ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 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 ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1353 By: Fetgatter of the House and Howard of the Senate [ revenue and taxation - exemption for custom order manufacturing - effective date ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1352, is amended to read as follows: Section 1352. As used in the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code: 1. "Bundled transaction" means the retail sale of two or more products, except real property and services to real property, where the products are otherwise distinct and identifiable, and the products are sold for one nonitemized price. A "bundled transaction" does not include the sale of any products in which the sales price varies, or is negotiabl e, based on the selection by the purchaser of the products included in the transaction. As used in this paragraph: a. "distinct and identifiable products " does not include: ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 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 (1) packaging such as containers, boxes, sa cks, bags, and bottles, or other materi als such as wrapping, labels, tags, and instruction guides, that accompany the retail s ale of the products and are incidental or immaterial to the retail sale thereof, including but not limited to, grocery sacks, shoeboxes, dry cleaning garment bags and express delivery envelopes and boxes, (2) a product provided free of charge with the required purchase of another product. A product is provided free of charge if the sales price of the product purchased does not vary depending on the inclusion of the produ ct provided free of charge, or (3) items included in the definition of gross receipts or sales price, pursuant to this section, b. "one nonitemized price " does not include a price that is separately identified by prod uct on binding sales or other supporting sales-related documentation made available to the customer in paper or electronic for m including, but not limited to an invoice, bill of sale, receipt, contract, service agreement, lease ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 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 agreement, periodic notice o f rates and services, rate card, or price list, A transaction that otherwise meets the definition of a bundled transaction shall not be considered a bundled transaction if it is: (1) the retail sale of tangible personal property and a service where the tan gible personal property is essential to the use of the service, and is provided exclusively in connection with the service, and the true object of the transaction is the service, (2) the retail sale of services where one service is provided that is essenti al to the use or receipt of a second service and the first service is provided exclusively in connection with the second service and the true object of the transaction is the second service, (3) a transaction that includes taxable products and nontaxable products and the purchase price or sales price of the taxable products is de minimis. For purposes of this subdivision, "de minimis" means the seller’s purchase price or sales price of taxable prod ucts is ten percent (10%) or less of the total purchase pri ce or sales price of the bundled produc ts. Sellers ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 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 shall use either the purchase price or the sales price of the products to determine if the taxable products are de minimis. Sellers may not use a combination of the purchase price and sales price of the products to determine if the taxable products are de minimis. Sellers shall use the full term of a service contract to determ ine if the taxable products are de minimis, or (4) the retail sale of e xempt tangible personal property and taxable tangible perso nal property where: (a) the transaction includes food and food ingredients, drugs, durable medical equipment, mobility enhanci ng equipment, over-the-counter drugs, prosthetic devices or medical supplies, and (b) the seller’s purchase price or sales price of the taxable tangible personal propert y is fifty percent (50%) or less of the total purchase price or sales price of the bund led tangible personal property. Sellers may not use a combination of t he purchase price and sales price of the tangible personal ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 5 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 property when making the fifty percent (50%) determination for a transaction; 2. "Business" means any activity engaged in or caused to be engaged in by any person with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect; 3. "Commission" or "Tax Commission" means the Oklahoma Tax Commission; 4. "Computer" means an electronic device that accepts information in digital or similar form and manipulates it for a result based on a seque nce of instructions; 5. "Computer software" means a set of coded instructions designed to cause a "computer" or automatic data processing equipment to perform a task; 6. "Consumer" or "user" means a person to whom a taxable sale of tangible personal prop erty is made or to whom a taxable service is furnished. "Consumer" or "user" includes all contrac tors to whom a taxable sale of materials, supplies, equipment, or other tangible personal property is made or to whom a taxable service is furnished to be used or consumed in the performance of any contract; 7. "Contractor" means any person who performs a ny improvement upon real property and who, as a necessary and incidental part of performing such improvement, incorporates tangible personal property belonging to or purchased by the person into the real property bein g improved; ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 6 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 8. "Drug" means a compound, substance or preparation, and any component of a compound, substance or preparation: a. recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Hom eopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official Na tional Formulary, and supplement to any of them, b. intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevent ion of disease, or c. intended to affect the structure or any function of the body; 9. "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, w ireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities; 10. "Established place of business" means the location at which any person regularly engages in, conducts, or operates a business in a continuous manner for any length of time, that is open to th e public during the hours customary to such business, in which a stock of merchandise for resale is maintained, and which is not exempted by law from attachme nt, execution, or other species of forced sale barring any satisfaction of any delinquent tax liab ility accrued under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; 11. "Fair authority" means: ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 7 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 a. any county, municipality, school district, public trust or any other politica l subdivision of this state, or b. any not-for-profit corporation acting pursuant to an agency, operating or management agreement which has been approved or authorized by the governing body of any of the entities specified in subparagraph a of this paragraph which conduct, operate or produce a fair commonly unders tood