| Show r e I 1 a 0 with both morning and afternoon sessions of the utah legislature under way this week senators and representatives are expected to clear legislative calendars of many of the more than bills thus far introduced last week the lower house passed 15 measures and the senate nine making a total for the entire session of 23 in the senate and 25 in the house eight bills have been killed and five withdrawn ather evidence that the legis agn ts Is ry are likely to heed governor ry H bloods plea for economy and not to make drastic changes in existing governmental setups set ups that might reduce state I 1 revenues materially was seen in in the attitude of the lower house on proposed liberalization of welfare laws and pensions to prison I 1 I 1 guards representatives refused foreit for example ample to approve a measure calling for payment of old age assistance si to those over 55 instead of the 65 age limit now in force the senate killed a bill establishing li i a new state department of justice the same measure passed both houses last session but was vetoed by the governor it received only seven approving votes last week despite inclusion of changes to overcome the chief executives objections A tendency to favor smaller communities as against the larger cities was waa again shown in the passage of a bill by the house giving a larger share of auto license fees to the more sparsely settled districts following close on the heels of senatorial action frowning on efforts to give aeronautics gas tax monies to the salt lake city municipal airport and favoring its statewide distribution a close welding of smaller community interests was visualized that there will be efforts made to increase taxes was shown in the introduction early last week 0 of a bi bill 1 to increase revenues if ona from r pe personal r bonal i income acome taxes by lowering exemptions and raising raL sing rates and another to boost the mine occupation tax still another tax bill proposes however to afford tax relief for new industries not in competition som petition with existing ones measures coming in for more than ordinary consideration last week included one forbidding marriages between whites mulattos octoroons octor malays balays and other races and the bill prohibiting employment by cities cornu counties es and the itaas of persons wife or husband is i s already engaged in gainful employment the senate spent practically one session in debat ing the former and the house almost all of its saturday afternoon session in arguing the pros and cons of the other both finally passed hundreds of public employed emp loyes will be affected if the prohibiting measure passes the senate and is approved by the governor As passed it prevents any ma married aried man or woman from being employed by the state or any of it its political subdivisions if wife or husband is employed in private industry or otherwise the wages and hours bill received its first public airing in an open hearing held last week arguments presented apparently prefaced a bitter fight to be fought in both legislative bra branches fich A bill sanctioning purchase of airlines stock by railroads held senatorial attention during one session last week it was finally defeated the first of several anticipated bills amending the new direct primary law reached the legislature last week it would eliminate the tha runoff run off primary and give the party nominations to the high candidates in the one primary to be held on the fourth tuesday in november it also provides that the oath taken by candidates w would include a promise to affiliate with and support the party organization A nonpartisan non partisan judiciary is also provided for in other measures appropriations and claims approximately 25 bills affect appropriations and claims if those carrying appropriations become laws approximately half a million dollars must be spent by the state to carry out their pro provisions largest of the appropriations sought is one for for a general program of noxious weed control house and senate bills ask for to establish smokeless fuel plants A state department part ment of commerce bill seeks for administration an appropriation of is sought for bangs disease control of approximately 30 bills relating to revenue and taxation eight provide for exemptions reductions refunds or repeals of existing levies five seek transfers of funds and four propose new tax es important among exemption measures is the homestead exemption act which is deemed likely to pass despite objections on the part of governor blood proposed new taxes include levies against chain stores natural gas and patent medicines the senate has already passed a bill unanimously requiring that all sales tax revenues be used for welfare and relief A pending measure reduces a countes coun tys sharel share of public welfare costs from 16 15 to 10 per cent another defines in come in old age assis assistance e to cash income twelfth district activities activities of representatives of the twelfth district in the current twenty third utah state legislative sessions centered during the fourth week in the introduction of three bills by representative leland W redd balloting on measures me agures in house and senate and participating in discussions on bills under consideration I 1 mr redd introduced HB giving the state insurance commissioner power to ta approve the f form orm of policies and agents rules rates and schedules and aroh prohibiting abit delivery of policies until such approval is given he also sponsored I 1 H HB B authorizing the state board of education to set up standards for persons other than teachers employed by local school districts mr redd joined with other representatives in sponsoring H B providing for the election of state senators by individual districts senator byron A howard voted no on the defeated bill to establish esta a state department of justice he was absent and not voting on 68 HB 12 23 and S B 24 mr redd was absent and not voting on 5 yes votes were cast on other approved measures to in house and senate by twelfth district dis trici representatives |
