An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 34x By: Thompson (Roger) and Hall
of the Senate
and
Wallace and Martinez of the
House
An Act relating to sales tax; amending 68 O.S. 2021,
Section 1357, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter
512, O.S.L. 2021, which relates to sales tax
exemption; stating intent; requiring exemption to be
operative after certain date; amending 68 O.S. 2021,
Section 1357.21, which relates to rebates for
exemption and reporting requirements; terminating
requirement that exemption b e based upon certain
formula; transferring certain requirements to the
Oklahoma Broadband Office; updating statutory
reference; updating statutory language; and declaring
an emergency.
SUBJECT: Sales tax
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1357, as
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 512, O .S.L. 2021, is amended to
read as follows:
Section 1357. Exemptions – General.
There are hereby specif ically exempted from the tax levie d by
the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code:
1. Transportation of sch ool pupils to and from elementary
schools or high schools in motor or other vehicles;
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2. Transportation of persons where the fare of each person does
not exceed One Dollar ($1.00), or local tran sportation of persons
within the corporate limits of a munici pality except by taxicabs;
3. Sales for resale to persons engaged in the business of
reselling the articles purchased, whether within or without the
state, provided that such sales to residents of this state are made
to persons to whom sales tax permits h ave been issued as provided in
the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code. This exemption shall not apply to the
sales of articles made to persons holding permits when such pers ons
purchase items for their us e and which they are not regularly
engaged in the business of reselling; neither shall this exemption
apply to sales of tangible personal property to peddlers, solicitors
and other salespersons who do not have an established place of
business and a sales t ax permit. The exemption provided by this
paragraph shall apply to sales of motor fuel or diesel fuel to a
Group Five vendor, but the use of such motor fuel or diesel fuel by
the Group Five vendor shall not be exempt from th e tax levied by the
Oklahoma Sales Tax Code. The purchase of motor fuel or diesel fuel
is exempt from sales tax when the motor fuel is for shipment outside
this state and consumed by a common carrier by rail in the conduct
of its business. The sales tax shall apply to the purchase of motor
fuel or diesel fuel in Oklahoma by a common carrier by r ail when
such motor fuel is purchased for fueling, within this state, of any
locomotive or other motorized flanged wheel equipment;
4. Sales of advertising space in newspapers and periodicals;
5. Sales of programs relating to sporting and entertainment
events, and sales of advertising on billboards (including signage,
posters, panels, marquees, or on other similar surfaces, whether
indoors or outdoors) or in progr ams relating to sporting and
entertainment events, and sales of any advertising, to be displa yed
at or in connection with a sporting event, via the Internet,
electronic display devices, or through public address or broadcast
systems. The exemption authori zed by this paragraph shall be
effective for all sales made on or after January 1, 2001;
6. Sales of any advertising, other than the advertising
described by paragraph 5 of this section, via the Internet,
electronic display devices, or through the electro nic media,
including radio, public address or broadcast systems, television
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(whether through closed circuit broadcasting systems or otherwise),
and cable and satellite television, and the servicing of any
advertising devices;
7. Eggs, feed, supplies, mach inery and equipment purchased by
persons regularly engaged in the business of raising worms, fish,
any insect or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic animal life
and used for the purpose of raising same for marketing. This
exemption shall only be gran ted and extended to the purchaser when
the items are to be used and in fact are used in the r aising of
animal life as set out above. Each purchaser shall certify, in
writing, on the invoice or sales ticket retained by the vendor that
the purchaser is regu larly engaged in the business of raising such
animal life and that the items purchased will b e used only in such
business. The vendor shall certify to the Oklahoma Tax Commission
that the price of the items has been reduced to grant the full
benefit of the exemption. Violation hereof by the purchaser or
vendor shall be a misdemeanor;
8. Sale of natural or artificial gas and electricity, and
associated delivery or transmission services, when sold exclusively
for residential use. Provided, this exemption shall not apply to
any sales tax levied by a city or town, or a county, or any other
jurisdiction in this state;
9. In addition to the exemptions authorized by Section 1357.6
of this title, sales of drugs sold pursuant to a prescription
written for the treatment of human beings by a person licensed to
prescribe the drugs, and sales of insulin and medical oxygen.
