The 2014 Pre-Legislative Conference is being held on Monday, January 13, 2014 at the Grand America Hotel. The conference will begin at 9:00am and will go until 12:00pm. There is no cost to attend, but please RSVP to Heidi at 801.972.8814 or email heidi@alowhuta.wpengine.com.
AGENDA
| Topic | Speaker | Start |
| What to expect in Utah’s 2015 budget | Sen. Lyle Hillyard | 9:00 |
| Perfecting school grading | Sen. Stuart Adams | 9:15 |
| The Perspective from the House | Speaker Becky Lockhart | 9:20 |
| Can Utah expand Medicaid without breaking our long term budget obligations? | Rep. Jim Dunnigan | 9:30 |
| Do Utah cities need more money for local roads? | Lincoln Shurtz | 9:40 |
| The Sup Ct declined to hear the NY case: now what? | Sen. Wayne Harper | 9:55 |
| Expanding the sales tax exemption on business inputs | Sen. Stuart Reid | 10:05 |
| Why should taxpayers subsidize a convention hotel? | 10:15 | |
| Will the defeat of the Jordan School District Bond mean charter schools replace school bonds? | Chris Bleak | 10:35 |
| Will education outputs improve if we raise income taxes by $400 million? | TBD | 10:45 |
| Ending the confusion around August TnT property tax hearings for calendar year taxing entities | Sen. Deidre Henderson | 10:50 |
| Raising the bar for qualifications of State Tax Commissioners | Sen. John Valentine | 10:55 |
| Making Utah friendly to private fiber investments | Sen. Howard Stephenson & Rep. Curt Webb | 11:00 |
| Modernizing state agencies’ internal auditors’ roles | Utah Auditor John Dougall | 11:10 |
| Protecting taxpayers from automatic increases when centrally assessed property values swing wildly | Sen. Howard Stephenson | 11:20 |
| When should the state raise the gas tax? | Rep. Jim Nielson | 11:25 |
| Assessment Area Amendments | Rep. Curt Webb | 11:30 |
| Privatization of state golf course operations | Rep. Kay Christofferson | 11:35 |
| The Perspective from the Senate | President Wayne Niederhauser | 11:45 |