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636 BILL NO. 1670 By: Kidd and Stephens of the
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1141 Hasenbeck of the House
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1647 An Act relating to sales tax; amending 68 O.S. 2021,
1748 Section 1357, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 356,
1849 O.S.L. 2021, which relates to exemptions; expanding
1950 exemption to include spouse of a military member who
2051 has died while in the line of duty; and declaring an
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2857 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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3058 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S . 2021, Section 1357, as
3159 amended by Section 2, Chapter 356, O.S.L. 20 21, is amended to read
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3461 Section 1357. Exemptions – General. There are hereby
3562 specifically exempted from the tax levied by th e Oklahoma Sales Tax
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3965 schools or high schools in motor or other vehicles;
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4193 2. Transportation of persons where the fare of each person does
4294 not exceed One Dollar ($1.00), or local transportatio n of persons
4395 within the corporate limits of a municipality e xcept by taxicabs;
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4998 state, provided that such sales to residents of this s tate are made
5099 to persons to whom sales tax permits have been issued as provided in
51100 the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code. This exemption shall not apply to the
52101 sales of articles made to persons holding permits when such persons
53102 purchase items for their use and whic h they are not regularly
54103 engaged in the business of resellin g; neither shall this exemption
55104 apply to sales of tangible personal property to peddlers, solic itors
56105 and other salespersons who do not have an established place of
57106 business and a sales tax permit. The exemption provided by this
58107 paragraph shall apply to sa les of motor fuel or diesel fuel to a
59108 Group Five vendor, but the use of such motor fuel or dies el fuel by
60109 the Group Five vendor shall not be exempt from the tax levied by the
61110 Oklahoma Sales Tax Co de. The purchase of motor fuel or diesel fuel
62111 is exempt from sales tax when the motor fuel is for shipment outside
63112 this state and consumed by a common car rier by rail in the conduct
64113 of its business. The sales tax shall apply to the purchase of motor
65114 fuel or diesel fuel in Oklahoma by a common carrier by rail when
66115 such motor fuel is purchased for fueling, within this state, of any
67116 locomotive or other motori zed flanged wheel equipment;
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72146 events, and sales of advertising on billboards (including signage,
73147 posters, panels, marquees or on other similar surfaces, whether
74148 indoors or outdoors) or in programs rel ating to sporting and
75149 entertainment events, and sales of any advertisin g, to be displayed
76150 at or in connection with a sporting event, via the Internet,
77151 electronic display devices or through public address or broadcast
78152 systems. The exemption authorized by t his paragraph shall be
79153 effective for all sales made on or after Januar y 1, 2001;
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81154 6. Sales of any advertising, other than the advertising
82155 described by paragraph 5 of this section, via the Internet,
83156 electronic display devices or through the electronic media ,
84157 including radio, public address o r broadcast systems, television
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86159 and cable and satellite tele vision, and the servicing of any
87160 advertising devices;
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90162 persons regularly engaged in the business of raising worms, fish,
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93163 any insect, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic animal life
94164 and used for the purpose of raising same for marketing. This
95165 exemption shall only be granted and extended to the purchaser when
96166 the items are to be used and in fact ar e used in the raising of
97167 animal life as set out above. Each purchaser shall certify, in
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98195 writing, on the invoice or sales ticket retained by the vendor that
99196 the purchaser is regularly e ngaged in the business of raising s uch
100197 animal life and that the items p urchased will be used on ly in such
101198 business. The vendor shall certify to the Oklahoma Tax Com mission
102199 that the price of the items has been reduced to grant the full
103200 benefit of the exemp tion. Violation hereof by the purc haser or
104201 vendor shall be a misdemean or;
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106202 8. Sale of natural or artificial gas and electricity, and
107203 associated delivery or transmis sion services, when sold exclusively
108204 for residential use. Provided, this exemption shall n ot apply to
109205 any sales tax levied by a city or town, or a county or any other
110206 jurisdiction in this state;
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112207 9. In addition to the exemptions authorized by Section 135 7.6
113208 of this title, sales of drugs sold pursuant to a prescription
114209 written for the treatment of human beings by a person license d to
115210 prescribe the drugs, and sales of insulin and medical oxygen.