Provided, this exemption shall not apply to over-the-counter drugs;
10. Transfers of title or possession of empty, partially
filled, or filled returnable oil and chemical drums to any person
who is not regularly engaged in the business o f selling, reselling
or otherwise transferring empty, partially filled, or filled
returnable oil drums;
11. Sales of one-way utensils, paper napkins, paper cups,
disposable hot containers and other one-way carry out materials to a
vendor of meals or bever ages;
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12. Sales of food or food products for home consumption which
are purchased in whole or in part with coupons issued pursuant to
the federal food stamp progr am as authorized by Sections 2011
through 2029 of Title 7 of the United States Code, as to th at
portion purchased with such coupons. The exemption provided for
such sales shall be inapplicable to such sales upon the effective
date of any federal law that removes the requirement of the
exemption as a condition for participation by the state in the
federal food stamp program;
13. Sales of food or food products, or any equipment or
supplies used in the preparation of the food or food products to or
by an organization which:
a. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26
U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and which provides and
delivers prepared meals for home consumption to
elderly or homebound persons as p art of a program
commonly known as “Meals on Wheels” or “Mobile Meals”,
or
b. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26
U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and which receives federal
funding pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965,
as amended, for the purpose of providing nutrition
programs for the care and benefit of elderly persons;
14. a. Sales of tangible personal property or services to or
by organizations which are exempt from taxation
pursuant to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501( c)(3),
and:
(1) are primarily involved in the collection and
distribution of food and other household products
to other organizations that facilitate the
distribution of such products to the needy and
such distributee organizations are exempt from
taxation pursuant to the provisions of Section
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501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26
U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), or
(2) facilitate the distribution of such products to
the needy.
b. Sales made in the course of business for profit or
savings, competing with oth er persons engaged in the
same or similar business shall not be exempt under
this paragraph;
15. Sales of tangible personal property or services to
children’s homes which are located on church-owned property and are
operated by organizations exempt from t axation pursuant to the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section
501(c)(3);
16. Sales of computers, data processing equipment, related
peripherals and telephone, telegraph or telecommunications service
and equipment for use in a qualifi ed aircraft maintenance or
manufacturing facility. For purposes of this paragraph, “qualified
aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility ” means a new or
expanding facility primarily engaged in aircraft repair, building or
rebuilding whether or not on a factory basis, whose total cost of
construction exceeds the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00)
and which employs at least two hundred fifty (250) new fu ll-time-
equivalent employees, as certified by the Oklahoma Employment
Security Commission, up on completion of the facility. In order to
qualify for the exemption provided for by this paragraph, the cost
of the items purchased by the qualified aircraft mai ntenance or
manufacturing facility shall equal or exceed the sum of Two Million
Dollars ($2,000,000.00);
17. Sales of tangible personal property consumed or
incorporated in the construction or expansion of a qualified
aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility as defined in
paragraph 16 of this section. For purposes of this paragraph, sales
made to a contractor or subcontractor that has previously entered
into a contractual relationship with a qualified aircraft
maintenance or manufacturing facility f or construction or expansion
of such a facility shall be considered sales made to a qualified
aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility;
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18. Sales of the following telecommunications services:
a. Interstate and International “800 service”. “800
service” means a “telecommunications service” that
allows a caller to dial a toll -free number without
incurring a charge for the call. The service is
typically marketed under the name “800”, “855”, “866”,
“877”, and “888” toll-free calling, and any subsequent
numbers designated by the Federal Communications
Commission, or
b. Interstate and Internatio nal “900 service”. “900
service” means an inbound toll “telecommunications
service” purchased by a subscriber that allows the
subscriber’s customers to call in to the subscriber’s
prerecorded announce ment or live service. “900
service” does not include the charge for: collection
services provided by the seller of the
“telecommunications services” to the subscriber, or
service or product sold by the subscriber to t he
subscriber’s customer. The service is typically
marketed under the name “900” service, and any
subsequent numbers designated by the Federal
Communications Commission,
c. Interstate and International “private communications
service”. “Private communications service” means a
“telecommunications service” that entitles the
customer to exclusive o r priority use of a
communications channel or group of channels between or
among termination points, regardless of the manner in
which such channel or channels are connected, and
includes switching cap acity, extension lines,
