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OKLAHOMA CITY — Deposits to the state’s primary operating account, the General Revenue Fund, continued to lag expectations in January, officials said Tuesday.

Pulled down by weak sales- and use-tax collections, deposits to the fund totaled $505.1 million, or 3.4 percent less than the estimate. The total was only $2.5 million below the same month a year ago.

Finance Secretary Preston Doerflinger said long-term trends support Gov. Mary Fallin’s call for new recurring revenue sources, including an increase in the state cigarette tax and extending the state sales tax to services.

“What these January numbers are showing us is that we are a ways from any significant recovery,” said Doerflinger.

“There will be little recovery to state coffers without an infusion of recurring revenue,” he said.

Total general revenue through the first seven months of fiscal year 2017 are $83.9 million, or 2.8 percent, below expectations, and $211.5 million, or 6.8 percent, below prior year collections. State budgets include a 5 percent cushion, which means the shortfall has not triggered automatic spending cuts, but a revenue failure in the final five months of the fiscal year is still possible.