Show UNDER TILE e t re From a post session post session vantage point It appears the twenty twenty- ninth Utah legislature Is 1 In n somewhat of a six six month month re reo cess Actually It adjourned sine di diat die e at the end of Its GOth day last las t Thursday Thursday all all even with Gov GOY J J. J Bracken Lee on tax Issue Issues Issues- s but It tt has a promise that It wit will willbe 1 be called on to resolve th the e school tax problem b before tore th the e year Is out Within 24 hours atter after ad adjournment adjournment adjournment Governor Lee said d he Is planning to get a study stud y of the uniform school fund completed com and to call a special specia 1 s session in the fall to set u ua up upa p a proper classroom unit fig ure I He was about as upset over ove r the appropriations bill but bu t i Insisted he could fit tit the budget bud get to revenues by vetoing sew sev several eral Items In a supplemental 1 bill forced out of the legisla ture In the closing days of th the e regular session the lawmakers lawmaker s put through a new school bill bil bilto 1 to fix a classroom unit figure figur of against the present presen t This got the same veto vet o treatment as the bill passed pass ed previously and the gover gayer governors governors governor's nors nor's action was sustained i ithe Inthe in inthe n the house First however f it nt t was overridden in the senate senat e on a vote of 16 to 7 exactly the two two thirds thirds majority required As a result of the action Inthe in inthe inthe the house the governor got his way on the school tax issue after being Ignored In his re request quest for reduction of income and sales tax In both veto messages on school bills the chief executive tive stressed the need of a study study stu dy to determine just what the classroom figure should be He lIe wanted it left as at present a study made and a special session session ses sion slon to determine the final amount Even if It it should goto go goto goto to he remarked we could at least be sure the amount is based on fact Particularly was the governor governor governor gover gover- nor bitter about what he called call ed the pressure school lobby In his closing statement to the legislature upon Its adjournment ad he said It is to be j hoped that in future years those Individuals and groups who are Interested In legislation legislation legisla tion which is of concern primarily manly marily y to themselves will recognize rec the handicaps and after I presenting their problems will I permit the th-e members rs of the i leg to deliberate debate g and decide these problems without with out undue pressure or strain Study of the uniform school fund and the minimum classroom class room unit will be the of the Utah legislative council This organization will not be set up for a few days yet with Speaker of the House Clifton G G. M. M Kerr R R Tremon Tremon ton and Senate Pres J. J Francis Fran cis Fowles D Ogden D-Ogden yet to to name the five representatives and five senators to serve In addition each of the house leaders will specify a member I at large and the governor will name his representative Governor Lee win will urge that the council study of nf nw placing the states state's sty Ity to the state teacher retirement retire ment fund into the uniform school fund State to this fund required to meet meet teacher contributions are about in arrears and I. I are arc scheduled to get even fur ther they behind during the next bi bi- bi There Is only 1000 provided In the bill against the necessary to meet teacher con con- The governor governor and and many I others would others would attach this ap ape to the minimum school program and directly to the minimum classroom figure which definitely would run it Hi between and The TIt only issue In which the I governor was overridden was basic budget for higher on a It classroom unit basis He veto vetoed vl this measure with a plea the thu the bill bet bel be amended to include dedicated credits tuition fees tees etc ete in the formula The legislature passed the measure over the c veto veto after atter Sen Marl D. D Gibson D D Price member of the Utah l legislative council who headed i a a subcommittee that worked out the formula with college l leaders had a agreed reed with the governor that cred credits ts I should come Into the formula He Ile added however that this is such a big step forward that I think the bill should be passed pass pass- ed cd and the other matter studied and determined in tn the next two years Reapportionment was finally side tracked Side tracked by the senate and to the legislative councI for study after a bri brief t flurry between urban and rural sen son Sen Alonzo F. F Hopkin CD D Woodruff D-Woodruff summed up by pointing out that urban lawmakers lawmakers law law- makers had been the aggressors in the Issue and that despite their higher population the rural rural ru ru- ral rat areas would not give over complete control of both hous hour houses es to the city dwellers We are arc just as jealous of jour our way of life as you are arc of yours and well we'll right to preserve pre serve It It he declared I While the tax Issue was middle middie mid die dle of the road there were plenty of other Issues medium and md minor that were settled In Inthe the he bills and severa several resolutions reso resolutions passed by both houses A highway program was settled set sets tied upon by the lawmakers with a gas tax raise of one cent Included Also Aso the legislature e arrived at on agreement on a an en n Increased truck licensing scale after downward alterations had hr been rn made on nn n as used on farms Also the lawmakers passed again a bill to refund tax pai paid d on gasoline put to non non high high highway way use applying largely t to farm equipment and the like This bill has been approved approve d twice wice in the past only to be ve toed Allocation of wa was s also made to education an and welfare Institutions for construction construction con with the funds t to o come from the building reserve set up from emergency relief surpluses |