Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, is working on a bill that would define what sorts of activities student fees could cover, and which would have to be funded by what he calls a "pay-to-play" system.

The bill is not being drafted in response to Moore's invitation, he said, but has been in the works for some months.

Stephenson said he's been concerned for some time about obligatory student fees going toward student activities that are not enjoyed by all students.

But he isn't without an opinion regarding Moore.

"I think inviting Michael Moore is similar to inviting Jane Fonda during Vietnam," Stephenson said.

Rep. Craig Frank, R-Pleasant Grove, said UVSC students should be the ones to deal with campus leaders who may not be representing their views.

"Student government is a democratic process, and if (students) don't like what their leaders have done, they can vote them out," Frank said. "That's how they can fix that. That's how they take care of (state legislators), too."

A few UVSC students have circulated petitions to force a vote to determine if student body leaders remain in office. First, they must gather more than 2,000 signatures.

On the other side of the aisle, Sen. Mike Dmitrich, D-Price, said that he hopes the Legislature doesn't make any changes.

"I'm a firm believer that student government manages its own funds, and that they ought to be the ones making those decisions," Dmitrich said. "It's a great change from hearing Sean Hannity every time in Utah County."

As for Hannity, he is still UVSC's No. 1 choice as a speaker to balance Moore, said Joe Vogel, vice president of UVSC's student association.

"He's our first option; he seems to be the biggest draw, so we're looking to get him first," Vogel said. "If not, we have a few other options as far as some pretty high-profile Republican speakers that we could get."

While Hannity has mentioned the possibility, the talk-show host has yet to put the wheels in motion, according to his producer, James Grishman.

"He's put the offer on the table, and I have to see where he's going to go from here," Grishman said. "I'm not in a rush to get back to (UVSC), because I need to know definitively where (Hannity) is at. He has to tell me for sure that he's going to make time in his very busy schedule to make this happen."

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Contributing: Jesse Hyde, Amy Choate, Laura Warner, Sharon Haddock, Tad Walch

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