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Salt Lake City – Legislation that would give mayors and county executives the power to declare a disaster and control prices on goods and services was taken out of play Tuesday at the Utah Capitol.
Hearing opposition from businesses, a House committee was skeptical of extending a power usually reserved for the governor.
Rep. Lou Shurtleff, D-Ogden, withdrew her bill before the Republican-controlled House Political Subdivisions Committee could reject it.
Shurtleff said she’ll try to return with a different bill. It wasn’t clear if that would overcome objections from the panel’s members, who said they don’t want mayors declaring a disaster over something as simple as a water-main break and tying the hands of businesses.
