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CEDAR HILLS -- Now that Cedar Hills state Rep. Craig Frank has learned he doesn't live in the district where he was elected, another lawmaker wants a law that says those voters who lost their representation shouldn't pay state income taxes until their representation is restored.
Frank lost his legislative seat when he discovered a mistake in the boundary maps that were set up by the Utah County Clerk's office.
The mistake also means about 3,000 Cedar Hills residents no longer have the representative they collectively elected. Instead they've been put into Rep. John Dougall's district and he doesn't think that's right.
"They did not have the opportunity to vote for their representation and I don't think that's fair," said Dougall. "If we delay and delay and delay and provide them no opportunity to voice their desire about representation then I think the least we can do is say, ‘we are not going to charge you your state income tax.'"
Dougall has opened a bill file to push forward his idea. At this point no special session has been set up to fix the boundary problem and it could be up to two years before those affected residents have the chance to vote for a new representative.
Dougall hopes his idea encourages those in charge to fix the problem quickly.
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