Req. No. 3379 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) SENATE BILL 1848 By: Montgomery AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to medical marijuana tax; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 426, as am ended by Section 2, Chapter 563, O.S.L. 2021, which relates to apportionment; modifying apportionment; creating the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Revolving Fund; establishing purpose; providing source of funds ; providing for expenditures; providing for codificati on; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 426, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 563, O.S.L. 2021, is amended to read as follows: Section 426. A. The tax on retail medical marijuana sales will be established at seven percent (7%) of the gross amount received by the seller. B. This tax will be collected at t he point of sale. Except as provided for in subsection D, tax proceeds will be applied primarily to finance the regulatory office. C. Except as provided for in subsection D, if proceeds from the levy authorized by subsection A of this section exceed the budgeted Req. No. 3379 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 amount for running the regulatory office, any surplus shall be apportioned with seventy -five percent (75%) going to the General Revenue Fund and may only be expended for common education including funding redbud school grants pursuant to Section 3 -104 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Twenty-five percent (25%) shall be apportioned to the Oklahoma State Department of Health and earmarked for drug and alcohol rehabilitation. D. For fiscal year 2022, proceeds from the levy authorized by subsection A of this section shall be apportioned a s follows: 1. The first Sixty-five Million Dollars ( $65,000,000.00) shall be apportioned as follows: a. fifty-nine and twenty-three hundredths percent (59.23%) sixty-four percent (64%) to the State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund, b. thirty-four and sixty-two hundredths percent (34.62%) thirty percent (30%) to the Oklahoma Medical Mari juana Authority, a division within the Oklahoma State Department of Health , and c. six and fifteen hundredths percent (6.15%) six percent (6%) to the Oklahoma State Department of Health and earmarked for drug and alcohol rehabilitation Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Fund created in Section 2 of this act; and Req. No. 3379 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. Any surplus collections shall be apportioned to the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury . SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-312 of Title 43A, unless there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows: There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to be designated the “Drug and Alcohol Abuse Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies recei ved by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health an d Substance Abuse Services from apportionments pursua nt to Section 426 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and ex pended by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the purpose of drug and alcohol rehabilitation and prevention . Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterpr ise Services for approval and payment. SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022. SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby Req. No. 3379 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 58-2-3379 QD 1/20/2022 10:31:27 PM