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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.