Governor Bill Walker has added a bill to his special session calling for the establishment of a oil and gas infrastructure development program. The bill would join ten others that Walker is asking lawmakers to consider.
The bill was originally introduced during the regular session but it stalled.
On most of the bills up for consideration, Walker is giving legislators the option to pick up the process where they left off, but a two-thirds vote in each chamber is needed for that to be accomplished.
Two new bills were also introduced by Walker on Monday: one would extend major medical coverage to the survivors of peace officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty; the other contains a number of different tax proposals.
The bills requiring the most attention from lawmakers during this special session will be the budget, along with the oil/gas tax credits and revenue bills.
