Show V The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday February 24 2004 — A7 Utah House votes to boost property taxes In brief Doctors send SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -A divided Utah House voted Monday to capture more tax money from rising values in what amounts to a tax hike in a year when most state legislators are up for Opponents were maneuvering to get the House to take back its approval and kill the measure said Rep Michael Styler the sponsor A reversal would require only one representative to switch votes' The House voted 7 Monday to keep the state’s tiny fractional rate on property tax bills from sliding downward as home values go up By law the rate automatically “floats” downward as real estate rise keeping the state from collecting a windfall on property books to Iraqi physicians real-esta- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah doctors have donated 54 boxes of textbooks and medical journals to Iraqi physicians Lt Daniel Winschel a physician assistant serving with the American military in Iraq " noticed a serious shortage of medical journals and textbooks in that country Intermountain Health Care said Textbooks were often 12 to 15 years old and so scarce that chapters were copied and pasred around Winschel wrote to the Special Forces Association a veterans’ fraternal organization requesting current medical literature for Iraqi doctors Dr Charles Sorenson executive vice president and chief medical officer of IHC and received Winschel’s began searching for materials “I thought this would be an unusual opportunity for clini- dans in Utah to help colleagues who have been living and working under extremely difficult circumstances’’ Sorenson said The S4 boxes contain 1487 items Thompson said The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da-y Saints agreed to include the medical literature in a large shipment of humanitarian aid to Iraq The books and journals are to be distributed by the Iraqi Ministry of Health Utah Legislature te appreciation It also keeps Utah's schools from enjoying more revenue “The purpose of this bill is to stop the slippage” Styler told the House In an interview Styler said oppo- nentsiii the Utah Senate were trying to twist some House members’ arms and get the House to reconsider its vote sparing senators from having to put their votes on record The state’s property tax rate brings in about $212 million a year for public education an amount that barely cash-strapp- 38-3- val-u- ed ‘ es reflecting market values the rate would hike tax bills $12 a year Styler changes Last year’s rate — 0001825 — was less' than half the rate in 1994 when the state first decided to keep its property tax levy from rising with home values ' If the rate hadn't dropped Styler said Utah would be collecting another $279 million a year on top of a $2 billion public education budget In all he said the floating rate has deprived Utah schools of $18 billion in revenue from rising home values since 1994 Styler’s bill would set the rate at 0001745 — just under last year’s — blit keep it fixed so the rate automatically could capture more tax revenue as home values rise ' On a $100000 house that sees a tax assessment Increase r- said But ‘taxpayers are rightfully upset with automatic reassessments” each year for “fictional gains” said Rep LaVar Christensen who voted against the measure He said the floating rate prevents “runaway taxation” The law discourages sneaky tax hikes by elected officials who don't have to put their votes on the record just let it go through with little or no public notice said Rep Michael Noel ' “You can put a little lipstick on it and dressit up but it’s still a tax increase” Noel said ' ail up-to-d- Nader requires 1000 signatures ' SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— Ralph Nader who announced this week he will run again for the presidency needs 1000 signatures from registered Utah voters by Sept 2 to get his name on the state’s November ballot an election official said Nader also needs to turn in a declaration of candidacy and a $500 filing fee to Lt Gov Gayle McKeachnie’s office said Mica McKinney with the' Utah ElectionsOffice Nader who must scramble to get on die ballots of all 50 states is mnning&s an independent without major party support or significant financial resources McKinney said no one had stopped in Monday to pick up forms for Nader Nader’s campaign is trying to recruit someone to head tus Utah effort through the cam- paign’s Web site at - 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