116211 Provided, this exemption shall not apply to over-the-counter drugs;
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118212 10. Transfers of title or possession of empty, partially
119213 filled, or filled returnabl e oil and chemical drums to any per son
120214 who is not regularly engaged in the business of sellin g, reselling
121215 or otherwise transferring empty, partially filled or filled
122216 returnable oil drums;
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124244 11. Sales of one-way utensils, paper napkins, paper cups,
125245 disposable hot containers, and other one-way carry out materials to
126246 a vendor of meals or beverages;
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129248 are purchased in whole or in part with coupons issued pursuant to
130249 the federal food stamp program as au thorized by Sections 2011
131250 through 2029 of Title 7 of the United States Code, as to that
132251 portion purchased with such coupons. The exemption provided for
133252 such sales shall be inapplicable to such sales upon the effective
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137254 exemption as a condition for participation by t he state in the
138255 federal food stamp program;
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140256 13. Sales of food or food products, or any equ ipment or
141257 supplies used in the preparation of the food or food products to or
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144259 a. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of
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146261 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and which provid es and
147262 delivers prepared meals for home consumption to
148263 elderly or homebound persons as part of a program
149264 commonly known as "Meals on Wheels" or "Mobile Meals",
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154295 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and which receives federal
155296 funding pursuant to the Old er Americans Act of 1965,
156297 as amended, for the purpose of providing nut rition
157298 programs for the care and benefit of elderly persons;
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159299 14. a. Sales of tangible pe rsonal property or services to or
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162302 Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C ., Section 501(c)(3),
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166305 distribution of food and other household products
167306 to other organizations that facilitate the
168307 distribution of such products to the needy and
169308 such distributee organizations are exemp t from
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178315 savings, competing with other persons engaged in the
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184345 15. Sales of tangible personal property or services to
185346 children's homes which are located on church-owned property and are
186347 operated by organization s exempt from taxation pursuant to the
187348 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section
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190350 16. Sales of computers, data processing equipment, related
191351 peripherals, and telephone, telegraph or telecommun ications service
192352 and equipment for use in a qualified aircraft maintenance or
193353 manufacturing facility. For purposes of this paragraph, "qualified
194354 aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility" means a new or
195355 expanding facility primarily engaged in aircraf t repair, building or
196356 rebuilding whether or not on a factory basis, whose total cost of
197357 construction exceeds the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00)
198358 and which employs at least two hundred fifty (250) new full -time-
199359 equivalent employees, as certified by the Oklahoma Employment
200360 Security Commission, upon completion of the facility. In order to
201361 qualify for the exemption provided for by this paragraph, the cost
202362 of the items purchased by the qualified aircraft maintenanc e or
203363 manufacturing facility shall e qual or exceed the sum of Two Millio n
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207366 incorporated in the construction or expansion of a qualified
208367 aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facili ty as defined in
209368 paragraph 16 of this section. For purposes of this pa ragraph, sales
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210396 made to a contractor or subcontractor that has previously entered
211397 into a contractual relationship with a qualified aircraft
212398 maintenance or manufacturing facility for cons truction or expansion
213399 of such a facility shall be considered sales made to a qualified
214400 aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility;
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216401 18. Sales of the following telecommunications services:
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218402 a. Interstate and International "800 service". "800
219403 service" means a "telecommunications service " that
220404 allows a caller to dial a toll-free number without
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230411 service" means an inbound toll "telecommunications
231412 service" purchased by a subscriber that allows the
232413 subscriber's customers to call in to the sub scriber's
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234415 service" does not include the charge for: collection
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236417 "telecommunications services" to the subscriber, or
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238419 subscriber's customer. The service is t ypically
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239447 marketed under the na me "900" service, and any
240448 subsequent numbers designated by the Federal
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244451 service". "Private communications se rvice" means a
245452 "telecommunications service" that entitles the
246453 customer to exclusive or priority use of a
247454 communications channel or group of channels between or
