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Task force calls for major reform of scandal-tainted UTA, including scrapping its board and CEO for different oversight.

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Proposal would also allow transit agency to use state funds that until now had been reserved just for highways.

(Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo) A UTA TRAX train climbs out of downtown Salt Lake City as it heads to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah Monday June 24, 2013.

A state task force is proposing major reforms in the oversight, operation and funding of the scandal-tainted Utah Transit Authority — but stopped short of seeking a full state takeover of the agency.

The group on Monday also proposed to make UTA eligible for state funds that until now have been reserved just for highways.