[tz] FYI (no action necessary): Utah permanent DST

Paul Gilmartin PaulGBoulder at AIM.com
Mon Mar 23 17:21:13 UTC 2020


On 2020-03-23, at 09:41:43, Dave DeLong wrote:
> 
> This is a heads up that in the last legislative session, Utah passed a bill that would move the state on to permanent Mountain Daylight Time (bill: https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0059.html).
> 
> However, this bill does not take effect until two conditions are met:
> 	• Congress enacts legislation to amend 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round and ...
>  
I wrote the sponsors of the bill suggesting year-round
CDT instead could be done by U.S. DoT with no need for
legislation.  I received a prompt reply (thanks for their 
time!) that approach had been tried two years previously.
DoT was unresponsive.

-- gil



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