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Show Lawmakers jwmakers End EndWork EndWork EndWork Work Workof of Term TermBy , By James ConradBack ConradBack Conrad ; Back among their con coristitu coristituents constiluents tItu tItuents ents after completing completmg an un unus unusualY unusually us usually ually ualY ] active session m near nedr rec record record record ord tl ti tine ne Utah lawmakers can canlook canlook canlook look back on the 27th legIs legIslature legislature legisMature lature this week with f\vlth f vlth \ considerable conSider conSiderable considerable -able able - satisfactIonThe satisfactionThey satisfaction satisfactionThey The They ) com compjeted comieted eted action on all allmaJor allnajOr allmajor maJor najOr items of legislation they theydeteated theydefeated theyiefeated deteated defeated the governor on Issues Issuesof issuesof issuesif of labor and dl disposition posltIon of em emergency emergency emsrgency ergency relief and motor velllc vehie velllcIe vehieJe vehicIe Ie Je registration funds and theywrought tJle they theybrought brought under control of the theleglSlah thelegislali theeguslaU leglSlah legislali re a a'l al all ' state revcnuos revcnus revcnusUnder revcnu s sUnder Under maJ maj3r major r items of legis legisahon legisation legislation ahon ation the Republ can house houseand houseand houseand and Democratic senate first of ofall ofall ofall all approved approed appro\ appro appros \ ed a minimum mmlmum school schoolrogram schoolrogram schoolrogram > rogram Next Ne\.t Ne.t Ne .t t ' \ . they revised the theielfare thewelfare "elfare elfare ielfare " law 13JW set up a new m in msurance insurance insurance surance code enacted 1 I belalveterans beialveterans beial belal veterans legislatIon estabhsh establish ed a method of reducing reducmg em employer employer Iployer ployer payments in III unemplo unemployjnent ) ment insurance msurance made availablito available availableto I to cities towns and countIesmore counties countiesmore countiemore more than $2 2 $ 500 000 annually annuallycreated annuallytreated annuallycreated -created created treated - a state water and countIes/ countIes powe power power'board powerboard : / ' board 'board and appropriated $1 1 $ 000 000JOO 000000 JOO 000 { for construction of small smallyeservoirs smallreservoirs 'eservOlrs eservOlrs yeservoirs ) ' created a legIslatIve legIslatIvecauncll legislativecouncil legislativecouncil smalll cauncll council to function between sessions ses sea sesSlons seasions Slons sions added employes employcs and off otis otiscials officials 1 1clals clals cials of the state counties sec second second second ond and third class cities andIncorporated andincorporated and Incorporated towns and hbrar librar I I . iians .rans rans ians and \ to Ie se Ietlrement setirement ietirement tlrement tirement programs and created createda createa ! a building bUlldmg fund out of emer emergency emergency emergeney gency relief rellef and general funa tuna funasurpluses fun funsurpluses tunasurpluses < surplusesii surpluses ii ! ! * . - The lawmakers twice sen sendown sendown sendown down to defeat the gubernator gubcrnatorlal gubernator1al gubernatorial 1al ial veto with o override . errIde votes and andOrLCd andtIorced amforced tIorced OrLCd the governor to allow alloweglSlatlOn allowegislation , ( [ alloylegislation eglSlatlOn egislation curbing labor to be become , re bere ome orne law without executive eh.ecutn ehecutn eecutiae . e ac ' tion action Ion The change in 111 the Llttl Littl " ' - , Wagner Littl-Wagner Littl Wagner outlawthe outlathe outlasthe Act chiefly outla\\ outla outlas acI \ I the secondary boy bOj bo3 cott and plac places places places es other unfair labor pra placI trce tice trceon ticeon ticeon I on employes and UnIonsThe unionsThe unions unionsThe The governor first UnIonsI felt th thstmg thsting thsting I stmg sting of the override on a mea meaSure 1 ' Sure to place budgetary contro control controlof : ' of emergency emergenc ernergenc rel reI ef funds pre vlOusly viously previously managed by the chle chic chleexecu chicexecutive chieexecutive \ execu executive legislatureIt 1ve under the legislature It Itas \ was \\as as as on the final fmal day of the thesession thesession thisession , session in 111 the most tense and andl amdramatic andldramatIc anddramatic dramatIc momentof moment of the 601 60 da das 61days 60das ) s that the second o.errIde oerrIde o-'erride o 'erride erride o'erridecame overndicame . - ' , , came The governor had vetoed vetoeditem vetoe vetoeitem < [ I IItem item 165 in m the appropriations appropriationsill appropriationBill , ; 111 ill which provided appropnatIonsl that apyoximately