Half of Utahns oppose spending income tax revenue on programs or services beyond education and services for children and people with disabilities, a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows.
Utah legislative leaders say the structural imbalance in state tax revenue streams ties their hands in budgeting decisions. Expanding the earmark, as proposed underduring the Utah Legislature's General Session earlier this year. Under that legislation, lawmakers would remove the state portion of sales tax on food if a majority of Utah voters pass the constitutional amendment on income tax uses in 2024.
The soonest the proposed constitutional amendment could be considered by Utah voters would be the November 2024 general election. According to the poll results, Utahns age 57 and older were most opposed to the proposed constitutional amendment, with 36% indicating they were strongly opposed and 20% saying they were somewhat opposed.
"The poll results highlight the value Utahns place on the constitutional mandate that prioritized education funding and how critical it is to understand the ramifications of the proposed change. This is why we will take the issue to our members in a few weeks," said Pinkney in a statement, referring to the upcoming meeting of the association's House of Delegates.
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