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Bills / S.B. 151

S.B. 151 Public Safety Funding Amendments

Became lawWritten by Sen. Wayne A. Harper · carried in the House by Rep. Candice B. Pierucci

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

This bill would move about $5 million a year from existing funds to pay for roughly 19 to 20 more Utah Highway Patrol troopers. It would take $3 million from insurance premium tax revenue and $2 million from the transportation fund, and it would take effect on a set date.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • provides for legislative appropriations into the Motor Vehicle Safety Impact Restricted Account
  • modifies the permissible uses of money in the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 to include the operation of a state highway, including enforcement of state motor vehicle and traffic laws, if the state highway was constructed, reconstructed, or renovated using money from the fund
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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