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Correction: A box with contact information for area lawmakers with this story originally contained the incorrect party affiliation for state Rep. Jeannie McDaniel, D-Tulsa. It has been corrected.

Senate Finance Chairman Mike Mazzei asked the Tulsa Regional Chamber membership on Friday to help stop a 0.25 percent income tax rate cut that went into effect Jan. 1.

The cut is expected to cost the state more than $140 million during the budget year that begins July 1, and is part of the reason the state is looking at a $1.3 billion general revenue shortfall.

“Who in this room, so we can deal with these problems, would actually favor delaying the tax cut? If so, raise your hand,” the Tulsa Republican said near the end of the chamber’s legislative breakfast.

When half or more of those present complied, Mazzei said, “I think us legislators need to pay attention to that.”

Mazzei, who is in his last legislative session because of term limits, has advocated postponing the tax reduction before. He argues the revenue level required to trigger the cut was never actually achieved, and that with general revenue continuing to decline, the state cannot afford further tax cuts.