stations, and any other associa ted services that are
provided in connection with the use of such channel or
channels,
d. “Value-added nonvoice data service”. “Value-added
nonvoice data service ” means a service that otherwise
meets the definition of “telecommunications services ”
in which computer processing applications are used to
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act on the form, content, code, or protocol of the
information or data primarily for a purpose other than
transmission, conveyance or routing,
e. Interstate and International telecommunications
service which is:
(1) rendered by a company for private use within its
organization, or
(2) used, allocated, or distributed by a company to
its affiliated group,
f. Regulatory assessments and charges, including charg es
to fund the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund, the
Oklahoma Lifeline Fund and the Oklahoma High Cost
Fund, and
g. Telecommunications nonrecurring charges, including but
not limited to the installation, connection, cha nge or
initiation of telecommunication s services which are
not associated with a retail consu mer sale;
19. Sales of railroad track spikes manufactured and sold for
use in this state in the construction or repair of railroad tracks,
switches, sidings and t urnouts;
20. Sales of aircraft and ai rcraft parts provided such sales
occur at a qualified a ircraft maintenance facility. As used in this
paragraph, “qualified aircraft maintenance facility” means a
facility operated by an air common carrier, including o ne or more
component overhaul support buildings or structures in an area owned,
leased or controlled by the air common carrier, at which there were
employed at least two thousand (2,000) full-time-equivalent
employees in the preceding year as certified by the Oklahoma
Employment Security Commi ssion and which is primarily related to the
fabrication, repair, alteration, modification, refurbishing,
maintenance, building or rebuilding of commercial aircraft or
aircraft parts used in air common carriage . For purposes of this
paragraph, “air common carrier” shall also include members of an
affiliated group as defined by Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue
Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 1504. Beginning July 1, 2012, sales of
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machinery, tools, supplies, equipment and r elated tangible personal
property and services used or consumed in the repair, remodeling or
maintenance of aircraft, aircraft engines, or aircraft component
parts which occur at a qualified aircraft maintenance facility;
21. Sales of machinery and equip ment purchased and used by
persons and establishments primarily engaged in computer services
and data processing:
a. as defined under Industrial Group Numbers 7372 and
7373 of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
Manual, latest version, which deri ve at least fifty
percent (50%) of their annual gross revenues from the
sale of a product or se rvice to an out-of-state buyer
or consumer, and
b. as defined under Industrial Group Number 7374 of the
SIC Manual, latest version, which derive at least
eighty percent (80%) of their annual gross reve nues
from the sale of a product or service to an out -of-
state buyer or consumer.
Eligibility for the exemption set out in this paragraph shall be
established, subject to review by the Tax Commission, by annually
filing an affidavit with the Tax Commission stating that the
facility so qualifies and such informa tion as required by the Tax
Commission. For purposes of determining whether annual gross
revenues are derived from sales to out-of-state buyers or consumers,
all sales to the federal government shall be considered to be to an
out-of-state buyer or consume r;
22. Sales of prosthetic devices to an individual for use by
such individual. For purposes of this paragraph, “prosthetic
device” shall have the same mean ing as provided in Section 1357.6 of
this title, but shall not include corrective eye glasses, con tact
lenses or hearing aids;
23. Sales of tangible personal property or services to a motion
picture or television production company to be used or consumed in
connection with an eligible production . For purposes of this
paragraph, “eligible production” means a documentary, special, music
video, or a television commercial or television program that will
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serve as a pilot for or be a segment of an ongoing dram atic or
situation comedy series filmed or ta ped for network or national or
regional syndication or a feature-length motion picture intended for
theatrical release or for network or national or regional
syndication or broadcast. The provisions of this para graph shall
apply to sales occurring on or a fter July 1, 1996. In order to
qualify for the exempti on, the motion picture or television
production company shall file any documentation and information
required to be submitted pursuant to rules promulgated b y the Tax
Commission;
24. Sales of diesel fuel sold for consumption by commercial
vessels, barges and other commercial watercraft;
25. Sales of tangible personal property or services to tax-
exempt independent nonprofit biomedical research foundations t hat
provide educational programs for Oklahoma science students and
teachers and to tax-exempt independent nonprofit community blood
banks headquartered in this state;
26. Effective May 6, 1992, sales of wireless telecommunications
equipment to a vendor w ho subsequently transfers the equipment at no
charge or for a discounted charge to a consumer as part of a
promotional package or as an inducement to commence or continue a
contract for wireless telecommunications services;
27. Effective January 1, 1991, leases of rail transportation
cars to haul coal to coal-fired plants located in this state which
generate electric power;
28. Beginning July 1, 2005, sales of aircraft engine repairs,
modification, and replacement parts, sales of aircraft frame repairs
