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OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Mary Fallin on Thursday said she thinks a special session is in order after the Oklahoma Supreme Court nullified a $1.50 “fee” on cigarettes.

In a lawsuit brought by tobacco companies, the state’s high court ruled lawmakers failed to follow constitutional requirements for revenue-raising measures and tax increases when they passed Senate Bill 845 last session.

The measure “conclusively demonstrates that the primary operation and effect of the measure is to raise new revenue to support state government,” according to the opinion.

Revenue-raising measures must originate in the House and can’t be passed in the last five days of a session. In addition, tax increases must get a supermajority in both chambers or go to a vote of the people based on State Question 640, passed by voters in 1992.

SB 845 originated in the Senate, was passed on the last day of the session and got a bare majority in both chambers.

The opinion said the measure imposes a sin tax, or tax on goods or activities considered harmful or immoral.