A Citizen’s Guide

An executive proclamation from Gov. Frank H. Murkowski appeared this morning at the 7 a.m. Senate floor session as senators prepared to approve the oil tax bill.

The proclamation was signed and dated Wednesday and calls the Legislature back into special session starting at 10 a.m. Friday. That would make special session No. 3 for the summer and would be the fourth for the 24th Legislature.

The only item on the order is the oil tax. Word is that if lawmakers come to agreement on a net profits tax today, they won’t need to be in Juneau tomorrow, assuming the governor finds their bill acceptable.