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Show P.C. Transit Bill Passes Legislature year contract with the City. Eventually, however, a numicipal service could emerge with expanded ex-panded service and a fleet of new buses. Monies from the tax option could also be used to a variety of transportation concepts ranging from trolly cars to light railway systems and other mobile installations. State senators and representatives representa-tives voted in favor of a locally innitiated mass transit bill in the capitol last week, opening the door to an effective and equitable method of financing Park City's free bus system in future years. Senate Bill (SB) 348 was written for the most part by City Attorney Carl Nemelka and allows the state's municipalities the option of raising their sales tax levels one quarter of one percent to fund local mass transit systems. The option was previously pre-viously extended only to counties; a program which worked well along the Wasatch front, but negligably in areas of lesser population. Should Park City voters agree to exercise the option later this year, additional sales tax revenue would contribute between $35,000 and $45,000 annually towards the City's transportation system over the next few years. Eventually, as local business activity accelerates, revenue generated gen-erated by the tax hike (from 4 34 percent to 5 percent) would also increase giving way to greatly expended transit system funded entirely by taxes. Under new method of funding the financial responsibility for the system would be spread out amongst residents and tourists alike alleviating the burder of local merchants whose monetary pledges now keep the bus on the road. However, anticipated revenue from the tax increase will fall short of the $52,000 annual cost of the system in the short term and some additional funds would still have to be generated from businessmen's pledges for at least the next few years. The system will apparently continue to be operated by Charles Boynton of First Park Transportation who. has a three |