Friday, February 11, 2011

Sandstrom unveils changes to immigration bill

The change came about after local governments balked at the fiscal note on HB70, which estimated the cost of enforcing it at between $5.3 million and $11.3 million. The Orem Republican said by giving police the choice of running legal status checks on those pulled over for Class B or C misdemeanors, it will “significantly lower” the fiscal note. He also plans to introduce legislation that would add revenue streams to the bill by attaching a fee to wire money transfers between Utah and foreign countries as well as raising the fee on getting a driving privilege card.

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