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(Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com)

Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives today released a budget plan that includes a deal with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and some tax increases.

The plan calls for some state agency consolidation and cost savings on state employees' pay.

The majority of the House GOP caucus approved the plan today as its solution to the state's budget shortfall.

It's an alternative to two other plans already proposed.

Gov. Robert Bentley has proposed a $541 million tax increase package and Sen. Del Marsh has proposed a lottery and casino bill estimated to raise $400 million a year.

Under the House Republican's plan, the Poarch Creeks would provide the state $250 million initially to help with the 2016 budget shortfall and additional revenue annually.

The plan calls for a 25 cents per pack increase in the cigarette tax, which would be estimated to raise $60 million annually.

It calls for changes to the business privilege tax that would raise $39 million a year.

A news release from the caucus says large corporations would pay the higher tax and small businesses would pay less.

The automobile title fee, which has not changed since 1986, would increase from $15 to $25, raising an estimated $14 million.

The tax on car rentals would rise from 1.5 percent to 2 percent, raising an estimated $6 million a year.

The state Department of Insurance would increase fees on brokers, adjusters and others, raising an estimated $4.5 million.

The state would save $5.2 million by suspending for one year a state employee longevity bonus.

And the state would save an estimated $3.2 million by capping the number of state holidays at 13 and requiring that non-essential employees take two of the 13 as furlough days.