SALT LAKE CITY - Bothered by the back-and-forth
change in times from Daylight Saving Time, a Box Elder lawmaker is calling on
the state to make a decision one way or another. Rep. Ronda Menlove, R-Garland, is sponsoring legislation that would
require the Governor's Office of Economic Development to hold a meeting to talk
about the merits of the fluctuation in time schedules between the spring and
fall and then provide a report on their findings for potential review and
change to an interim committee
The bill, HB 197, received a favorable recommendation in committee this
week and has been forwarded to the House for further consideration. Menlove said she is pushing the initiative for senior citizens in her
area. "My constituents just want it to stay. They hate the change part.
We're just holding this meeting to allow those people who have been
talking about this forever, some sort of validation," Menlove said.
The issue is not a new one for state lawmakers. Menlove said a
number of lawmakers have tried to amend the time change issue over her 12 years
in the House. Rep. Brad Last, R-Hurricane, said he dislikes daylight saving time. He
suggested the Creator had it right. "When we go back and forth it makes it difficult on businesses and
others. I wish we were as smart as Arizona and in not making the change in the
first place," Last said.
Arizona and Hawaii are the only states that do not have daylight saving
time, which allows the clock to be move forward an hour in the spring to
maximize daylight and to be moved back an hour in the fall.
