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Show Sunday. February- 15. 1981. THE HERALD. Utah-Region- Provo. t'tah-Pa- gy 15 al in Tax Limitation Debate Delay Snow Clash Bunnell, SALT LAKE CITY .LP!, Th The delav angered Sen Omar Bunnell. He said city and county officials from eastern Utah had traveled to the Legislature Fn day so they could testify against tax limitation on local governments "I think you've badly mistreated " said Bunnell. my people Snow said the local officials wouldn't have been called on to offer testimony even had the debate gone ahead on schedule because the GOP caucus did not intend to open the discussion to anyone except senators That statement increased Bun- - Utah Senate Fnday canceled a scheduled debate im "ta limitation proposals. The Senate had set a 2 30 p m certain" for discussion of two competing tax limitation bills But Republicans voted to put off the debate. "We re not trying to plav games with these bills It's just that the Republican caucus hasn t had time to talk about them " said Senate Majority Leader Karl Snow "I don t think its nell's anger proper for your caucus to make unilateral decisions like that " he toid Snow Snow said the tax limitation debate would be rescheduled next week He and Senate President Miles Ferry. also promised Bunnell that GOP senators would at least consider requests to let local officials testify - But a provision which would let Financial Institutions control a check writing privleges offered to people who invest in money market accounts has sparked heated debate Attorney General File Suit customers allegedly cheated by the firm The suit says Meat Masters's outlets in Ogden, Orem and Salt Lake City have been involved in consumer fraud deals for the past 10 years, mainly involving schemes to con vince purchasers to buy more expensive bulk meat packages than offer. the original e lt Ritzakis need to have the governor change the composition of the commission so that it is not so heavily dominated by the labor unions." Halverson said. in 1979 and was vetoed by Matheson His veto held up because Democrats then held 10 of the 29 seats in the Senate, making it mathematically impossible for the s a Republicans to get the 20 votes needed to override a majority - Week's Specials I This '80 4m The Ogden Senator is a plumbing contractor. He said the law does more than protect workers from substandard wages. He said it also ensures that properly trained workers are employed on public wages Halverson said, projects. Cut-rat-e would drive awav skilled craftsmen. session, there are only seven Democratic senators. But the Democrats would have the votes to again sustain a veto if Halverson Barton and Cornaby remain solid in their opposition to the bill. Halverson was the most outspoken of the trio of GOP senators who voted againt the measure. Halverson said he and the other two Republicans might vote with the Democrats in a veto fight if Matheson agrees to alter the composition of the State Industrial Commission, which sets prevailing wage rates. The pay scales for projects built with government funds are supposed to reflect the prevailing scales paid on privately financed jobs. Proponents of repealing the law say the commission sets artificially Sen. Arnold Christensen. an electrical contractor led the drive to win Senate approval of the repeal bill. Christensen said the state simply has no business interferring with free enterprise bv fixing wages. When Matheson vetoed the prevailing wage rate repeal bill in 1979, he ordered the comi ..ssion to break the state into three zones and set different pay scales in each to reflect the fact that wages on private jobs are lower in some areas of the state than in others. high wages. "We don't need to repeal the law. We CITATION MfM, pMMT tl pMtr Wikti. at ctiiirtiMMflf, Im Vttt two-third- veto This 19-1- the State Commissioner of Court asks for a ruling barring Meat Masters from doing business in Utah and to set up a $50 000 fund to repay to continue regular pay for members of the National Guard full pay when the guardesmen are away for summer camp. Rep I,ee Farnsworth. R Provo is sponsoring the measure, which would prevent state agencies from lorcmg employees to take vacium time when they participate in National Guard activities It was sent to the Senate for further action Wage Law SALT LAKE CITY d'Pli The State Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill which would wipe out a Utah law that guarantees standard wages for workers on public works projects But a final Senate vote on the proposal is not scheduled until Monday. On Friday the senators voted to advance the measure which would repeal the Utah Prevailing Wage Law The Senate votes twice on each bill The measure is sponsored by Rep Mac Haddow. Earlier in the session it was approved by the House. Legislators in both chambers have split essentially along party lines on the bill. But three Republican Senators Ron Halverson of Ogden Bill Barton of West Valley City, and K.S. Cornaby of Salt Lake sided with Democrats in opposing the measure in the Senate vote Friday. Those three GOP votes against the bill would become significant in the event that the Senate gives final approval to the measure only to have Democratic Gov Scott Matheson veto it. An identical bill passed the Legislature 240-pap- e - Rit-zaki- Senate OKs Public Work Proposal complained the money market funds have drained away the money formerly deposited in savings accounts State Sen. K.S Coma by. K Salt Lake, is sponsoring a bill which would rewrite the laws regulating financial institutions Most of the proposed revisions are The PROVO. Utah (UPD Utah Attorney General's office Friday filed a state suit against Meat Masters attempting to drive the retail bulk meat sales firm out of business in the state. The suit filed in Fourth District Representatives also gave unanimous approval to a resolution s honoring resturant owner Chris who every Thanksgiving provides free dinners to needy people Ritsakis each Thanksgiving gives a free turkey dinner to more than 400 people at his restaurant in West Jordan and delivers about 150 more who can't make dinners to shut-in- s it to his cafe Lake Rep Sam Taylor. sponsored the resolution honoring 50-1- 6 "predisposed'' to commit a crime He said courts now can't consider past criminal activity when an accused person claims he or she was entrapped into breaking the law Kills Prevailing Investment Firms, Banks Battle money-marke- Svkes said the "loophole allows many guilty people to go free. The House also passed on a vote a bill requiring state agencies criminal record to determine whether he or she was The House meanwhile, passed a bill aimed at making it harder for accused criminals to escape conviction on the grounds that thev were News Briefs SALT LAKE CITY (L'PIi -Investment companies which sell money market funds have squared off against the banks in a battle over a bill which would overhaul Utah's Financial Institutions Act. A string of witness Friday told a legislative commitiee a portion of the measure is designed to t protect banks by driving mutual funds out of Utah Money market investments have offered interest rates as far higher high as 17 percent than the rates banks pay on savings accounts The banks have Dy ponce into Creaking the law Lake is Hep Bob Sykes sponsoring the measure It was approved on a 46 24 vote and was sent to the Senate for further action Sykes said the bill would let courts consider an accused person's past entrapped Iff $5795 '67 MUSTANG ( cjMer mcm, Iks lipid a i toff tmrnn-m- . car 1095 Six month guarantee 1977 or newer Can get any American car 30 years in Provo Full line repair Consistently lower prices 207 W. 300 N. Preve HUNDLEY GARAGE 373-117- 1 low-co- Sierra Club Celebrates SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -The Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club says it's "celebrating" the short reprieve from the exploiters ax." chapter chairman Brian Beard said Friday. "The Sierra Club if filled with joy " Beard said the decision of Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Ediston to withdraw from the project was "testimony" that large coal-firepower plants are not the way to deal with energy demands. decision of two California utilities to pull out of the proposed $5 billion Allen-Warn- Valley power project in southern Utah and Nevada. "The withdrawal notice will d scenic give the priceless resources of southern Utah a Utah Files Coal Suit SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -The State of Utah Friday filed a un- were National Park coal for suitable mining." The area covers vaste portions of Garfield and Kane counties in southwestern Utah, from Bryce Canyon on the north to Timber Mountain on the south and from the Dixie National Forest on the west to the Kaiparowits Plateau on the east. federal court suit against the Interior Department, claiming a decision barring mining in a portion of the Alton Coal Field would hurt the state. 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