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SB 158                                                                                            
Message dated May 9 was read, stating the House passed SENATE                                       
BILL NO. 158 "An Act prohibiting the imposition of municipal sales                                  
and use taxes on state construction contracts and certain subcontracts;                             
and providing for an effective date" with the following amendment:                                  
                                                                                                    
     SENATE BILL NO. 158 am H "An Act relating to the                                               
     determination of full and true value of taxable municipal                                      
     property for purposes of providing planning assistance to                                      
     the Department of Education and Early Development and                                          
     the legislature, calculating funding for education,                                            
     calculating school district participating shares for school                                    
     construction grants, and calculating tax resource                                              
     equalization payments and excluding from that                                                  
     determination the value of property in certain areas                                           

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     detached from a municipality and the value of certain                                          
     property involved with oil and gas that is not taxed by a                                      
     municipality; and prohibiting the imposition of municipal                                      
     sales and use taxes on state construction contracts and                                        
     certain subcontracts; and providing for an effective date."                                    
     (Title change authorized by HCR 22)                                                            
                                                                                                    
Senator Gary Stevens moved that the Senate concur in the House                                      
amendment and recommended the body vote no.                                                         
                                                                                                    
The question being: "Shall the Senate concur in the House                                           
amendment?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                           
                                                                                                    
SB 158 am H                                                                                         
Shall the Senate Concur in the House                                                                
Amendment to SB 158?                                                                                
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  2   NAYS:  17   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Davis, Therriault                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Cowdery, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Green, Guess, Hoffman,                                 
Huggins, Kookesh, Olson, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens B, Stevens G,                                    
Wagoner, Wilken                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Bunde                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
Davis changed from "Nay" to "Yea".                                                                  
                                                                                                    
and so, the Senate failed to concur.                                                                
                                                                                                    
The Secretary was requested to notify the House of the Senate's action                              
and request the House to recede from its amendment. In the event the                                
House fails to recede, the President appointed a Conference                                         
Committee to meet with a like committee from the House to consider                                  
the bills:                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
     Senator Huggins, Chair                                                                         
     Senator Wagoner                                                                                
     Senator Olson