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Show I'. TIJTEOM Mi S!ICRCPI!.tfZ?n 4I B'JX CITY X.JL SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 4 JJL CQRP. 2603 5-- 71 84101 X FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1972 Common Cause Croup Headed by Former State Representative State Income Filing Bill Will Go to 1973 Legislature Again i A proposed state income fil- tirees who enjoyed a state ining provision will again go to come exemption on their penthe legislature. The sion. bill which calls for a revision in It is learned that the prothe manner of the state formula posed bill to be introduced in of figuring state income tax has the upcoming legislature is esbeen submitted two times previ- sentially the same bill as introup-comi- ng ously. The bill calls for the formulation of the tax formula to coincide with that of the federal tax formulas. The first efforts to simplify state income tax filing was made in 1969 but failed to clear the legislature. The matter was then the following year when the electorate passed a constitutional amendment permitting the incorporation of federal provision into the Utah law. The law which carried a mandate" was passed in 1971 but was vetoed by Governor Calvin L. Rampton because of some constitutional defect in the proposed change. The next time the bill was introduced was last year, when the bill called for the inclusion of the federal practice which eliminates the exemption of private pension from the income tax and this aroused many retirees enough to defeat the measure. Previously the federal workers and other public re ted Peter Grundfossen A group headed by former State Representative Peter L. Grundfcssen has compiled some proposals which it will submit to the upcoming legislature. The largest controversy is the one topic of replacement of the current 20 day budget session y of the legislature with a general session. Mr. Grundfossen said he is working close with Rep. Lorin Pace, also a former member of the House of Reoresentaitvcs and formerly the Speaker of the 60-da- House. . At present the Utah Legislature meets during odd numbered years in a 60 day general session and during the even years in a 20 day budget session. The common cause proposal would require a constitutional amendment to change the present system. Other proposed bills which are going to be submitted to the legislature include a Legislative Procedure Act, a Lobbying Reg- v istration Act, Legislature Disclosure and Ethics Act, and an Open Meeting Act. Mr. Grundfossen went on to say the modernization of the At one time, every school child was expected to Legislature is becoming a major concern of many citizens, say- know the story of Paul Reveres Ride, as immortaling, Frankly, the average citi- ized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Paul Revere zen and even those who are betrider of the Revolutionary War who ter informed find the legislative was the midnight that the British process difficult to understand." rode out of Roston to cary the message TODAYS p EDITORIAL BEST WISHES FOR 1973 : Yesterdays Midnight Riders from the staff of the SALT LAKE TIMES i IUUB1IUU duced in the 1972 House, with only a few changes. The most significant change is the exemption of all pension income whether public or private. The only measure of necessity adjusts the tax rate schedule so as to make up revenues lost in converting to the federal deduction 'means. However, according to Lewis Lloyd, the Legislative Council Director, who said that the new provision or schedule will be within one percent of the present tax schedule. There have been many groups pressuring the revision of the state income tax schedules because under the presest system a person must one method of figuring his tax on the federal income form and then turn around and use a completely different method on his state income tax. The elimination of the present state schedules and the inclusion of the federal tax procedure will be a welcome one to many in the state. were coming to attack tne villages of Lexington and Take you wise men, and Concord. derstanding, and known among The your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Deut. un- 1:13. American Legion Magazine carries a fascinating (Continued ori page 4) 72 |