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Lawmakers kill once-ordered UTA name change, and offer relief to electric, hybrid car owners

Carlton Christensen, the chairman of the Utah Transit Authority Board, says his appointment certificate may soon be a collector’s item — so he framed it.

“By law, it had to say I was appointed to the 'Transit District Utah’ board,” he said. “It may have been about the only thing UTA ever produced with that name on it.”

On Monday, the Legislature killed that Transit District Utah name — which technically had been UTA’s official moniker for much of the past year. The Senate gave final passage to an amended SB72 and sent it to Gov. Gary Herbert for his consideration.