Governor plans for another special session on the budget

OKLAHOMA CITY — After an eight-week special session, the House fell just five votes short of a tax-raising plan to stabilize state revenues.

Once the special session was over, Governor Mary Fallin caught legislative leaders off guard when she vetoed a bill that would have closed a $215 million hole in the budget.

The plan called for a combination of cuts to agency budgets and raids on state savings accounts.

Gov. Fallin will soon ask the Oklahoma Legislature to return to the state Capitol.

Fallin spokesman Michael McNutt said Monday the governor is working to pin down potential dates and define the parameters of her special session call that will determine what kind of bills lawmakers can consider.