LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas lawmakers are returning to the state Capitol to formally end this year's session, but first are expected to consider whether to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of a $5 million tax exemption for natural gas drillers.
The House and Senate are scheduled to convene Thursday afternoon to adjourn this year's fiscal session, which wrapped up last week. Lawmakers are expected to try to override Beebe's line-item veto of a measure exempting sand used in natural gas drilling from the state sales tax.
Beebe said it was unconstitutional to include the tax break in a state agency's budget bill. Backers said it was clarifying that the Legislature never intended the sand to be taxed.
Overriding the veto takes a simple majority in both the House and Senate.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