248455 among termination points, regardless of the manner in
249456 which such channel or channels are connect ed, and
250457 includes switching capacity , extension lines, stations
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255461 nonvoice data service " means a service that otherwise
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257463 in which computer processing applications are used to
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259465 information or data primarily for a purpose other than
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270498 (2) used, allocated or distributed by a company to
271499 its affiliated group,
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273500 f. Regulatory assessments and charges, including charges
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275502 Oklahoma Lifeline Fund and the Oklahoma High Cost
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291515 component overhaul support build ings or structures in an area owned,
292516 leased, or controlled by the air common carrier, at which there were
293517 employed at least two thousand (2,000) full-time-equivalent
294518 employees in the preceding year as certified by the Okl ahoma
295519 Employment Security Commissio n and which is primarily related to the
296520 fabrication, repair, alteration, modification, refurbishing,
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298549 aircraft parts used in air common carriage. For purposes of this
299550 paragraph, "air common carrier" shall also include members of an
300551 affiliated group as d efined by Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue
301552 Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 1504. Beginning July 1, 2012, sales of
302553 machinery, tools, supplies, equipment , and related tangible personal
303554 property and services used or consumed in the repair, remodeling, or
304555 maintenance of aircraft, aircraft engines or aircraft component
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309559 and data processing:
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313560 a. as defined under Industrial Group Numbers 7372 and
314561 7373 of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
315562 Manual, latest version, which derive at l east fifty
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317564 sale of a product or service t o an out-of-state buyer
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320566 b. as defined under Industrial Group N umber 7374 of the
321567 SIC Manual, latest version, which derive at least
322568 eighty percent (80%) of their annual gross revenu es
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324570 state buyer or consumer.
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328600 filing an affidavit with the Tax Commission st ating that the
329601 facility so qualifies and such information as required by the Tax
330602 Commission. For purposes of determining whether annual gr oss
331603 revenues are derived from sales to out-of-state buyers or consumers,
332604 all sales to the federal government shall be considered to be to an
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335606 22. Sales of prosthetic devices to an individual for use by
336607 such individual. For purposes of this paragraph, "prosthetic
337608 device" shall have the same meaning as pro vided in Section 1357.6 of
338609 this title, but shall not include corrective eye glasses, contact
339610 lenses, or hearing aids;
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341611 23. Sales of tangible personal property or services to a motion
342612 picture or television production company to be used or consumed in
343613 connection with an eligible production. For purposes of this
344614 paragraph, "eligible production" means a documentary, special, music
345615 video or a television commercial or television pro gram that will
346616 serve as a pilot for or be a segment of an ongoing dramatic or
347617 situation comedy series filmed or tape d for network or national or
348618 regional syndication or a featu re-length motion picture intended for
349619 theatrical release or for network or natio nal or regional
350620 syndication or broadcast. The provisions of this paragraph shall
351621 apply to sales occurring on or aft er July 1, 1996. In order to
352622 qualify for the exemption, the motion picture or television
353623 production company shall file any documentation an d information
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356651 required to be submitted pursuant to rules promulgated by the Tax
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360654 vessels, barges and oth er commercial watercraft;
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362655 25. Sales of tangible personal property or services t o tax-
363656 exempt independent nonprofit biomedical research foundations that
364657 provide educational programs for Oklahoma sc ience students and
365658 teachers and to tax-exempt independent no nprofit community blood
366659 banks headquartered in this state;
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368660 26. Effective May 6, 1992, sales of wireless telecommunications
369661 equipment to a vendor who subsequentl y transfers the equipment at no
370662 charge or for a discounted charge to a consumer as part of a
371663 promotional package or as an inducement to commence or continue a
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375666 cars to haul coal to coal-fired plants located in this state which
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379669 modification, and replacement parts, sales of aircraft frame repairs
380670 and modification, aircraft interior modification, a nd paint, and
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382672 replacement of parts of aircraft engines, aircraft frame and
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386702 a ship, motor vessel, or barge that is used in interstate or
387703 international commerce if the materials and supplies:
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400711 former residence of the decedent by a person who is not required to
401712 be licensed pursuant to the Transient Merchant Licensing Act, or who