ap apxlmately apoximately xlmately oximately $3 3 $ 000 000 in 10 the theotor theotor th thcolor < color otor veh cle registration fund fundould funcpould | ould fundIould roadd go to th the theB Band B and C fundI road roadnd roacKind nd d for distribution dlstnoutJon distriution to the theunties thepunties untIes thejuntIes stateAfter and cities of the { he state thej ( After the override in the theouse theOuse theouse | ouse on a vote of 41 15 thewto the theeto ! eta eto came up for discussion m in me ine inflhe e senate where Sen Dext'r Dextr Dext . ' " ifoe arr air Deh.t"rlarr ( D Weber ) asked that 1hat Deh.t"rl Deh.trl Dehtrl It Ite ite . legismature legisature e sustained sustamed and that the legis ature pass a measure to ' g ve vee vcgie e vele P&ID PID & $350 350 $ 000 per ) year sear ear the theand theand theaand vel " and C Croad road fund $800 800 $ 000 and andace andace andllace ace the remainder remamder about ; aboul00000 ? 00000 00 000 annually in the prl pri pnlary prlary priary ary road fund with the state statead statead statigad ad commissionAftei commission commission1'Aftei 1'Aftei 1Aftei ' Aftel Aftei dehberahond deliberationd 24 hours of dehberahon deliberation dehberahonstudy deliberatiorpd deliberationstudy \ d study the deciding decldmg vot votood vote voteood voteood < | ood with Sen ij if FrancIs Franciswles Francipwles | wles les FrancIsles ( D Weber ) who jo ned nedur neenur nedur ur other Democrats and the thig thet theRepubhcans theRepublicans Republicans Repubhcans to make the thiIfpt t on law by overriding overndlng the thevernor thevernors thipyernor ; | vernor vernors s vetoeSldes vetoesides veto Besides reliefds eSldes esides emergency relieBids relief f ds reheflds rehefl expenditures to come unr Unr un r legislative legislahve , : icontrol ,4ontrol 4ontrol ontrol were werese wer ' a ) werelse se under the state fish werel and andme andme amne i me liquor hquor and road commlS commis commisn commlSn commisa n a fundsJnong funds fundsAmong Among legision Jnong fundsong ong other important legIS IOn passed by the two housere houses housesre s re several fish and game gam-'asures gam 'asures asures e gameasures ' asures and - two election mea inca meaes incaCs meres ? es Cs Pish nsh rish and game bills al a : jidy dj d3 aldj ald3 bP bygovernor have been approved by y governor and in lude In ireases Inases ases of one dollar on resldentl resident t resideithing resldentlhmg residenthing hmg hing and hunting huntmg licenses lrcenses In ; irrases inases ases in resident elkand elk and an anpe ar 9pe an9pe pe permit fee fees and arid feesNot I ! raIses in m non res rca dent fees feesot feesot ot among the bills blUs signed . , , the governor govc.rnor govcrnor . are the elechon election elechonasures electionasures electioi'asures electioiasures i ' asures one OnL of which revise rcvises rc VIses ballot baUot reviseballot VIsesbaUot rcvisesballot and the scratch scratche e law The other \ would ould set setcombmahon setP setcombination secombination combmahon combination convention convenhon pn pri pnry priry pnry P ry and eliminate ehmmate one of pnI the thesent thesent thsent I sent primary elections It Is Iseyed ] iSIeved iSI eved eyed the governor will veto veti h hof of these measuresi measuresn measures vetol n i the field of taxation the thslature islature lslature theislature thelslature refused to mcrease increase increasoline lIne mcreaselIne increaseline taxes two cents a gal galand galand ga . : andIn ard and in adition adlhon provIded providether provIdedhe providedher he her ! ; tax relief rehef by lifting ltftmg from fromCOunt fromcount froi centhe centlie count es their 15 per cent cerne he lie cost of relief rchef relief'eterans reliefeteran5 ' " 'eterans eterans eteran5 ' won income mcome tax re ( > eh.emptIonsed exemptionsed rby reby by having their exemptior eh.emptIons ehemptIons exemptions . , : ed to $2700 2700 $ if single smgle and 00 an00 ifmarried if married . , . A $5 5 $ 1 cense cease ; ; paid ccnipaid censepaid ceasepaid oleomare oleoniarie by vendors of oleoma oleomar oleoniar : ne ie inhelce mherce 4nhercc e vi \ as removed r.emoved . and mher 4nher ce cc tax exemptions on estates estatem ' estatfig estatesg g to . crr cir husbands thusbands usbands or WIve wiveb wives : . cr ci c : r children childrenJere ' " "dren dren " v/cre v cre \Jere Jere \ / ere lifted hfted from iron froi.000 froi000 it ' I 000nabi 000abl . 