But the substitute bill still concerned members of a House committee Thursday. They approved the legislation, but not before cautioning that the task force should leave the state's alcohol laws alone.

Rep. David Ure, R-Kamas said tampering with liquor statutes was never his intent.

"There is a fine line between opening up tourism and sacrificing the principles Utah has always stood for," Ure said. "I am not liberalizing the alcohol laws."

The the new version of his House Bill 57 would create a task force of 12 legislators to examine how to attract new tourists, get them to stay longer and spend more money.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving President of Utah Art Brown expressed concern that this would lapse into a conversation on Utah's alcohol laws. Rep. David Cox, R-Lehi, agreed, saying: "I am not interested at all in loosening any of the alcohol laws we have. They are one of the things that makes the state unique and improves our quality of life."

HB57 is at least the second bill the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has, at least indirectly, asked lawmakers to drop.

Sen. Karen Hale, D-Salt Lake City, withdrew her bill to allow charter schools to open near bars, private clubs and restaurants that serve alcohol to help the Salt Lake Arts Academy find a home downtown.