402713 is not otherwise required to obtain a sales tax permit for the sale
403714 of such property pursuant to the provisions of Section 1364 of this
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414722 decedent's estate;
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418752 for use by an oil and gas operator for reservoir dewatering projects
419753 and associated operations commencing on or after July 1, 2003, in
420754 which the initial water-to-oil ratio is greater than or equal to
421755 five-to-one water-to-oil, and such oil and gas development proj ects
422756 have been classified by the Corporation Commission as a reservoir
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426759 electronically. For p urposes of this paragraph, "delivered
427760 electronically" means delivered to the purchase r by means other than
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431763 facility and moved in whole or in parts, to be assembled on -site,
432764 and permanently affixed to the real property and used for
433765 residential or commerc ial purposes. The exemption provided by this
434766 paragraph shall equal forty -five percent (45%) of the total sales
435767 price of the modular dwelling unit. For purposes of this p aragraph,
436768 "modular dwelling unit" means a structure that is not subject to the
437769 motor vehicle excise tax imposed pursuant to Section 2103 of this
438770 title;
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444772 a. persons who are residents of Oklahoma and ha ve been
445773 honorably discharged from active service in any branch
446774 of the Armed Forces of the United States or Oklahoma
447775 National Guard and who have been certified by the
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449804 successor to be in receipt of disabili ty compensation
450805 at the one-hundred-percent rate and the disability
451806 shall be permanent and have been sustained through
452807 military action or accident or resulting fr om disease
453808 contracted while in such active service and registered
454809 with the veterans registry cr eated by the Oklahoma
455810 Department of Veterans Affairs; provided, that if the
456811 veteran received the sales tax exemption prior to
457812 November 1, 2020, he or she shall b e required to
458813 register with the vet erans registry prior to July 1,
459814 2023, in order to remain qua lified, or
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462816 of this paragraph if the person is deceased and the
463817 spouse has not remarried and the surviving spouse of a
464818 person who is determined by the United States
465819 Department of Defense or any branch of the United
466820 States military to have died while in the line of duty
467821 if the spouse has not remarried . Sales for the
468822 benefit of an eligible person to a spouse of the
469823 eligible person or to a member of the household in
470824 which the eligible person resid es and who is
471825 authorized to make purchases on the person's behalf,
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474855 The Oklahoma Tax Commission s hall issue a separate
475856 exemption card to a spouse of an eligible person or to
476857 a member of the household in which the eligible person
477858 resides who is authorized to make purchases on the
478859 person's behalf, if requested by the eligible person.
479860 Sales qualifying for the exemption authorized by this
480861 paragraph shall not exceed Twenty-five Thousand
481862 Dollars ($25,000.00) per year per individual while the
482863 disabled veteran is living. Sales qualifying for the
483864 exemption authorized by this paragraph shall not
484865 exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for
485866 an unremarried surviving spouse. Upon request of the
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489868 exemption authorized by this paragraph shall provide a
490869 statement, executed under oath, that the total sales
491870 amounts for which the exemption is applicable have not
492871 exceeded Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per
493872 year per living disabled veteran or One Thousand
494873 Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for an unremarried
495874 surviving spouse. If the amount of such exempt sales
496875 exceeds such amount, the sales tax in excess of the
497876 authorized amount shall be treated as a direct sales
498877 tax liability and may be recovered b y the Tax
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500906 other taxes, including penalty and interest. The Tax
501907 Commission shall promulgate any rules necessary to
502908 implement the provisions of this paragraph, which
503909 shall include rules providing for the dis closure of
504910 information about persons eligible for the exemption
505911 authorized in this paragraph to the Oklahoma
506912 Department of Veteran's Affairs, as authorized in
507913 Section 205 of this title;
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509914 35. Sales of electricity to the operator, specifically
510915 designated by the Corporation Commission, of a spacing unit or lease
511916 from which oil is produced or attempted to be produced usin g
512917 enhanced recovery methods , including, but not lim ited to, increased
513918 pressure in a producing formation through the use of water or
514919 saltwater if the electrical usage is associated with and necessary
515920 for the operation of equipment required to inject or circ ulate
516921 fluids in a producing formation for the purpo se of forcing oil or
517922 petroleum into a wellbore for eventual recovery and production from
518923 the wellhead. In order to be eligible for the sales tax exempti on
519924 authorized by this paragraph, the total content o f oil recovered
520925 after the use of enhanced recovery methods shall not exceed one
521926 percent (1%) by volume. The exemption authorized by this para graph
522927 shall be applicable only to the state sales tax rate and shall not
523928 be applicable to any county or municipal sales tax rate;
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525956 36. Sales of intrastate charter a nd tour bus transportation.
