Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP Showdown on Sunday Closing Held Up by Absent Senators By fly Sam Taylor Salt Lake City January 30 Friday marked the of a week of climax anti in the State mate tate Senate The controversial Sunday Sun day Closing law showdown was avoided the last three days of the week due to the feel Ing log among Senators that a full body should be present when a vote came This has been I Ione one of the tightest pieces of legislation I Ito 7 to come Be 1 fore fare o either i t h I house so 80 far fart I je t this h 1 session The Senate passed the bill I Ito ft 4 to the third reading calendar calen dar on Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day with 15 Mr Taylor Senators voting yes But Dut three of those voting in the affirmative affirmative stated that they were undecided on the final vote With at least 13 votes needed to pass a bill in the Senate those In favor Cavor as well as those opposed wanted a full house when showdown time came Friday after many had thought a vote was inevitable it was again postponed but buta a deadline p. p m. m on Monday Mon day was set on the measure Station Session A Year YearA A bill to provide for the convening of an on annual legis legis- legislature lature laturo has again made an ap ap- ap in the House of Rep Rep- Sponsors of the measure argue that the increased ed pressure on the biennial legislature legislature leg leg- is becoming too difficult difficult dUll dUll- cult to handle once every two years and from all appearances appearances appearances appear appear- ances the measure is gaining a good deal of support In the House Two years ago the measure passed the House by a n comforting comforting comforting com com- forting margin but was defeated defeat defeat- ed when brought up In the Senate Tax Matters The Senate on Monday killed killed kill knI- ed a proposal to raise th the tax on diesel fuel from six to seven cents The original bill which called for a three th e cent increase in- in Increase increase in In- crease was later amended to provide for only a one one cent j jump mp M Mondays c s action on h however however how hv how how- v ever at st the bill bUt from taking its first step in becomIng becoming becoming becom becom- ing a reality A bill was introduced In the House this week week- which would provide for the automatic withholding withholding with with- holding of state Income tax on wag wages s paid h in Utah This ste step which was recommended ded by Governor George D. D Clyde in his initial message to the legIslature legislature leg leg- this year was estimated ed cd to increase by br states state's revenue from state in income income income in- in come tax Although no action h has s been tak taken n as yet on the withholding law The matter passed on to the Mouse Houss for further fur ther action Sponsors of this measure were Southern Utah Republicans cans Orval Hafen St. St George Charles Steen Moah Moab and Royal Roy Roy- al Harward Lea They argue argued that Southern communities had lost valuable moving picture production revenue since the tha out out-of state out state withholding measure measure mea mea- sure went into effect a year ago The Senate this week approved approved ap ap- ap proved a bill which would exempt exempt ex ex- empt erupt dependent students from state income tax even though they might have mad mad- madover over the minimum Education Action Thursday the Senate approved approved ed legislation to establish a Coordinating Council for Higher High er Education with only one Senator voting no The measure now resting in the House for further action is an outgrowth outgrown of a year two study by a temporary temporary tem tem- Ill por council set up by the 1957 legislature The coordinating ing CI council was end endorsed by bythe bythe bythe the University of Utah Utah State V University ve ty and lind the State Board noard of Education Theoretically cally y It would take the politics out of gf financial appropriations to the state colleges Budget requests which now go from the individual schools directly to the Governor and aM legislature would go to the tho council and be lumped into o ope e request which would be presented pre to tho legislature The council round would also SO coordinate fields of study among the col colleges 01 leges to eUn eliminate nate possible over overlap Another education measure which was passed this wee week b by the House and sent lent on to the Senate was wu one pertaining to publication of oT school district district dist dist- fJ expenses pelles Present ent law cal calls for the publication annually of I all 1 school district expenses in excess of 25 The Tho bill bID passed Wednesday Y by the House would necessitate publication of oC budget bud get category totals only eliminating dim elim mating individual items Rep Heber lieber Jr D Manila lost a clo dote cloSe fight to recall the measure Thursday Rep Ben Den argued that the present requirements requirement for lor publication help to hol hold 1 expenditures down and assure the public of receiving receiving ing Important information on school operations An attempt to repeal the law has been made in past legislatures sparked by groups opposed to the publication of teachers' teachers sal al- aries arjes but has not before been passed Constitutional Convention Four well known members of the House of Representatives tives Thursday proposed a joint resolution that would call for Cor fora Cora a general revision of the constitution constitution con con- of the State of Ut Utah Sponsored by Speaker R. R Drew ster D Reps Ferdinand Erickson Monroe R II If S. S Macfarlane Ogden D and Ralph Sheffield R R the measure would have to have support of two-thirds two of both Houses before beCore being placed on the ballot for a citizens' citizens de de- de- de Speaker Brewster said sold the move was was taken in response re to a demand that theres there's a need for Cor revision of or orthe the Constitution lIe He noted that the constitution was bulky and has been amended piecemeal piecemeal piece piece- meal over the years |