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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. Read More
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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. Read More
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