Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including government, the Great Salt Lake, vice and polygamy.
House Speaker Mike Schultz hosted lawmakers for a water policy summit where he urged his colleagues to ensure efforts are taken to help the state deal with growth, protect the Great Salt Lake and ensure Utah gets its fair share of water from the Colorado River .'Every part of this state has different needs, different water issues,' Speaker Schultz, R-Hooper, told FOX 13 News on Thursday.
Following FOX 13 News reporting last week on a new government study on property taxes and water use, lawmakers are looking to revisit the issue. Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, the chair of the Senate Revenue & Taxation Committee, said he was reviewing the findings. The senator, who has pushed reviewing Utah's current system that has property taxes covering a lot of water use in an effort to force conservation, said he's open to bringing it back.
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