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29-BILL NO. 906 By: Murdock of the Senate
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3841 An Act relating to ad valorem tax; amending 68 O.S.
3942 2011, Section 2817, as last amended by Section 1 ,
4043 Chapter 176, O.S.L. 2016 (68 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
4144 2817), which relates to valuation and assessment;
4245 providing for depreciation of specified inventory of
4346 persons engaged in selling building materials; and
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5053 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
5154 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2011, Section 2817, as
5255 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 176, O.S.L. 2016 (68 O.S. Supp.
5356 2020, Section 2817), is amended to read as follows:
5457 Section 2817. A. All taxable personal property, except
5558 intangible personal property, personal property exempt from ad
5659 valorem taxation, or household personal property, shall be listed
5760 and assessed each year at its fair cas h value, estimated at the
5861 price it would bring at a fair voluntary sale, as of January 1 .
5962 The fair cash value of household personal property shall be
6063 valued at ten percent (10%) of the appraised value of the
6164 improvement to the residential real property wit hin which such
62-personal property is loca ted as of January 1 each year. The
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92+personal property is loca ted as of January 1 each year. The
8993 assessment of household personal property as provided by this
9094 section may be altered by the taxpayer listing such property at its
9195 actual fair cash value. For purposes of establish ing the value of
9296 household personal prop erty, pursuant to the requirement of Section
9397 8 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, the percentage of value
9498 prescribed by this section for the household personal property shall
9599 be presumed to constitute the fai r cash value of the personal
96100 property.
97101 All unmanufactured farm products shall be assesse d and valued as
98102 of the preceding May 31. Every person, firm, company, association,
99103 or corporation, in making the assessment, shall asse ss all
100104 unmanufactured farm produ cts owned by the person, firm, company,
101105 association or corporation on the preceding May 31, at its fair cash
102106 value on that date instead of January 1.
103107 Stocks of goods, wares and merchandise shall be assessed at the
104108 value of the average amount on hand during the preceding year, or
105109 the average amount on hand during the part of the preceding year the
106110 stock of goods, wares or merchandise was at its January 1 location.
107111 Provided, persons primarily engaged in selling lumber and othe r
108112 building materials, including cement and concrete, except for home
109113 centers classified under Industry No. 444110 of the North American
110114 Industrial Classification Systems (NAICS) Manual, shall be assessed
111115 at the average value of the inventory on hand as of January 1 of
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139144 of the same year; provided, if any inven tory on hand has been
140145 assessed in the preceding calendar year, such inventory shall be
141146 considered stagnant and the value of such inventory shall be
142147 depreciated by twenty percent (20%) for purposes of the curr ent year
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144149 B. All taxable real proper ty shall be assessed annually as of
145150 January 1, at its fair cash value, estimated at the price it would
146151 bring at a fair voluntary sa le for:
147152 1. The highest and best use for which the property was actually
148153 used during the preceding calendar year; or
149154 2. The highest and best use for which the property was last
150155 classified for use if not actually used during the preceding
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152157 When improvements upon residential real property are divided by
153158 a taxing jurisdiction line, those improvements shall be valued and
154159 assessed in the taxing jurisdiction in which the physical majority
155160 of those improvements are located.
156161 The Ad Valorem Division o f the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall b e
157162 responsible for the promulgation of ru les which shall be followed by
158163 each county assessor of the state, for the purposes of providing for
159164 the equitable use valuation of locally assessed real property in
160165 this state. Agricultural land and nonresidential i mprovements
161166 necessary or convenient for agricultural purposes shall be assessed
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189195 which the property was actually used, or was previously classified
190196 for use, during the calendar year next preced ing January 1 on which
191197 the assessment is made.
192198 C. The use value of agricultural land sh all be based on the
193199 income capitalization approach using cash rent. The rental income
194200 shall be calculated using the direct capital ization method based
195201 upon factors including, but not limited to:
196202 1. Soil types, as depicted on soil maps published by the
197203 Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States
198204 Department of Agriculture;
199205 2. Soil productivity indices approved by the Ad Valorem
200206 Division of the Tax Commis sion;
201207 3. The specific agricultural purp ose of the soil based on use
202208 categories approved by the Ad Valorem Division of the Tax
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204210 4. A capitalization rate to be determined annually by the Ad
205211 Valorem Division of the Tax Commission based on the sum of the
206212 average first mortgage inter est rate charged by the Federal Land
207213 Bank for the immediately preceding five (5) years, weighted with the
208214 prevailing rate or rates for additional loans or equity, and the
209215 effective tax rate.
