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Page 2H E O K A R C H E C H I E F T A I Nune 6, 20132 0 13 legislative session closes;Sanders calls session historicM i k e S a n d e rs

State RepresentativeIn early February, the

House Republican Caucusunvei led the i r 2013 agenda.I t inc luded a pay-as-you-goplan to fund the repair andupkeep of the state's infra-structure, an income tax cutand workers ' comp ensat ionreform.

My personal goals for2013 included increasedfunding for education, a payraise for Oklahoma HighwayPatrol troopers, maintainingfunding for the eight-yearroad and bridge plan, andtrying to improve the posi-tion of our communities instate water policy discus-sions.In late Ap ril, the governorand legislative leaders an-nounced an agreement andimp ending action on the in-

This was avery historicsess ion . I wasproud to authorand co-authormany o f thesereforms thatwill help moveour g reat s ta tefo rward .

Rep. Mike Sanderscome tax cut, workers' corn-pensation reform and a planfor long-term infrastructureneeds. The three bills wereeventually signed into lawby the governor.

On May 2, they reacheda budget deal that includedincreases for education. Icould not be more proud of

the collaboration betweenGov. Mary Fallin, SpeakerT.W . Shannon and PresidentPro Tempore Brian Bing-man.Under House Bill 2032,the top income tax rate willdrop from 5.25 percent to 5percent on January 1, 201 5.If revenue growth meets acertain mark, a second cutwill drop the top rate from5 percent to 4.85 percenton January 1, 201 6 . The bi l lwill also fund a total of $120million towards repairing theOklahoma State Cap itol.Senate Bil l 1062 reformsthe workers' compensationsystem in Oklahoma. It re-duces legal costs, medicalcosts, and excessive p ayoutsto workers that have drivenup costs for Oklahoma busi-nesses and encouraged fraud .It moves Oklahoma froma court-based workers' corn-

pensation system to an ad-minist ra tive system, reduc-ing the adversarial natureof the system and reducingthe time needed to processclaims. Under the bill, work-ers receive 70 percent oftheir pay in benefits, tax-free.House Bil l 1910 creates apay-as-you-g o plan that willbe developed by the Long-Range Capital PlanningCom mission. Th e p lan wi llinclude recommendationson reallocation, reuse or liq-uidation of state properties.T he conservative budgetapproved by lawmakers andsigned into law held mostagency funding level whi leproviding a $74 million in-crease for common educa-tion and a $17 million sup-plemental for this fiscal year.We also continued to pro-vide the necessary funding

to accomplish the eight-yearroad and bridge update plan.T he budget also includedmonies for the repair andrenovation of the state Capi-tol building.I was disapp ointed on notgetting a pay raise for statetroopers. House Bill 2145would have provided a 16percent pay raise, but did notmake i t a l l the way throughthe process. It will be one ofmy top priorities next ses-sion.On the last day of session,rural state lawmakers gaineda victory in Senate Bill 965.The legislation modifiesthe representation on theOklahoma Water Resourc-es Board, which is madeup of nine members. Cur-rently, the board includesseveral at-large members,which gives the governorthe power to fill the board

with Oklahoma City repre-sentatives. The legislationwe passed, and hope to seesigned, spreads out the rep-resentation to better includerural commu nities.

This was a very historicsession. I was proud to au-thor and co-author many ofthese reforms that will helpmove our great state for-ward.I was a lso proud to havethe governor sign five piecesof my legislation into lawthis session. In the corn-ing weeks I will talk aboutthese measures and othermeasures I plan to introducenext year.

I look forward to return-ing to spend more time inWestern Oklahoma and getto work on finding out whatwe need to do in 2014. I canbe reached through my C ap-itol office at (405) 557-7407.T e c h t o o l h e l p s w i t h s t o r m r e c o v e r yAT&T announced to-day that it is partnering

with Recovers to providea virtual clearinghouse forassistance and resourcesin the wake of the Moore,Okla. , t ragedy.

Recovers provides a lo-calized web presence thatallows donated resourcessuch as food, clothing andvolunteers to be effective-ly deployed directly to thepeople and places affectedby the devastating tornadoin Oklahoma.

Effective immediate-ly, affected residents ofMoore can text their needsto (405) 652-0949. Thisserv ice , powered by AT &Ttechnology, connects di-

saster survivors who donot have Internet accessto Recovers. The needsare stored in a private da-tabase at http://Moore.Re-covers.org where requestscan potentially be satisfiedby non-profits, churchesand individuals.

The service offers toolsto catalog and organizedonation items, volunteerskills and provides a hubfrom which help can bedeployed to some of thepeople in Moore who needit the most.

It does not replace thenecessary time and re-sources that will be re-quired for recovery, but isintended to help provide

the most good at the righttimes and places.

Prior to the availabilityof the text message op-tions, survivors requestingassistance would need ac-cess to the Internet.

Developers a t the AT &TFoundry, the company'semerging technologylaboratory, designed anddeveloped the frameworkfor Recovers to utilize textmessaging less than a dayafter first contacting Re-covers.

More importantly, with-in 24 hours after setting upthe service, three affectedresidents in Moore hadalready used the app to re-quest assistance.

"The tragic events oflast week have affected

all of us deeply and giv-en many people from theOklahoma City area andsurrounding communi-ties and states the desireto help. Recovers is anadditional tool that willcomplement the excel-lent work many organiza-tions like the Red Cross,the United Way and manyothers are providing," saidGlenn Lewis, mayor of

M o or e .AT&T is providing

free Wi-Fi, Uverse videoand broadband service atvarious shelters, commu-nity centers, libraries andmulti-agency resourcecenters in and around theaffected area.

AT&T employees havebeen generous; additional-ly contributing more than$100,000 toward the cause

and the company will con-tinue to explore additionalopportunities for provid-ing assistance."Our company has oper-a ted in Oklahoma for morethan 100 years. This is ourhome. It is not just ourduty to help our neighborsin a t ime of need it is ourprivilege. We stand withthe many organizationsand individuals working todemonstrate the resiliencyand ability to recover thatmake Oklahoma the spe-cial place it is," said BryanGonterman, President ofA T & T O k la h om a .

Recovers works withmunicipalities, insuranceand utility companies,mitigating risk and savingtime and reducing payout.

Our company has operated inOklahoma fo r more than 100years. This is our home. It isnot just our duty to help ourneighbors in a time of need itis our privilege.

Bryan Gonterman, President of AT&TOklahoma.