Show pH Casually Observing with Cliff Report of the ill legislature I by Cliff OF SCHEDULE concluded the last I am hap- report we are well ahead sessions I have in the Back la are the main revenue pro-wig bills and the which been a knotty and O School Financing Thursday the House nt most of the day hearing and debating the Hits of the one passed In the week by the and HB ail Pool We Invited mostly the and policy making people the to present Ha on each of the three was done In a committee of J p. WE HAD heard all school people's members began debate in on Several were made to amend by reducing some additional incentives eh merit pay for more mileage in the Except 5 few technical amendments one to remove a 57 ise that would tie the hands boards of education re- to teacher the J f passed the house in about way we received it the TRIBUTE the final vote on flowing which received 66 yes e and 3 no votes Elmo Hamil-tt paid the 11 L active or in the a very swerving which I with interest the reaction of our educators would be I Men we Jm them for the a they have during the entire iu committee at lobby-lunches In and I have found one who has tried Ids influence In my They ure page 10 by Gordon Harmston CLIFF INVITED me to his column with him again this J Just ten more working days and most of the legislation of the state will be This Includes the bonding and Senate Bill the school for the next two ONE OF THE bills which is of immediate concern to our area is the re-apportionment It appears at this time that Congress will be unable or unwilling to resolve the matter forcing the legislators to do one of two Do nothing and let the panel of federal judges do as they see Come up with the best re-apportionment that they bills to this end have been Senate bill is the one I am sponsoring with two of my My reasons for sponsoring It are because I felt the other bills were not as good as this proposal for my Under my version we will have a representative in our own present Senatorial Duchesne and Wasatch and a Senator with Summit and Rich The other proposals put us with Carbon county for Senator and Wasatch for Such a situation would make it virtually impossible to have any Senatorial representation since Carbon county has a population three times Under the bill I have my name on we would be the largest county in our district both for Senator and Naturally the final bill will be a compromise version because everyone is trying to get the best deal for his THE SENATE has a very crowded second reading so to make any headway at all wc will go into a sifting committee which means the calendar will be wiped clean and it then becomes a contest to sec If you can get your bills out of committee on to the calendar Thus many controversial issues will quietly die in the sifting See page 10 Casually Day-by-Day Report of Thirty-sixth Legislature from page working and honest legislators and I pay them my which I feel are shared by all Democratic Hamilton is a very farmer who is In Farm Bureau programs and a c-o THE SENATE PASSED the State Bonding which I spon in the The House advanced to the HB which if okayed by them and signed by the will hike Income Tax rates in Utah beginning in Some wrong interpretations have been made as to what this piece of legislation will do by the news media covering the I'd like to briefly try to review what it Every person who files an income tax return will pay a at the time he returns will draw only filing None of this will be refunded and will give every person having a small or large income a chance to help pay for some of the many state In the past only those I in the higher income bracket have paid the bill this gives all equal opportunity to make a small The other increases are done on a scale from 2 to 7 BROUGHT OUT IN debate by the proponents of HB 81 was that the income tax Increase would bring additional revenue in the amount of about million which is about above the governor's plan Also brought out in but not elaborated on by the news was that by increasing Income and following Governor Rampton's budget which include the bonding property owners in Utah could have as much as to 6 mills cut from Property This Is the reason for the proposed hike in this and should be greatly appreciated by all who must share the heavy load on co AMONG OTHER VERY important bills that have cleared both houses and are headed for the governor's office was change in Utah's Juvenile No longer will juvenile judges and courts be controlled by the Welfare Department They will have the same identity the district courts This was the first bill introduced in the Senate and it was my privilege to lead debate for its passage In the A BILL TO ALLOW legal betting on horse racing in Utah was killed one then re- considered and passed the next Those of us who opposed the bill are still trying to figure out what happened to change the minds of 11 people I feel certain it will die in the The status of I the by the miniature bottle bill still is on the Senate's second reading I predict it will never get farther this c-o TIME RUNNING OUT By the time most of you who read my reports see this we'll have one more week left to finish As I stated in the first sentence this we are in a very good position to finish on Of course we still have More Civil A few agriculture bills will pass and a few other Important issues to and I predict we'll be kept busy to the co THE LAST WORD The real pay for doing a job like I have had to do this comes from making new those who are willing to close their or leave their businesses or professions to serve their There is no feeling quite like that which comes from the reassurance that one's efforts aro appreciated by those they serve and serve Harmston MARCH 11 WE will close our desks on Capitol Hill and come home hoping we have pleased at least fifty-one percent of people in our All legislation that has been passed has elicited phone calls both in support of and against We have used what God has given us both as legislators and as tax payers in casting our |