Gov. Gary Herbert signed a major transportation bill Friday that he has praised as bringing more accountability and efficiency to the revamped Utah Transit Authority.
Herbert put the final touches on the Beehive State’s newly constructed policy on medical marijuana — a limited program designed to allow production and distribution to a relatively small group of terminally ill patients.
He also signed legislation clearing the way for the natural-gas monopoly to extend its service in rural areas of the state, while spreading the associated high capital costs to all utility customers.
And the governor also gave the final OK to expanding the state’s crisis hotline network to assure that when residents in crisis reach out for help, there is a live person on the other end of the line.