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Ag Groups Worry About Money Issues Facing State Lawmakers in 2010

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 5:52:09 CST

We are rapidly approaching the start of the 2010 Oklahoma legislative session- and one agricultural lobbyist has expressed concerns about the battle over money that is likely to develop in the next few months at the state capitol. Scott Dewald of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association believes that while the current fiscal year has been a struggle as we try to line up the state's spending with actual revenue- revenue that is well under what was budgeted for in last year's legislative session- the real concern is for next fiscal year and even the fiscal year after that.


Dewald says one of the dangers in the days ahead will be lawmakers looking for new sources of revenue- such as ending the long standing ag exemption from the state sales tax- or perhaps wanting to raise fees for any number of state government provided services. He adds that OCA and other agricultural groups are working feverishly to go through the hundreds of proposed bills that have been filed in advance of the 2010 session- matching bills with policy positions and issues of interest to that organization and their members.


According to the State Senate's website- bill filing has ended for the 2010 legislative session. Thursday, January 14 was the deadline for members of the Oklahoma State Senate to file legislation for the second session of the 52nd Legislature, with 1082 bills and 28 joint resolutions filed. In 2009, Senators filed 1,240 bills and 42 joint resolutions for the upcoming session. Of those, 860 Senate Bills and 38 Senate Joint Resolutions are still alive for the 2010 session. In 2008, which was the second session of the 51st Legislature, the Senate considered 1,069 new Senate bills and 769 carryover bills, along with 31 new joint resolutions and 31 carryover joint resolutions from the 2007 session.

We have the audio of our conversation with Scott about the upcoming state legislative session- click on the Listen Bar below to hear his thoughts on where the lawmakers may be headed come February second


   
   

Ron Hays talks with Scott Dewald of the OCA about the upcoming 2010 State Legislative Session right-click to download mp3

 

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