210216 The final use value will be calculated using the soil
211217 productivity indices and the agricultural use classificatio n as
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239246 This subsection shall not be construed in a manner which is
240247 inconsistent with the duties, powers and authority of the Board as
241248 to valuation of the counties as fixed and defined by Secti on 21 of
242249 Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution.
243250 However, in calculating the use value of buffer strips as
244251 defined in Section 2817. 2 of this title, exclusive considerat ion
245252 shall be based only on income from p roduction agriculture from such
246253 buffer strips, not including federal or state subsidies, when valued
247254 as required by subsection C of Section 2817.2 of this title.
248255 D. The use value of nonresidential improvements on ag ricultural
249256 land shall be based on the co st approach to value estimation using
250257 currently updated cost manuals published by the Marshall and Swift
251258 Company or similar cost manuals approved by the Ad Valorem Division
252259 of the Tax Commission. The use value estim ates for the
253260 nonresidential improvements shall take obsolescence and depreciation
254261 into consideration in addition to necessary adjustments for local
255262 variations in the cost of labor and materials. This section shall
256263 not be construed in a manner which is inc onsistent with the duties,
257264 powers and authority of the Board as to equalization of valua tion of
258265 the counties as determined and defined by Section 21 of Article X of
259266 the Oklahoma Constitution.
260267 The use value of facilities used for poultry production shall be
261268 determined according to the following p rocedures:
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288296 1. The Ad Valorem Division of the Ta x Commission is hereby
289297 directed to develop a standard system of valuation of both real and
290298 personal property of such facilities, wh ich shall be used by all
291299 county assessors in this state, under which valuatio n based on the
292300 following shall be presumed to be the fair cash value of the
293301 property:
294302 a. for real property, a ten -year depreciation schedule,
295303 at the end of which the residual valu e is twenty
296304 percent (20%) of the valu e of the facility during its
297305 first year of operation, and
298306 b. for personal property, a fi ve-year depreciation
299307 schedule, at the end of which the residual value is
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301309 2. Such facilities shall be valued only in comparis on to other
302310 facilities used exclusive ly for poultry production. Such a facil ity
303311 which is no longer used for poultry producti on shall be deemed to
304312 have no productive use;
305313 3. During the first year such a facility is placed on the tax
306314 rolls, its fair cash v alue shall be presumed to be the less er of the
307315 actual purchase price or the a ctual documented cost of construction;
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337346 provisions of this subs ection shall be applicable and such
338347 improvements shall not be considered to b e commercial property.
339348 E. The value of investme nt in property used exclusively by an
340349 oil refinery that is used wholly as a facility, device or method for
341350 the desulphurization of gasoline or diesel fuel as defined in
342351 Section 2817.3 of this title shall not be included in the
343352 capitalization used in the de termination of fair market value of
344353 such oil refinery if such property would qualify as exempt property
345354 pursuant to Section 2902 of this title, whether or not an
346355 application for such exemption is made by an o therwise qualifying
347356 manufacturing concern owning the property described by Section
348357 2817.3 of this title.
349358 F. The use value of a lot in any platted addition or a
350359 subdivision in a city, town or county zoned for residen tial,
351360 commercial, industrial or other us e shall be deemed to be the fair
352361 cash value of the underlying tract of land platted, divided by the
353362 number of lots contained in the platted addition or subdivision
354363 until the lot shall have been conveyed to a bona fid e purchaser or
355364 the lot with building or buildings located thereon shall have been
356365 occupied other than as a sales office by the owner thereof, or shall
357366 have been leased, whichever event shall first occur. One who
358367 purchases a lot for the purposes of constru cting and selling a
359368 building on such lot shall not be deemed to be a bona fide purchaser
360369 for purposes of this section. However, if the lot is held for a
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387397 period longer than two (2) years before construction, then the
388398 assessor may consider the lot to have b een conveyed to a bona fide
389399 purchaser. The cost of any land or improvements to any real
390400 property required to be dedicated to public use , including, but not
391401 limited to, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, storm or sanit ary
392402 sewers, utilities, detention or r etention ponds, easements, parks or
393403 reserves shall not be utilized by the county assesso r in the
394404 valuation of any real property for assessment purposes.
