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Deadline day in the special session
Lawmakers have until midnight to pass state budget
Updated: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 12:35 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 29 Jun 2009, 6:44 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - It’s deadline day in the special session of the General Assembly.
If lawmakers fail to pass a budget by midnight there will be a government shutdown.
The shutdown will be avoided with passage of a new 2-year, $28.5 billion budget.
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The tentative budget agreement calls for an increase of school funding of 1% in the first year and .3% in the second year of the budget.
The budget bill also includes a bailout for the Capital Improvement Board. That includes a hike in the hotel/motel tax, gone are proposed hikes in the car rental tax and the ticket tax.
The bill also preserves a billion dollar surplus.
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