Show STATE legislature FACES HUGE TASK IN LAST TEN DAYS twelfth district representatives coplit split votes on important house measures by service 11 members embers ot of the twenty first utah legislature have completed another the seventh week of lawmaking efforts with the bulk of major legislation stil on the session books as unfinished business ten officially allowed days remaina rema monday ot of the 60 allotted to the current session stopping of tile the legislative dock clock a resort often made use of 0 to give additional lawmaking time may add another one two or three days in this short time eime such all important matters as a state liquor control law personal income and corporation po ration ion franchise taxes social relief and appropriations must be threshed out by the assembled lawmakers the liquor question is expected to be solved in comparatively speedy fashion through passage by the senate and concurrence by the house of 0 a compromise state stores bill with the finished product providing for state stores and by the drink sales in licensed hotels restaurants and clubs A few other changes in the house adopted measure will likely I 1 v see the committee of 49 proposals upon in practically ti c ally their jen n f the end of the seventh week found house holise and senate deadlocked on personal income and corporation franchise taxes neither side midst fireworks would recede from its posit position icil on pro property lerty tax offsets and exemptions in the individual income tax measure and the offsets in the corporation income tax bill concessions c ces e must be made by one house or the other it either bill is to lie be passed otherwise there can be no income tax changes speedy passage by both branches of cf a bill enabling the state to reap advantages of bond rt rc funding suggestions gi gest scions ions made by governor henry H blood will doubtless result in appropriations for various governmental departments as it means in additional revenue without resort i I 1 r legislators were also quick in join enactment of several measures clarifying the water supply question enactment of these clear the way for alfor cities to participate in reclamation projects enabling salt cake city in particular to take part in the proposed deer creek utah lake alake water project the bills passed both branches after governor blood had urged their speedy adoption important but controversial measures passed by the house included the much talked ot of bill changing the present workmen s compensation art act and another levying a tax of 4 cents per 1000 cubic feet on natural gas delivered and used in utah agriculturists won marked victories in an the house through passage of bills abolishing the tax on common and contract carriers on public highways and a new produce dealers license bill all ot of these measures are expected to meet determined opposition with probably considerable amending in the senate the te senate took final action last week on 39 measures passing 33 sen ate bills two house bills and one senate joint memorial it killed one senate bill and one senate joint reso on bills passed were 33 to r 1 irrin ve state bar bills having to do with court pro ledure 7 1 beating rea ting to procedure fr conducting ducting duc primary elections approving and confining va and other heretofore issued by public bodies of utah for public works projects authorizing the governor to deed to tho the federal government ands in the 1 v i oon n ohp ol 01 wah utah lake validating contracts between water users captions ions and the cecle fedell 0 rovern ni timm for tion projects S B relating to vilder underground ground waters per the state engineer to initiate actions in the courts of other states or the united states courts providing tor for agreements agree agre mena emens be tween the state engineer and tho the U S geo geological logical survey for cooperative and sarvey of under a 0 s net st prep rsc 1 I STATE legislature FACES 4 4 I 1 HUGE TASK IW LAST S 11 TEN DA DAYS ks continued from page I 1 1 k ground water supplies and appropriating pria ting for the work cre creating a heik new committee abt T nine permitting permit trig a depre i ve descendant dei of of a utah volunteer 11 1 1 1 from 1 tile ladies GAR to attend thi the national GAR encamp P ments SD 96 permitting unequal assessments against water shares shards 1 SM 99 permitting the state land board to sell farm lands acquired under foreclosure at an appraisal price and giving mortgage debtor pie preference ference right for 30 days 92 pov idine for or use of surplus sales tax for deficiencies in state district school fund and state equalization and general funds permit permitting the state land board to pay the necessary costs of maintaining state owned property permitting the state land board beard to sell without mineral reservations lands acquired by foreclosure HB the metropolitan water district act previously passed by the house and H B relating to reversion of water to tile the public by abandonment or failure to use the memorial passed was ST SJ M mi 1 urging the sale of 0 the diute piute central utah and carbon water land and power comp company aily projects the joint resolution killed was 7 amending the state constitution to provide for appointment of supreme court judges the senate bill killed was 68 6 creating a legislative bureau and the defeated house bill was vas HB extending tile the time in in which auto licenses could be secured 30 days the lower house passed nine house bills and four senate bills and defeated one house li till 1 l bills were H B isa 13 th the reversion rIver measure HB 1113 24 4 thi ch nem produce dealers license bill protecting farmers in selling produce HB 62 62 increasing premium taxes paid b by insurance companies from one and one half per cent to four per cent with a two and one halt half per cent inix in cases where 30 per cent of the company assets are invested in utah HB 16 the gas taxing measure HB fixing a three man road broad cont coni mission HB pi prohibiting a member of the road commission being an ex cx officio member of the commission commissi oh H B 77 the truck licensing lic rising bill HB 4 rewriting the i work mens compensation act to include occupational diseases as compensatory pensa pen satory and give the state sole authority to write industrial insurance 1 the file corpe corporation ration franchise tax bill much amended 88 the individual income tax bill also considerably amended authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds per the governors gove mors tax raving 5 suggestion ligi estion adf and i a wafer bill HB 28 extending time lne for securing a auto u 0 if licenses e anses w was passed in thi the house but bui killed in the sen ate H B 89 extending various i powers ot of the state board of eduma aduca 1 tion was defeated senator W D hammond of moab I 1 voted yes on all court procedure e bills passed by thi the upper house tind and 1 I 1 no on the three measures defeated ile he was absent jand not voting bri on S 11 I 1 representative evin jones jdnes of cl vc land voted vil bill is s i 9 2 2462 lv 89 77 arid 4 and yes I 1 I 1 on monsenate sena Senate e bills 1 ts land and representative bitten allred alfred of moab voted ih the iame same as mr jones j with the exception of no on HB 89 he was Rl absent sert and not voting on HB 62 I representative emil gammeter Gani meter of monticello voted no on oil house bills I 1 24 62 16 89 77 and 4 and hyek yei on house bills and ho I voted yes on senate bills and n d and nd no on senate bills I 1 and d lon 88 ile he was abent and not voting on HB |