526957 As used in this paragraph, "intrastate charter and tour bus
527958 transportation" means the transportation of persons from one
528959 location in this state to another location in this state in a motor
529960 vehicle which has been constructed in such a manner that it may
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533962 used or rented to carry persons for compensation. Provid ed, this
534963 exemption shall not apply to regularly schedule d bus transportation
535964 for the general public;
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537965 37. Sales of vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements by a
538966 licensed chiropractor to a person w ho is the patient of such
539967 chiropractor at the physical loc ation where the chiropractor
540968 provides chiropractic care or services to such patient. The
541969 provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable to any drug,
542970 medicine, or substance for which a prescrip tion by a licensed
543971 physician is required;
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545972 38. Sales of goods, wares, merchandise, tangible personal
546973 property, machinery, and equipment to a web search portal loca ted in
547974 this state which derives at least eighty percent (80%) of its annual
548975 gross revenue from the sale of a product or service to an out -of-
549976 state buyer or consumer. For purposes of this paragraph, "web
550977 search portal" means an establishment classified und er NAICS code
551978 519130 which operates websites that use a search engine to generate
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5531007 in an easily searchable format;
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5561009 incorporated in the c onstruction or expansion of a facility for a
5571010 corporation organized under Section 437 et seq. of Title 18 of the
5581011 Oklahoma Statutes as a rural electric coo perative. For purposes of
5591012 this paragraph, sales made to a contractor or subcontractor that has
5601013 previously entered into a contractual relationship with a rural
5611014 electric cooperative for construction or expansion of a facility
5621015 shall be considered sales made to a rural electric cooperative;
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5651017 business primarily engaged in the repair of consumer electronic
5661018 goods including, but not limited to, cell p hones, compact disc
5671019 players, personal computers, MP3 pla yers, digital devices for the
5681020 storage and retrieval of information through hard -wired or wireless
5691021 computer or Internet connections, if the devices are sold to the
5701022 business by the original manufacturer of such devices and the
5711023 devices are repaired, refitted or refurbished for sale by the entity
5721024 qualifying for the exemption authorized by this paragraph directly
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5761026 entity for sale to retail co nsumers;
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5791028 or leases of rolling stock when sold o r leased by the manufacturer,
5801029 regardless of whether the purchaser is a public services corporation
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5821058 railway, for use or consumption by a common carrier directly in the
5831059 rendition of public service. For purposes of this paragraph,
5841060 "rolling stock" means locomotives, autocars, and railroad cars and
5851061 "sales or leases" includes railroad car maintenance and retrofitting
5861062 of railroad cars for th eir further use only on the railways; and
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5891064 items such as coins and bars and legal tender of any nation, which
5901065 legal tender is sold accord ing to its value as precious metal or as
5911066 an investment. As used in the paragraph, "bullion" means any
5921067 precious metal including, but not limited to, gold, sil ver,
5931068 platinum, and palladium, that is in such a state or condition that
5941069 its value depends upon its precious metal content and not its form.
5951070 The exemption authorized by this paragraph shall not apply to
5961071 fabricated metals that have been processed or manufact ured for
5971072 artistic use or as jewelry.
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6001074 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
6011075 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
6021076 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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606-Passed the Senate the 14th day of March, 2022.
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620-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
621-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
622-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
623-By: _______________________________ __
624-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
625-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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628- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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631-OFFICE OF THE SECRETAR Y OF STATE
632-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
633-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
634-By: _______________________________ __
1078+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
1079+04/14/2022 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.