Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association

The Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association was formed in 1941 to represent the interests of wholesalers, manufacturers and brokers involved in the distribution of convenience products.

Typical products purchased and sold by convenience distributors include candy, tobacco, snacks, beverages, health and beauty care items, general merchandise, foodservice and groceries.

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	Watch and Listen to Senate Committee Room 511-A (LIVE, when in session)

	Dick Dunham Vice President of Operations Stephenson Wholesale Company, Inc.
Dick Dunham, 2009 President Emeritus of the American Wholesale Marketers Association

Association News


	Current News News Archive

Coffee Approves All 34 Requests for Senate Interim Studies
Friday, June 26, 2009

Author: William W. Savage III
Date: 06/24/2009

(OK) Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee announced late Wednesday that he has approved all 34 interim studies requested by senators.

"The interim studies requested and approved represent a broad range of interests and concerns to the members of the Senate and to the citizens of Oklahoma," Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, said in a press release. "We look forward to a very productive interim period and the findings of these studies."

Nineteen separate senators requested studies, with Sen. Jay Paul Gumm, D-Durant, requesting the most with seven.

Bill to increase license fees for sale of cigarettes, create formula for allocating tax stamps
Tuesday, June 09, 2009

The Oklahoma Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Advisory Committee on Monday discussed a new law that will allocate only a finite number of tax free stamps for cigarettes sold by tribally owned stores to tribal members based on a formula for determining "probable demand."

The formula, which aims to remedy problems associated with taxing tobacco products while meeting legal obligations to the state's Native American tribes, is part of a larger tobacco tax reform bill, SB 608, by Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, and Rep. Mike Jackson, R-Enid.

Week in Review: Legislature extends deadline, sine dies Wednesday
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Author: Erin Boeckman
Date: 05/27/2009

(OK) After the Senate spent approximately four hours at a standstill over a bill to create the position of a chief information officer on Friday, senators reconvened only to push back its scheduled sine die deadline. Senators returned to the Capitol to complete their work Tuesday and moved to sine die adjourn effective 10 a.m. Wednesday. The House considered legislation into the evening hours Friday, finishing its work without officially adjourning. Four members of the House returned on Wednesday to officially sine die adjourn effective at 10 a.m.