000 to $40 40 $ 000iabl 000 nabi iabl ablng iablng abl ng legislation legISlahon was pass pasP o 0 passo esr perrl11tcounties permitCounties permit perrl11t counties and cit Clt es c " r than " n first class to create Creati creatic Creatilie lie IC toe building reseivcs resel v .s s < . and to tc : ) . purpoP e , money for library hbrary purpo.o purpoo purpeA . es through special spec131 levies leviesThe leviesThe leviesThe The major taxation ta"atIon taatIon " item ol of ofthe ofhe t the he session was ac ae ompi ompl shed in m ma ina a series senes of 01 bills establishing establ1shmg anequalIzation anequalization an anequalization equalization program lor for taxa taxatIon tion of allreal all real property in the thestate thestate state at 40 per cents of its fair fairreasonable fairreasonable reasonable market value andalso andalso and - also providing for the enlprce enIprce entorce entorcemcnt enlprcemcnt enIprcenicnt . mcnt nicnt of the program This realproperty real realproperty property program was necess access necesstated accesstated tated othe ofthe to meet the financing fmancmg of ) the new school program programThe The new financing fmancmg program prograrrtor programfor for public pubhc educat on in addlhon addition additiorto addlhonto additionto to the tfJe property propert tax tah . which will wil : ' I willfinance finance fmance up to 75 per cent of the thecost thecost I thelI thelcost cost also will be finan fman uinan ed by thel all alli allrevenue al : i revenue from income mcome and cor corporat corporat Iporat corIporat porat plusf plusany on franchise ta taxes , > es plusI plus , any add tional tlOnal up to 30 per I pelcent percent cent centwhIch which the individual dis dls dlsItncts tncts tricts districts may see fit to assess Thenew The Itncts tolreflect new program is not expected to toreI1ect tol tcreflect , mucl-the mucl the muchtthe reI1ect reflect Itselfon itself on taxes tah.es tahes . too much mucht - I the presenqsurpluses first year because of present presenq presentsurpluses ! surpluses and opinions opmlOns vary varj as a ; ; to aSIto asto just what its ult mate ettec effect effectw effect effectVT aSI ' , | vv w VT 11 be However many observ observers observers observers ers feel that a large inciease mClease inclease observI 10 in 10propert inpropert irproperty I propert taxes tah.es tahes . is m In the olfing offmg oiling offmgThe oilingThe The nefman new ne\\ ne nev \ finan fman fmnan ing mg program prograni programprovides prograniprovides progranprovides offmgI i I provides for $3300 3300 $ for every ever everyc1isroom ; ICh everyICh clfsroom c1-isroom c1 isroom - 5room unit umt in m the state It I IestImated is iscstimated iestimated , estImated cstimated that it will require II a aproperty aproperty ; I ta tax ta-s ta s - . of about 21 7 property , > millsCities mills millsi i / it , . _ _ ? _ _ i _ . . . . _ A . e j i- i - Clhes Cities and counhes counties of the ctate ' tate . presser ! new newSources newources r S sources ources of levenues sevenues will wl1l tecelve lecesve tecelvea lecesvea receiv < ; a large measure of relief unl unj'r unjr unj'rbills ' r rblUs legislatureFrom legislaturerrom bills blUs passed by the legislature From rrom state liquor hquor profits $1 1 $ 000 000 will be distributed dl.tnbuted dltnbuted : . to t ( tothe the annuallyand counties counhes and cI cities 1es annually annuallyI ! ' ' I and annuallywill another $500 500 $ 00 annually annuall ; will be available for construe [ tion hon roadsVeterans of Band B and Croads C roads Veterans in addition to m in mcome income come ta tax " relief reltef will receive receivepreference receivepreference > preference when seeking work vork workwIth wori vorkwith with the state or any of its pol itical Ihcal subdivisions subdlvI.lOns subdlvIlOns : . Disabled vet veterans veterans erans the r widows andminor and mlllor minor mlllorchildren minorchildren children will re eive elve a proper property ty tax exemption e-emptlOn e emptlOn " - which was in m mI'Teased inreased ' "reased reased " from $3000 3000 $ to $6000 6000 $ ( $6000However I'Teased ITeased However the vets main $6000I hope hopea ; I a hous ng measure failed to toreceIve toreceive receive legislative kgislative approvalThe approvalThe approval The new welare wel are law reqUireold requireold require old age rccip rcclp recip ents w th prop'r propr " ' - ' ] . ty prop'rty proprty exceeding cxceedmg $1200 1200 $ in m value tc tcgive tcgive give the state a lien on wct suci wctJroperty suciiroperty hue - jroperty iroperty In 111 In addition it estai estao eaton estaol1shed eatonlished estailished lished l1shed maximum maJ\.lmum maJ.lmum maJ .lmum lmum \ . grants of $4 4 $4tar $ " tor tar one person $90 90 $ for two p"r pr p'r p"rODS p'rons ' " ! ons ODS $115 115 $ for three persons " , m nc jtor $15 15 $ for each additional with the thi thetotal thiiotal total iotal $17for grant not to exceed $17 17 $ for anyone any one family |