Governor Mary Fallin ordered lawmakers into special session, which is a very rare second one of this 56^th legislature.  It convened on Monday, December 18^th 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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