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Williams: Lawmakers Planning Special Session
Associated Press,
May 8, 2008, 12:16 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The leader of the state Senate says
lawmakers are signing petitions to call themselves back into
special session to make at least one budget fix.
Sen. Donald Williams, the Senate's president pro tem, says they
want to extend an increase in a local real estate transaction tax
that is set to expire next fiscal year. The tax provides cities and
towns with approximately $40 million a year in revenue.
Williams says he's also open to debating an ethics reform bill,
which would revoke or reduce pensions of corrupt officials and
government employees. But he says an agreement first needs to be
reached on that bill.
State law requires a majority of legislators to sign a petition,
asking the secretary of the state to set a special legislative
session within 30 days.
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