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SALT LAKE CITY — The Office of Ethnic Affairs is most likely safe — at least until next year, a lawmaker told a House committee Friday.
Rep. Wayne Harper, R-West Jordan, explained in the House Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development Committee that an appointed commission will consider what to do with the ethnic affairs office during the session's interim.
He discussed the office while speaking to his bill, HB287, that would allow the restructuring of the Department of Communities and Culture.
Harper said there is a "pressing need" to conduct a study that involves all ethnic groups to determine how to best serve their needs.
Earlier in the session, a proposal by the Legislature to cut the ethnic affairs office's funding caused concern among various minority groups.
No final decision has been made on whether or not the ethnic affairs office will continue to be funded, Harper said, but he wants to see it happen.
"We're working through that," he said.
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