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Legislative actions

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007 12:34 p.m. MST
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Action taken this morning by the Utah Legislature

• Utah Valley University cleared its first legislative hurdle today despite concerns about whether the Utah County school will sacrifice its unique role and exactly how much the transformation will cost.

The Senate Education Committee moved forward SB70, sponsored by John Valentine, R-Orem, to turn Utah Valley State College into a master's degree university starting July 1, 2008. The school would continue to offer two-year programs and an expanded array of bachelor's degrees, but would also begin offering several graduate programs including education and nursing.

• A move to require parental consent before Utah teenagers visit tanning salons will move to the House after a third affirmative vote in the Senate on Tuesday.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Pat Jones, D-Holladay, would require parents to personally visit tanning salons every 12 months and sign a consent form for their children. It also allows them to specify the number of tanning sessions allowed in each year-long period.

• A bill to repeal in-state tuition for some undocumented students failed to advance after a 37-37 tie vote in the House.

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The vote came after nearly an hour of charged debate on HB224, which would have repealed a 2002 law allowing undocumented immigrants who attend three years of high school in Utah and graduate to pay in-state tuition. .

Much of the debate included appeals to the federal government to fix the nation's broken immigration system.

Rep. Keith Grover, R-Orem, absent and didn't vote.

The can be brought back with a majority vote.

• The House Political Subdivisions Committee passed a substitute version of HB222. Rep. John Dougall, R-American Fork, sponsored the bill which requires government bodies, like school boards and city councils, to post meeting notices on the Internet instead of using newspapers.

Dougall worked with groups like the Utah League of Cities and Towns, to ease concerns that smaller towns might not be to afford the change. The substitute legislation included a provision that makes sure government agencies won't suffer legal consequences if they fail to post information because of technological problems.

• A House committee approved a bill today that will allow Utah businesses to exempt small amounts of personal property from taxation.

Last November, Utahns amended the state Constitution to allow the personal property tax exemption.

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