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Show Gn oil fl BSiwL With the work of. the appropriations appropri-ations committee of the Twenty-ninth Twenty-ninth Legislature about wound up and the big appropriations measure ready for whipping into shape, it is evident that 1951 -52 fund allocations are going to be considerably higher than those of 1949-50." This may be directly opposite to the thinking of Gov. J. Bracken Brack-en Lee, since in many cases the recommendations of the committee commit-tee are higher than the amount suggested by the chief executive, but lawmakers point out the committee stand also reflects Inflationary In-flationary trends in connection with fixed costs. In providing for higher recommended recom-mended appropriations, the committee com-mittee Is also higher than the governor in the matter of estimated esti-mated revenues, almost entirely because the governor figured his estimates on a reduction in Income In-come tax and so cut his anticipated antici-pated revenue by $1,500,000. Unable to take into account an income tax reduction because of the uncertainty of the proposal's propos-al's passing the house, the committee com-mittee set up an anticipated revenue of $16,676,600. The governor gov-ernor estimates the available revenue at $15,095,022. Sen. Fred J. Milliman (D-Mam-moth) who heads the sub-committee on estimated revenue said that by adding $1,500,000 to the governor's figure, it very nearly approaches that of the committee and is "very realistic in its application ap-plication to the governor's budget." bud-get." Examples of the appropriation sub-committee difference with the recommendations of Governor Lee may be found in tentative figures for institutional appropriations. approp-riations. For instance, where the governor gov-ernor recommended cuts of junior jun-ior college appropriations, the committee will be discussing its subcommittee recommendations for 20 per cent increase over current cur-rent appropriations. Weber junior college at Ogden, which received $795,000 last bien-nium, bien-nium, asked a little over a million mil-lion dollars for the next two years, received a recommendation recommenda-tion of $780,000 from the govern or and one of $9o0,583 from the sub-committee. Snow junior college at Eph-raim, Eph-raim, recommended to get $200,-000 $200,-000 by Governor Lee, will receive "$241,751 if the committee's suggestion sug-gestion is followed, against a request of $257,360 and a current appropriation of $210,000. The same story is true of the others. Dixie junior college at St. George, has a current appropriation appropria-tion of $195,000, has requested $232,000, and has received a recommendation rec-ommendation of $190,000 from the governor and $214,497 from the committee. Carbon junior college col-lege wants $267,085, while the governor suggests $180,000, and the sub-committee recommends $228,478 against a current appropriation ap-propriation of $185,000. Branch Agricultural college wants $127,370, while the governor gov-ernor recommends $300,000, the sub-committee $367,000 and the current allocation is $317,000. Experience of the University of Utah and the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college i3 much the same as the junior colleges. Probably Prob-ably the only institution to be treated a little differently than the general pattern is the Utah State hospital at Provo. Here the subcommittee recommended $75,-000 $75,-000 more than the institution requested, submitting a tentative tenta-tive figure of $2,100,000, against the governor's recommendation of $1,650,000, a request of $2.-025,900 $2.-025,900 and a current budget of $1,300,000. Committee action, to trim the appropriations to meet estimated revenue, will undoubtedly feature fea-ture the sixth week of the session. ses-sion. And as it moves to the governor, the attention will be fixed on that office. If the figures fig-ures are too far out of line with the governor's thinking, some vetoed ve-toed items might be expected and they might well be sustained. sus-tained. This was made quite clear when the first gubernatorial veto was sustained by the Senate during dur-ing the fifth week. This veto was on a bill which allowed retailers re-tailers to keep five per cent, or not to exceed $100.00 per year, in sales tax income as payment for collecting the tax. In vetoing the item, the governor gov-ernor said the bill would benefit bene-fit only a small segment of the state's population and if the legislature leg-islature wanted to benefit all the people, it could act favorably on his proposal to reduce income taxes. Since it requires eight votes to sustain a veto, in the Senate, the eight Republican votes and that of Sen. Marl Gibson (D-Price) were more than enough to hold the line for the governor. Even Sen. Vern B. Muir (R-Logan), chief sponsor of the bill and a groceryman himself, voted to sustain. This would indicate the governor could depend on the eight Republicans to uphold his vetoes. It requires a two-third majority of 16 votes, in the 23-man 23-man Senate to override. There are 15 Democrats and eight Republicans Re-publicans in the body. In regard to the Legislature's failure to act on his income tax reduction program, the governor, incidentally, went on the radio last week in defense of his program pro-gram and blasted the legislators for "bowing to special interest groups" in passing bills that would benefit "onlv a few people". peo-ple". In answer to the governor's accusations, ac-cusations, the Senate reflected the view of the legislators in telling the governor, in effect, to "mind you own business, and we will take care of our own affairs". af-fairs". A statement introduced by Senator Sen-ator Alonzo F. Hopkin (D-Wood-rufft and accepted as the consensus con-sensus of the Senate bluntly reminded re-minded the governor that legislators legisla-tors felt they were in as "good a position as the chief executive" to know the thinking of the people. peo-ple. Governor Lee, however, undaunted un-daunted by the stand of the Senate, Sen-ate, took to th? air again, to further fur-ther push his program and discuss dis-cuss other issues facing the legislature. leg-islature. Meanwhile among bills passed to date was one to eliminate required re-quired notarizat'on of income tax returns. This bill was signed immediately by the governor and affects returns fi.ed this year. Others would enable state employees, em-ployees, not now coered by state retirement, to come under the Social Security law, permit establishment es-tablishment of fire protection districts dis-tricts in outlying areas md permit per-mit adjoining counties, municipalities munici-palities and unincorporated areas ar-eas to join together to establish sewage disposal districts. The two houses also countered in killing a couple of measures. The House ended existance of the State Department of Veteran Veter-an Affairs by killing a Senate bill which would have kept the department In operation to June 30, 1951. The Senate in turn killed a House bill which would have permitted cities and coun-ties coun-ties to install voting machines. |