Governor
Mary Fallin ordered lawmakers into special session, which is a very rare second
one of this 56th legislature.
It convened on Monday, December 18th and was intended to address
the ongoing budget crisis. Last
month, Fallin vetoed
most of a revised budget bill from a first special session.
That budget bill included cutting $60 million from state agencies while also
using $23 million in Rainy Day funds, $23 million in carryover cash from last
year and $60 million through revolving money to bridge the $215 million gap. The immediate focus at hand, according
to Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, is to fund the Healthcare Authority and
the Department of Human Services through April. "What we're going to use to plug the
Oklahoma Healthcare Authority budget and, hopefully, if the governor amends the
call to the DHS budget, is the money that has not been appropriated from the
increase in the gross production tax of what has been called the legacy
wells," Echols said.
http://kfor.com/2017/12/18/oklahoma-lawmakers-to-convene-for-second-special-session/
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