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Show Farm Bureau supports extention of budget The Utah Farm Bureau Federation has announced support for an extension of the legislature's budget session ses-sion to 30 calendar days and for removal of the two-thirds vote requirement for consideration consid-eration of non-budget items, according to Frank 0. Nishi-guchi, Nishi-guchi, newly elected Federation Federa-tion president. The Farm Bureau leader said his organization also a-dopted a-dopted a resolution at their recent convention favoring payment of actual expenses, with a reasonable limit on room and board, as well as a modest increase in per diem paid to lawmakers. , "We believe our Utah legislature legisl-ature must have more time in the budget session to consider state matters if we are to prevent a federal takeover of functions which properly belong be-long to state government," Nishiguchi said. The Farm Bureau leader said the current $25 a day per diem and $15 daily expenses allowance is inadequate in view of today's costs. "The $15-a-day expense allowance al-lowance is especially inadequate inade-quate for lawmakers who do not live within commuting distance of the Capitol. That's why we think it is time to pay the lawmaker his actual expenses, ex-penses, with some established limits to prevent excessive costs to taxpayers," he added. However, the Farm Bureau leader warned against any long extension of legislative sessions. "Farmers and ranch ers oppose any changes whicl might lead to full-time profes sional legislators. Utah's tra dition of a citizen-legislatur has served us well," he said Nichiguchi said Farm Bur eau support for the modesl extension of the budget ses sion and modest increases ii compensation for lawmaker: is an expression of confident in Utah's citizen-legislature from the farmers and ranch ers of Utah. |