Legislators propose radical changes for transportation, transit — including a tax hike

All those game-changing proposals are included in a 114-page bill proposed Thursday by a legislative task force created to look at how to fund transportation as gasoline tax revenues are shrinking, and public trust in UTA has eroded.

Among the major provisions of the bill — which has yet to be formally introduced or numbered:

• The current 16-member, part-time UTA Board would be disbanded and replaced with a full-time, three-member commission appointed by the governor — who could fire members at will. That commission would hire a full-time executive director.