billOn On final fmal passage the hous houn house housevoted hount < C voted 50 yes 7 no and 3 absen absent absentI absentm absenin t m in favor of the appropriation appropnatwns : ; S Sbill bill To override the governor on onHB orHB or orHB 1 HB 71 the house voted 40 yes 19 no 1 absent All 39 Republ1members Republic Republi Republ1 Republican can members voted to overndi overrIde overrid overrIdeand overrida overndiand c and were joined Jomed lomed by Rep Johl3 Johit John Johi a A Murch ( D Cache ) who cast castthe casthe cas casthe t the 40th voteThe vote voteThe The house also decided it was washme wa waI 5 time hme to take over control of offunds o ofunds I funds of another state agenc agency agencywhen : V Vwhen when it approved HB HE lID 224 by byReps b : : Reps Weston L Bayles CR ( R Sai San Sar SanJuan SaiJuan 1 Juan ) and R E Chnstensen ChrIstensen ( R B RSanpete Bt . Sanpete ) This bill would lImlt limi lImltfunds t funds of the state liquor control contro controlcommISSion controcommission 1 | commission to those monies momes ap appropniated I ] propnated proprlated propniated by the legislaturee legislature portion of the b bill III to bring brmg the thidepartment thi thidepartment e department under the budge the state fmance sinance fmancecommlSS sinancecammiss e commiss commlSS cammiss on was amended out outThe outThe The house completed legisl leglsla legisla leglslahve legislative ; iive hve tive action achon on SB 121 by Sens SensMellch SensMelich Melich Mellch Jones Ward and Vest Vestwhen Vestwhen Ves when it agreed to a conference conferencecommittee conferencecommittee committee report Teport This measur measure measurewould measurwould measurewould would create a new Utah water waterboard waterboard r board directed to Iormulate formulate Iormulatestate formulatestate ! state water policy and to mve mves mvestIgate inves investigate ; tigate and initiate small water waterprojects waterprOects r projects prOects projectsA prOectsA ) A new insurance msurance code for th the thestate thestate state received final fmal legislativ legIslatIve legIslatIveapproval legislativeapproval approval approvalin in the house where wheremembers whei members admitted they knew knewnothmg knewnothing knei , - nothmg nothing about the 252 page pag pagetechmcal pagetechnical technical techmcal bill btll which whlch was accorr accom accompanied . panied pan led by another five pages of ofamendments ofamendments < amendments The bill provide provides provldesi provldesia providesa s a new insurance msurance code for the thestate thestate th state federallaws in m conformity conformlty with federal feder ; il ] lawsI laws lawsThe I The senate approved two twomeasures twomeasures tw measures both bath of which would wouldmodify wouldmodify modify the state s present prlmary pr prl pri primary mary election system but md mdl mdlcatlOns mdi mdications : cations catlOns are that neither of the th thbills thebIlls bills will avili meet with avith the appro\ appro approv v \ ' I al membershIpBoth approal approval of the house membershIp ] ) Both b Us will 'WIll ' likely d e in sIlt silting sit ! ; I ing mg committee The he first b bill billpassed bi : l lpae"ed passed pae"ed paeed ; " by the senate SB 118 118would 118would 11) 11 11)would ) would eliminate ellmmate the present presentrunoff presentrunoff preser it substItutethe runoff primary and substitut substItute : e the county and state conventio conventIon conventiotor conventIontor conventiontar tor tar selection selectlOn of candidates the thecandIdate thecandidate th . candidate partyto to represent the party to be selected at the primar prJIDary primary prJIDaryelectIon primaryelection election electIonWhen electionThen wordthat When \Then Then \ the senate got word wor todie that this measure was likely hkely to t ; promptlypassed die in m the house ] it t prompti promptly passed SB 23 which would ehm ehmmate dim dimmate mate the runoff primary and andmove andmove an I move the pr mary up to the se sec see second seeond < ; I Under ond Tuesday Tuesaay Tuescay in September Un 'I I ' der this bill the candidates for , forthe the final fm1l In-ui In ui - election electlOn would be se sd sel selected sdected : 1 i ected on a plurality plurahty of the vote votecompared votecompared ; compared with a majority mnority of the theas theas ie I as now required |