Utah lawmakers won't override governor vetoes


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SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers have decided not to override any of the five bills Gov. Gary Herbert vetoed after the 2015 legislative session.

Leaders in the Republican-controlled Utah House and Senate made that announcement Friday after polling members in both bodies over the past two weeks.

"While we don’t agree with every veto, a poll of our members shows the House and Senate are ready to forgo the time and expense of a veto override session and move on to other business," Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, and House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, said in a joint statement.

"We will work to resolve any residual disagreements and readdress them during the next legislative session."

It takes two-thirds of members of both the House and Senate to reconvene in an override session.

Herbert vetoed HB385, which would have named a stretch of I-15 in Utah County after the late Utah House Speaker Becky Lockhart, who died in January.


We will work to resolve any residual disagreements and readdress them during the next legislative session.

–joint legislative statement


Some veterans rallied against the bill because it would rename part of the freeway already called the Veterans Memorial Highway. The governor said Lockhart's husband, Stan Lockhart, requested the veto and that the state would look for other ways to honor her memory.

Other bills Herbert vetoed are:

SB249 would have allowed vehicles to cross railroads when guard gates rise and before warning lights stop flashing.

SB278 would have modified the Motion Picture Incentive Fund by increasing the maximum cash rebate incentive from $500,000 to $2.5 million for a motion picture project.

HB197 would have required the State Board of Education to make certain rules about administrative or supervisory licensing.

SB94 would have amended provisions related to a credit against or refund of an overpayment of corporate franchise or income taxes.

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