Gov. Olene Walker and Republican legislative leaders Thursday tentatively finalized the agenda for the special legislative session to be held on Wednesday at 2 p.m. And it's a tame lineup, even for an election year.

Slated for debate are four items: a $5.5 million proposal to grant active duty Reservists and Utah National Guard personnel a one-year state income tax break; $1.5 million in improvements to the women's facilities at the state prison in Draper; a plan to spend $184,000 on security to protect the Range Creek archaeological site; and technical fixes to Utah trust laws.

"Nothing spectacular. But that's what we ended up with," said Senate Majority Whip John Valentine. "These bills were intentionally framed to be the least controversial or things that couldn't wait until regular session. Rather than try to ram some of these [more controversial] bills through a special session without adequate policy debate, we thought it would be better to wait."

Walker is waiting to make the official call for the session pending research into the legalities of the military income tax exemption. The governor wants to make sure the exemption, which excludes full-time military, doesn't run afoul of constitutional equal protection rights.

In 1988, Utah lawmakers approved a similar tax break for state retirees in lieu of a wage increase. But federal retirees sued the state, prevailing under the argument that they, too, deserved the tax break.

Under Utah law, only the governor has the power to call and determine a special session agenda.