and modification, aircraft interior modification, and paint, and
sales of services employed in the repai r, modification and
replacement of parts of aircraft engines, aircraft frame and
interior repair and modification, and paint;
29. Sales of materials a nd supplies to the owner or operator of
a ship, motor vessel or barge that is used in interstate or
international commerce if the materials and supplies:
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a. are loaded on the ship, motor vessel or barge and used
in the maintenance and operation of the shi p, motor
vessel or barge, or
b. enter into and become component parts of the ship,
motor vessel or barge;
30. Sales of tangible personal property made at estate sales at
which such property is offered for sale on the premises of the
former residence of the decedent by a person who is not required to
be licensed pursuant to the Transient Merchant Licensing Act , or who
is not otherwise required to obtain a sales tax permit for the sale
of such property pursuant to the provisions of Section 1364 of this
title; provided:
a. such sale or event may not be held f or a period
exceeding three (3) consecutive days,
b. the sale must be conducted within six (6) months of
the date of death of the decedent, and
c. the exemption allowed by this paragraph shall not be
allowed for property that was not part of the
decedent’s estate;
31. Beginning January 1, 2004, sales of elect ricity and
associated delivery and transmission services, when sold exclusively
for use by an oil and gas operator for reservoir dewatering proj ects
and associated operations commencing on or after Jul y 1, 2003, in
which the initial water -to-oil ratio is greater than or equal to
five-to-one water-to-oil, and such oil and gas development projects
have been classified by the Corporation Commission a s a reservoir
dewatering unit;
32. Sales of prewritten c omputer software that is delivered
electronically. For purposes of this paragraph, “delivered
electronically” means delivered to the purchaser by means other than
tangible storage media;
33. Sales of modular dwelling units when built at a production
facility and moved in whole or in parts, to be assembled on -site,
and permanently affixed to the real property and used for
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residential or commercial purposes. The exemption provided by this
paragraph shall equal forty-five percent (45%) of the total sales
price of the modular dwelling unit. For purposes of this paragraph,
“modular dwelling unit” means a structure that is not subject to the
motor vehicle excise tax imposed pursuant to Section 2103 of this
title;
34. Sales of tangible personal property or ser vices to persons
who are residents of Oklahoma and have been honorably discharged
from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United
States or Oklahoma National Guard and who have been certified by the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor to be
in receipt of disability compensation at the one-hundred-percent
rate and the disability shall be permanent and have been sustained
through military action or accide nt or resulting from disease
contracted while in such active service or the surviving spouse of
such person if the person is deceased and the spouse has not
remarried; provided, sales for the benefit of the person to a spouse
of the eligible person or to a member of the household in which the
eligible person reside s and who is authorized to make purchases on
the person’s behalf, when such eligible person is not present at the
sale, shall also be exempt for purposes of this paragraph. The
Oklahoma Tax Commission shall issue a separate exemption card to a
spouse of an eligible person or to a member of the household in
which the eligible person resides who is authorized to make
purchases on the person’s behalf, if requested by the eligible
person. Sales qualifying for the exemption authorized by this
paragraph shall not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00)
per year per individual while the disabled veteran is living. Sales
qualifying for the exemption authorized by this paragraph shall not
exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for an unremarried
surviving spouse. Upon request of the Tax Commission, a person
asserting or claiming the exemption authorized by this paragraph
shall provide a statement, executed under oath, that the total sal es
amounts for which the exemption is applicable have not ex ceeded
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per ye ar per living
disabled veteran or One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for an
unremarried surviving spouse. If the amount of such exemp t sales
exceeds such amount, the sales tax in excess of the authorized
amount shall be treated as a direct sales ta x liability and may be
recovered by the Tax Commission in the same manner provided by law
for other taxes, including penalty and interest;
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35. Sales of electricity to the operator, specifically
designated by the Corporation Commission, of a spacing unit o r lease
from which oil is produced or attempted to be produced using
enhanced recovery methods, including, but not limited to, increased
pressure in a producing formation through the use of water or
saltwater if the electrical usage is associated with and necessary
for the operation of equipment required to inject or circulate
fluids in a producing formation for the purpose of forcing oil or
petroleum into a wellbore for eventual recovery and production from
the wellhead. In order to be eligible for the sa les tax exemption
authorized by this paragraph, the total content of oil recovered
after the use of enhanced recovery methods shall not exce ed one
percent (1%) by volume. The exemption authorized by t his paragraph
shall be applicable only to the state sal es tax rate and shall not
be applicable to any county or municipal sales tax rate;
