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Show 1 jTTTTSP 1 . of the house, where after a power struggle, it was referred re-ferred back to committee for more study. The Commissioners Commis-sioners worked very hard on this, and they knew it would be an uphill battle all the way. Just what will come out of the committee study is not known at this time. Another item of business was to amend the wording on the resolution which set the pay for the various employees em-ployees hired for the session. ses-sion. On the request of David Irvine (R -Bountiful), who said, "There are certain traditions the House should uphold", the House amended the resolution to allow the ' wording "Doormen" instead of "Doorpersons" which was used in the original resolution. reso-lution. Last Tuesday, (February 6) was the last day bills could be introduced for consideration, con-sideration, as we are halfway half-way through. Should you desire to contact con-tact me during the remainder , of the session, please write me at the Capitol Building, or call 1-800-662-3367 or 1-801-533-4810. By Representative TOM CHRISTENS EN " The past week here at the legislature has been a little more BUSY than the previous ones, and I guess the pressure and pace will continue to increase until the final day is over. It seems like a lot of people approach with both hands out. One saying to limit the take of State Taxes and give our people some tax relief the other asking more tax dollars to increase or enlarge en-large the funding of State spending programs or even establishing new ones. They just can not or don't want to realize that it is impossible to have it both ways. And so it goes. Both the House and the Senate passed a resolution requiring the Congress to operate on a balanced federal budget instead of the 'Blank Check' way of budgeting budget-ing procedures they now use. Utah is the 26th state to pass this resolution. If a total of 34 states 8 more make the same request, re-quest, then the Congress must act or a constitutional convention will be called. Incidently, Utah's lawmakers law-makers are at present required re-quired to operate under a balanced budget. Also of general interest would be the House passage of a bill requiring public interviews in filling appointments ap-pointments to vacancies that may occur in elective offices. One measure that is coming com-ing up is HB 87, which will , collect and upgrade those present state statutes that mostly concern those engaging en-gaging in agriculture. This bill has now been assigned to the Agriculture Committee, Com-mittee, who, at present, are holding public hearings on this matter. Contact me if you have concerns about this bill. I did spend some time working with all three of the Beaver County Commissioners Commis-sioners regarding a special piece of legislation. This is HB 109, which would have allowed counties to generate and sell electricity. I was able to get this introduced early in the session, and when it was assigned to the Agriculture Committee for study, the Commissioners, on two separate dates, appeared ap-peared before the committee commit-tee to give testimony and to answer questions. Mayor Young, of Milford, was also in attendance for one of the sessions. We got this out from Committee on a favorable favor-able vote, and onto the floor |