NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Republican State Rep. Paul Waggoner is expecting a special session on tax policy to be called soon and to take place in June.
"The Governor can call a special session," Waggoner said. "People aren't obligated to show up, though I think, just out of duty, we definitely will. She had her initial proposal that was presented back in January. That just went nowhere in committee. It's a very unusual situation. I don't really see what Kelly thinks she has to gain by it."
The Revisor of Statutes states that because of the pressing nature of special sessions, the governor’s proclamation is typically issued less than a month before the start of the special session and can be within a few days. It has not been issued yet.
"Look at the numbers on how much money the state of Kansas has piled up from taxpayers that we basically overpaid over the last five or six years," Waggoner said. "There is literally $3.5 to $4 billion sitting in the bank. That is your money, sitting in Topeka. The difference between the final version that was passed and what Gov. Kelly, like three weeks earlier had said was a good plan was about $30 million a year. I mean, give me a break."
It is possible for the legislature to pass largely the same bill again, do it in a day next month and dare her not to sign it, or they could go completely back to the drawing board. We don't know yet which path they will take.
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