36. Sales of intrastate charter and tour bus transporta tion.
As used in this paragraph, “intrastate charter and tour bus
transportation” means the transportation of person s from one
location in this state to another location in this state in a motor
vehicle which has been constructed in such a manner that it may
lawfully carry more than eighteen persons, and which is or dinarily
used or rented to carry persons for compensati on. Provided, this
exemption shall not apply to regularly scheduled bus transportation
for the general public;
37. Sales of vitamins, mi nerals and dietary supplements by a
licensed chiropractor to a person who is the patient of such
chiropractor at the p hysical location where the chiropractor
provides chiropractic care or services to such patient. The
provisions of this paragraph shall no t be applicable to any drug,
medicine or substance for which a prescription by a licensed
physician is required;
38. Sales of goods, wares, merchandise, tangible personal
property, machinery and equipment to a web search portal located in
this state which derives at least eighty percent (80%) of its annual
gross revenue from the sale of a product or service to an out -of-
state buyer or consumer. For purposes of this paragraph, “web
search portal” means an establishment classified under NAICS code
519130 which operates websites that use a search engine to generate
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and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content
in an easily searchable format;
39. Sales of tangible personal property consumed or
incorporated in the construction or expansi on of a facility for a
corporation organized under Section 437 et seq. of Title 18 of the
Oklahoma Statutes as a rural e lectric cooperative. For purposes of
this paragraph, sales made to a contractor or subcontractor that has
previously entered into a con tractual relationship with a rural
electric cooperative for const ruction or expansion of a facility
shall be considered sales made to a rural electric cooperative;
40. Sales of tangible personal property or services to a
business primarily engaged in the repair of consumer electronic
goods, including, but not limited t o, cell phones, compact disc
players, personal computer s, MP3 players, digital devices for the
storage and retrieval of information through hard-wired or wireless
computer or Internet connec tions, if the devices are sold to the
business by the original man ufacturer of such devices and the
devices are repaired, refitted or refurbished for sale by the entity
qualifying for the exemption authorized by this paragraph directly
to retail consumers or if the devices are sold to another business
entity for sale to retail consumers;
41. On or after July 1, 2019, and pr ior to July 1, 2024, sales
or leases of rolling stock when sold or leased by the manufacturer,
regardless of whether the purchaser is a public services corporation
engaged in business as a common carri er of property or passengers by
railway, for use or con sumption by a common carrier directly in the
rendition of public service. For purposes of this paragraph,
“rolling stock” means locomotives, autocars and railroad cars and
“sales or leases” includes railroad car maintenance and retrofitting
of railroad cars for their further use only on the railways;
42. Sales of gold, silver, platinum, palladium or other bullion
items such as coins and bars and legal tender of an y nation, which
legal tender is sold a ccording to its value as precious metal or as
an investment. As used in the paragraph, “bullion” means any
precious metal, including, but not limited to, gold, silver,
platinum and palladium, that is in such a state o r condition that
its value depends upo n its precious metal content and not its form .
The exemption authorized by this paragraph shall not apply to
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fabricated metals that have been processed or manufactured for
artistic use or as jewelry; and
43. Subject to the other requirements of this para graph and the
requirements of Section 2 1357.21 of this act title, sale, lease,
rental, storage, use or other consumption of qualifying broadband
equipment by providers of Internet service or subsidiaries if the
property is directly used or consumed by the provider or subsidiary
in or during the distribution o f broadband Internet service. The
Legislature finds that pursuant to the provisions of subsection H of
Section 1357.21 of this title, the provisions of this paragraph were
originally made contingent upon the enactment of an incentive award
formula. Notwithstanding the failure to fulfill the condition as
prescribed by subsection H of Section 1357.21 of this title, as
originally enacted, the provisions of this paragraph shall be
operative on and after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1357.21, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1357.21. A. The exemption authorized by the provisions
of paragraph 43 of Section 1357 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes
this title shall be administered as a rebate.