395405 G. The transfer of real property without a change in its use
396406 classification shall not require a reasse ssment thereof based
397407 exclusively upon the sale value of the property. However, if the
398408 county assessor determines:
399409 1. That by reason of the transfer of a property there is a
400410 change in the actual use or classification o f the property; or
401411 2. That by reason of the amount of the sales consideratio n it
402412 is obvious that the use classification prio r to the transfer of the
403413 property is not commensurate with and would not justify the amount
404414 of the sales consideration of the prope rty;
405415 then the assessor shall, in eith er event, reassess the property for
406416 the new use classification for which the property is being used, or,
407417 the highest and best use classification for which the property may,
408418 by reason of the transfer, be classified for u se.
409419 H. When the term "fair cash value" or the language "fair cash
410420 value, estimated at the price it would bring at a fair vol untary
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437448 sale" is used in the Ad Valorem Tax Code, in connection with and in
438449 relation to the assessment of real property, it is defin ed to mean
439450 and shall be given the mea ning ascribed and assigned to it in this
440451 section and when the term or language is used i n the Code in
441452 connection with the assessment of personal property it shall be
442453 given its ordinary or literal meaning.
443454 I. Where any real property is zoned for a use by a proper
444455 zoning authority, and the use of the property has not been changed,
445456 the use and not zoning shall determine assessment. Any reassessment
446457 required shall be effective January 1 following the change in use.
447458 Taxable real property need not be listed an nually with the county
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449460 J. If any real property shall become taxable after Jan uary 1 of
450461 any year, the county assessor shall assess the same and place it
451462 upon the tax rolls for the next ensuing year. When any building is
452463 constructed upon land aft er January 1 of any year, the value of t he
453464 building shall be added by the county assesso r to the assessed
454465 valuation of the land upon which the building is constructed at the
455466 fair cash value thereof for the next ensuing year. However, after
456467 the building has been completed it shall be deemed to h ave a value
457468 for assessment purposes of the fair cash value of the materials used
458469 in such building only, until the building and the land on which the
459470 building is located shall have been conveyed to a bona fide
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488500 leased, whichever event shall first occur. The county assessor
489501 shall continue to assess the b uilding based upon the fair market
490502 value of the materials used therein until the building and land upon
491503 which the building is located shall have been conveyed to a bona
492504 fide purchaser or is occupied or used for any purpose other than as
493505 a sales office by the owner thereof, or is leased, which ever event
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495507 K. In the event improvements on land or personal property
496508 located therein or thereon are destroyed or partially destroyed, or
497509 the land itself is impaired or partially impaired by fire,
498510 lightning, storm, winds, floodwaters, ov erflow of streams or other
499511 cause (all such destruction or impairments being referred to herein
500512 as "damage") during any year, the county assessor shall determine
501513 the amount of damage and shall reassess the property for t hat year
502514 at the fair cash value of th e property, taking into account the
503515 actual loss of functional use of the property occasi oned by such
504516 damage. The assessor shall make the appropriate value adjustments
505517 to the property for that tax year up to the time at which the
506518 assessor publishes the "Assessor's Report to the Excise Board " as
507519 required by subsection D of Section 2867 of this title. After such
508520 time, adjustments can be made only by the county board of tax roll
509521 corrections and only after the assessor has certified the tax roll
510522 for that year. The board secretary shall notify prope rty owners in
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538551 property will be heard by the board. The board of tax roll
539552 corrections is authorized only to ap prove or reject the value
540553 adjustment submitted by the county assessor.
541554 L. All taxable personal property used in the explorat ion of
542555 oil, natural gas, or other minerals , including drilling equipment
543556 and rigs, shall be assessed annually at the value set fort h in the
544557 first Hadco International mo nthly bulletin published for the tax
545558 year, using the appropriate depth rating assigned t o the drawworks
546559 by its manufacturer and the actual condition of the rig.
547560 M. The value of taxable tangible personal property used i n
548561 commercial disposal systems of wast e materials from the production
549562 of oil and gas shall not include any contract rights or leases for
550563 the use of such systems nor any value associated with the wellbore
551564 or non-recoverable down-hole material, including casing.
552565 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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566+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIA TIONS
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