assigned to=20
the Senate General Government Committee which is chaired by Senator =
Crutchfield=20
and the vice-chair in Senator Corn. The chair makes the decision =
on=20
whether or not to hear a bill in his/her committee.
After meeting with Senator Morgan =
yesterday=20
afternoon, he has agreed to remain at the author of SB453 a.k.a. "The =
Direct=20
Deposit Bill". The plan is to =
strike the=20
title, which will keep it alive and allow us a vehicle in which to put =
the=20
sections of the law that will need to be repealed, but will also allow =
the=20
committee to amend the bill and remove sections of it that=20
can't be passed.
Before it is heard in =
committee, Morgan=20
is going to release a committee substitute which will contain the =
language=20
for the following COBO issues: 1) amended definition of public=20
construction contract and amended requirement for submitting of bid =
bond; 2)=20
sales tax exemption for tickets of athletic events and using funds for =
Title IX;=20
3) contracting with no less than two travel agencies. A copy of =
the=20
committee sub will not be available until Friday afternoon at the=20
earliest.
After speaking again with Selden =
and=20
providing him the language for SB453, he told me that the postage stamp =
language=20
had in fact been put in SB247 by Robinson. The full text of the bill may be viewed at http://www.ls=
b.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/SB247_int.rtf
Now for the work. Both SB247 =
and 453=20
will be heard in General Government on Monday, February 17, 2003. =
The=20
meeting will be held in Room 534 at 9:30 a.m., which means we have about =
one=20
week to get these bills lobbied. All COBO members need to =
contact their=20
representatives which serve on the committee. They need to explain =
the=20
bill, explain what it does, etc. Since the COBO meeting has been=20
cancelled, this task will be more difficult because we won't get to =
brief them=20
in person, but I trust that you can stress to them the importance of =
calling=20
their representatives and asking them to vote yes. =
Below is the list of the =
committee. By=20
clicking on their names, you can link directly to their individual pages =
which=20
contains a map of their district. They ALL need to be called, =
regardless=20
of whether or not they have a college/university in their =
district.
Please contact me if you have any=20
questions. I will be mostly at the Capitol during the next two =
days. =20
You can reach me at 659.6552.
GENERAL =
GOVERNMENT
Sen. Johnnie Crutchfield, Chair
Sen. Kenneth Corn, Vice =
Chair
Sen. Cliff Aldridge
Sen. Cliff Branan
Sen. Gilmer Capps
Sen. James Dunlap
Sen. Sam Helton
Sen. Owen Laughlin
=
Sen. Rick Littlefield
Sen. James Maddox =
Sen. Jonathan Nichols
Sen. Bruce Price
Sen. Jim Reynolds =
Sen. Jerry Smith
Sen. Dick =
Wilkerson
Lesa K. =
Jolly-Borin
Legislative =
Analyst
Oklahoma State =
Regents for Higher=20
Education
655 Research =
Parkway, Suite=20
200
Oklahoma City, OK=20
73101
405.225.9134 - FAX=20
405.225.9230