to be a county, district or state fair; 12. a. "Gross receipts", "gross proceeds" or "sales price" means the total amount of consideration, including cash, credit, property and services, for w hich personal property or services are sold, leased or rented, valued in money, whether received i n money or otherwise, without any deduction for the following: (1) the seller’s cost of the property sold, (2) the cost of materials used, labor or service cost, (3) interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the seller, all taxes imposed on the sell er, and any other expense of the seller, ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 8 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 (4) charges by the seller for any services nec essary to complete the sale, other than delivery and installation charges, (5) delivery charges and installation charges, unless separately stated on the invoice, billin g or similar document given to the purchaser, and (6) credit for any trade -in. b. Such term shall not include: (1) discounts, including cash, term, or coupons that are not reimbursed by a third party that are allowed by a seller and taken by a purchaser on a sale, (2) interest, financing, and carrying charges from credit extended on the sale of personal property or services, if the amount is separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale or similar document given to the purchaser, and (3) any taxes legally imposed directly on the consumer that are separately stated on the invoice, bill of sal e or similar document given to the purchaser. c. Such term shall includ e consideration received by the seller from third parties i f: ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 9 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 (1) the seller actually receives con sideration from a party other than the purchaser and the consideration is directly rela ted to a price reduction or discount on the sale, (2) the seller has an obligation to pass the price reduction or discount through to the purchaser, (3) the amount of the consideration attributable to the sale is fixed and determinable by the seller at the time of the sale of the item to the purchaser, and (4) one of the following criteria is met: (a) the purchaser presents a coupon, certificate or other documentation to the seller to claim a price reduction or discount where the coupon, certificate or docu mentation is authorized, distributed or granted by a third party with the understanding that the third party will reimburse any se ller to whom the coupon, certificate or documentation is presented, (b) the purchaser identifies himself or herself to the seller as a member of a group or organization entitled to a price reductio n or discount; provided, a "preferred ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 10 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 customer" card that is available to any patron does not cons titute membership in such a group, or (c) the price reduction or discount is identified as a third-party price reduction or discount on the invoice received b y the purchaser or on a coupon, certificate or other documentation presented by the purchaser; 13. a. "Maintaining a place of business in this state" means and shall be presumed to inc lude: (1) (a) utilizing or maintaining in this state, directly or by subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales house, wareh ouse, or other physical place of busine ss, whether owned or operated by the vendor or any other person, other than a common ca rrier acting in its capacity as such, or (b) having agents operating in this state, whether the place of business or agent is within this state temporarily or permanently or whether the person or agent is authorized to do business within this state, and ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 11 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) the presence of any person, other than a common carrier acting in its capacity as such, that has substantial nexus in this state and that: (a) sells a similar line of products as the vendor and does so under the same or a similar business name, (b) uses trademarks, service marks or trade names in this state that are the sam e or substantially similar to those used by the vendor, (c) delivers, installs, assembles or performs maintenance services for the vendor, (d) facilitates the vendor ’s delivery of property to customers in the state by allowing the vendor’s customers to pick up property sold by the vendor at an office, distribution facility, warehouse, storage place or similar place of business maintained by the person in this state, or (e) conducts any other activities in this state that are significantly associated with th e ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 12 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 vendor’s ability to establish and maintain a market in this state for the vendor ’s sale. b. The presumptions in divisions (1) and (2) of subparagraph a of this paragraph may be rebutt ed by demonstrating that the person ’s activities in this state are not significantly associated with the vendor’s ability to establish and maintain a market in this state for the vendor’s sales. c. Any ruling, agreement or contract, whether written or oral, express or implied, between a person and executive branch of this sta te, or any other state agency or department, stating, agree ing or ruling that the person is not "maintaining a place of business in this state" or is not required to collect sales and use tax in this state despite the presence of a warehouse, distribution center or fulfillment center in this state that is owned or operated by the vendor or an affiliated person of the vendor shall be null and void unless it is specifically approved by a majority vote of each house of the Oklahoma Legislature; 14. "Manufacturing" means and includes the activity of converting or conditioning tangible personal property by changing the form, composition, or quality of character of some existing ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 13 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 material or materials, including natural resources, by procedures commonly regarded by the average person as manufacturing, compounding, process ing or assembling, into a material or m aterials with a different form or use. Manufacturing shall also include the manufacturing, compounding, processing, or fabrication of materials into articles of tangible personal property according to the special order of a customer (custom order manufac turing) by manufacturers classified as operating in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sectors 32 and 33, but does not include such custom order manufacturing by manufacturers classified in other NA ICS code sectors. "Manufacturing" does not include extractive industrial activities such as mining, quarrying, logging, and d rilling for oil, gas and water, nor oil and gas field processes, such a s natural pressure reduction, mechanical separation, heatin g, cooling, dehydration and compression ; 15. "Manufacturing operation" means the designing, manufacturing, compounding, proce ssing, assembling, warehousing, or preparing of articles for sale as ta ngible personal property. A manufacturing operation begins at the point where the materials enter the manufacturing site and ends at the point where a finished product leaves the manuf acturing site. "Manufacturing operation " does not include administrati