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Show . gfr By Uarda McCariy With only two oi the approximately approx-imately 75 widely discussed, senate-introduced state governmental governmen-tal reorganization measures passed pass-ed by boih legislative brane.ies all indications at the end of last v.eeK pointed to a short extra session as the twenty-fourth GUh leg.slature neared the official cioaisng day, Thursday, March 13. i'o pass the remaining reorgan-.zation reorgan-.zation bills in the remaining four days, to say nothing of many tuur important pending mtu-sures, mtu-sures, was deemed at least a strong improoaoiiity unless tne lawmakers resort to the time-nonored time-nonored custom of "stopping the eiock ". Such a maneuver might necessitate legislators working perhaps a week or two without ay. So it was considered likely tnat the current session would sme die" at or about the appointed ap-pointed hour and reconvene in special sess.on a week or so later la-ter in order that the lawmakers might have a few days at home oeiore' renewing efforts to effect .he apparently majority-favored leorganization proposals, or a cpec.al session may start at the eiosa of the regular one. Final uecision is up to Governor Herbert Her-bert B. Maw. One of the two reorganization senate bills to pass both houses sets up a state department of publicity and industrial development. devel-opment. H.B. 166 provides funds .or it by transierring surpluses n the motor vehicle registration .und, leaving the $800,000 now allotted to cities and counties for ..reet and road building to serve its present purpose. The house measure is now in the senate a.it.ng committee. 'tne omer twice-passed reorganization reorg-anization bill creates a new public pub-lic welfare department under a ,-raan commission, with duties of several other state agencies and eum.niiss.ons transferred to it. The senate still had to accept amendments to the welfare measure meas-ure before it goes to the governor gover-nor lor approval or veto. Six of 15 reorganization bills ;Ja:.sed by the senate have to do with the new weliare department. depart-ment. Four, including S.B. 203, eL.rganizing tne state department depart-ment of agriculture, affects that aeparimeni. Three relate to ooard of health activities, one to .:e ne.v puolicity and industrial development department, and -ne to tne new department oi ous.ness regulation. These are yet to be acted upon by the low-,i low-,i house. The first important departure rom Governor Maw's reorgan- zat.on proposals as embodied in H.B. 82, the all-inclusive reorg- in.zation measure passed by the .louse but unacted upon in the senate, came last week in adop-..on adop-..on by the senate of an amendment amend-ment removing liquor control administration irom the department depart-ment of business regulation. The vote was 14 to 7 for the amendment. amend-ment. Important measures passed ast week by the senate included HO.. .3, liberalizing the old age ass stance law and redefining income in-come it is now before Governor Maw ior final action. The house pasjed H.B. 167, liberalizing the state unemployment compensation compensa-tion act. H provides for a maximum maxi-mum payment of $20.00 per week to the unemployed instead of the current $16.00. It also passed n.B. DJ, putting the U. of U., U.S.A.C. and junior colleges under un-der control of a single board. Five so-called national defense measures were passed by the senate. sen-ate. They establish a home nat.onal nat-.onal guard, set up state and district defense councils, strengthen the anti-sabotage taws, establish special police to buard public property, and regulate reg-ulate sale and manufacture ol explosives. Senator Ed Johnston of Mt. Pleasant last week voted no on an amendment to S.B. 232, taking tne l.quor control commission out of the proposed state department depart-ment of business regulation. It was the lirsL important deviation irom Governor Maw's reorganiz-at.on reorganiz-at.on proposals as embodied in H.B. 82, the all-inclusive governmental govern-mental reorganization bill. H.B. 141, introduced by Representative Repre-sentative Ray P. Lund of Manti, passed the lower house. It pro-v.des pro-v.des that a majority of voters in a representative precinct must approve a consolidation of scnool grades up to the sixth except in cities of the first and second class. Representative John L. Bench of Fa.rview voted no on the house bill legalizing horse racing and pari mutuel betting in Utah. Mr. Lund voted yes on the measure. |