B. No claim for a rebate shall be approved unless the equipment
was purchased in order to establish or expand broadband services in
underserved or unserved areas . As used in this subsection and for
purposes of the exemption authorize d by paragraph 43 of Section 1357
of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title, “broadband”,
“underserved” and “unserved” shall mean those services and areas as
defined in Section 139.102 of Title 17 of the Ok lahoma Statutes.
C. No claim for rebate sha ll be approved unless the claimant
establishes that as a result of the equipment purchase there has
been net growth in the number of potential customers served in
underserved or unserved areas.
D. In order to qualify for rebate payments during the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2022, equipment or other items qualifying for
the exemption authorized b y paragraph 43 of Section 1357 of Title 68
of the Oklahoma Statutes this title must be purchased and placed in
service between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023. Claims for
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rebates of sales tax or use tax paid for such equipment purchased in
calendar year 2022 shall be filed with the Oklahoma Tax Commission
not later than September 1, 2023, and claims for rebates f or sales
or use tax paid for such equipment purchased in calendar year 2023
shall be filed with the Oklah oma Tax Commission not later than
September 1, 2024. All claims shall be processed by the Tax
Commission not later than March 1, 2025.
E. Qualifying purchases do not include supporting or ancillary
functions, such as office operations, field operations, marketing,
transportation, warehousing, data storage, or similar operations
that do not directly result in the distribution of broadband
Internet service. Property directly used or consumed in or during
the provision, creation, or production of a data proc essing service
or information service, or property the provider grants, sells, or
leases to the customer for use within the home or establishment
receiving broadband is not eligible for a rebate under this section.
F. The total amount of rebates that may be paid shall not
exceed Forty-two Million Dollars ($42,000,000.00) with Thirty-one
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($31,500,000.00) of the tota l
reserved for eligible projects serving counties having a population
density of fewer than one hundred persons per square mile and Ten
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,500,000.00) of the total
reserved for eligible projects serving counties havi ng a population
density of one hundred or more persons per square mile.
G. The amount of rebate paid to each claimant shall be computed
by dividing the applicable total rebate pool amount by the dollar
amount of claims timely received by the Tax Commissio n with respect
to each fiscal year, and paying in full the amount of the claims
submitted if the amount of claims are equal to, or less than, the
total rebate pool, or a pro rata share if the total amount of claims
submitted exceed the rebate pool.
H. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and all
subsequent fiscal years, the total amount of rebate that may be paid
shall not exceed Forty-two Million Dollars ($42,000,000.00), but the
allocation of this amount shall be made using an incentive award
formula as enacted into law by the Legislature after recommendation
by the Rural Broadband Expansion Council. If an incentive award
formula is not enacted into law as of January 1, 2023, then the
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sales tax exemption otherwise authorized pursuant to paragraph 43 of
Section 1357 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall cease to be
effective as law and the exemption shall not be applicable to any
equipment purchase made on or after January 1, 2024.
I. Claims for rebate shall be on such forms as the Oklahoma Ta x
Commission may prescribe for such purpose and shall contain any
required information or supporting documentation the Commission
requires to verify eligibility for the rebate payment.
J. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Rural Oklahoma
Broadband Expansion Council Office shall use information provided by
the Oklahoma Tax Commission to prepare a repo rt to identify the
qualifying rural broadband projects completed with the equipment
purchased together with the location of the equipment and the
geographic areas served as a result of the equipment purchases,
including the total number of potential new customers receiving
qualifying broadband services resulting from the project. The
report shall not identify any entity by name that purchased
equipment.
K. The report shall be filed not la ter than April 1, 2025, with
respect to rebates paid for equipment p urchases made during calendar
years 2022 and 2023. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall make
information available as required by subsection J of this s ection as
claims are completed to assi st with the timely preparation of the
report.
L. The report shall be filed with the Governor, the Speaker of
the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore
of the Oklahoma State Senate and posted on the Rural Oklahoma
Broadband Expansion Council Office website maintained by the
Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
SECTION 3. It being immediatel y necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereb y
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the Senate the 24th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
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Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
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Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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