SALT LAKE CITY — Dozens of cities, school districts and special service districts are scrambling to figure out how to fund millions in government and education services after their tax increases were rejected.

A change in Utah law regarding "Truth-in-Taxation" hearings led to the Utah State Tax Commission denying roughly $80 million in funds.

"Now, there’s going to be some bills that are going to be tough to pay," Draper Mayor Troy Walker, who is also the president of the Utah League of Cities & Towns, told FOX 13 News.

Across Utah, communities held legally-required Truth-in-Taxation hearings to consider property tax and sales tax increases . In Draper, Mayor Walker said they asked residents to allow them to continue collecting about $953,000 on a retired bond in order to pay for a ne

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