on, sales, distribution, transportation, site construction, or site maintenance. Extractive activities and field processes shall not be deemed to be a part of a ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 14 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 manufacturing operation even when performed by a person otherwise engaged in manufacturing; 16. "Manufacturing site" means a location where a manufactur ing operation is conducted, including a location consisting of one or more buildings or structures in an area owned, leased, o r controlled by a manufacturer; 17. "Over-the-counter drug" means a drug that contains a label that identifies the product as a d rug as required by 21 C.F.R., Section 201.66. The over-the-counter-drug label includes: a. a "Drug Facts" panel, or b. a statement of the "active ingredient(s) " with a list of those ingredients co ntained in the compound, substance or preparation; 18. "Person" means any individual, company, pa rtnership, joint venture, joint agreement, association, mutual or otherwise, limited liability company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver or trustee appointed by any state or federal court or otherwise, syndicate, this state, any county, city, municipality, school district, any other political subdivision of the state, or any group or combination acting as a unit, in the plural or singular number; 19. "Prescription" means an order, formula or recipe issued in any form of oral, written, e lectronic, or other means of ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 15 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 transmission by a duly licensed "practitioner" as defined in Section 1357.6 of this title; 20. "Prewritten computer software " means "computer software", including prewritten upgrades, whi ch is not designed and developed by the author or other creator to the specifications of a specific purchaser. The combining of two or more prewritten computer software programs or prewritten port ions thereof does not cause the combination to be other tha n prewritten computer software. Prewritten software includes software designed and developed by the author or other creator t o the specifications of a specific purchaser when it is sold to a perso n other than the purchaser. Where a person modifies or enh ances computer software of which the person is not the author or creator, the person shall be deemed to be the author or creat or only of such person ’s modifications or enhancements. Prewritten sof tware or a prewritten portion thereof that is modified or e nhanced to any degree, where such modif ication or enhancement is designed and developed to the specifications of a specific purchaser, remains prewritten software; provided, however, that where there is a reasonable, separately stated charge or an invoice or other statement of the price given t o the purchaser for such modification or enhancement, such modification or enhancement shall not constitute prewritten computer software; 21. "Repairman" means any person who performs any repair service upon tangible personal property of the consumer, whe ther or ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 16 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 not the repairman, as a necessary and incidental part of performing the service, incorporates tangible personal property belonging to or purchased by the repairman into the tangible personal property being repaired; 22. "Sale" means the transfer o f either title or possession of tangible personal property for a valuable consideration regardless of the manner, method, instrumentality, or device by which the transfer is accomplished in this state, or other transa ctions as provided by this paragraph, i ncluding but not limited to: a. the exchange, barter, lease, or rental of tangible personal property resulting in the transfer of the title to or possession o f the property, b. the disposition for consumption or use i n any business or by any person of all goods, wares, merchandise, or property which has been purchased for resale, manufacturing, or further processing, c. the sale, gift, exchange, or other dispos ition of admission, dues, or fees to clubs, places of amusement, or recreational or athletic event s or for the privilege of having access to or the use of amusement, recreational, athle tic or entertainment facilities, d. the furnishing or rendering of serv ices taxable under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, and ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 17 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 e. any use of motor fuel or diesel fuel by a s upplier, as defined in Section 500.3 of this title, upon which sales tax has not previo usly been paid, for purposes other than to propel motor vehicles over t he public highways of this state. Motor fuel or diesel fue l purchased outside the state and used for purposes other than to propel motor vehicles over the public highways of this state shall not constitute a sale within the meaning of this paragraph; 23. "Sale for resale" means: a. a sale of tangible personal pr operty to any purchaser who is purchasing tangible personal property for the purpose of reselling it within the geographical l imits of the United States of America or its territories or possessions, in the normal course of business either in the form or condition in which it is purchased or as an attachment to or integral part of other tangible personal property, b. a sale of tangible personal property to a purchaser for the sole purpose of the rent ing or leasing, within the geographical limits of the Unite d States of America or its territories or possessions, of the tangible personal property to another person by the ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 18 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 purchaser, but not if incidental to the renting or leasing of real estate, c. a sale of tangible goods and products within this state if, simultaneously with the sale, the vendor issues an export bill of lading, or other documentation that the point of delivery of suc h goods for use and consumption is in a foreign country and not within the territorial confines of the United States. If the vend or is not in the business of shipping the tangible goods and products that are purchased from the vendor, the buyer or purchas er of the tangible goods and products is responsible for providing an export bill of lading or other documentation to the vendor f rom whom the tangible goods and products were purchased showing that the point of delivery of such goods for use and consumption is a foreign country and not within the territorial confines of the United States, or d. a sales of any carrier access services , right of access services, telecommuni cations services to be resold, or telecommunications used in the subsequent provision of, use as a component part of, or integrated into, end -to-end telecommunications service; ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 19 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 24. "Tangible personal property " means personal property that can be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched or that is in any other manner perceptible to the sens es. "Tangible personal property" includes electricity, water, gas, ste am and prewritten computer software. This definition shall be applicable only for purposes of the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; 25. "Taxpayer" means any person liable to pay a tax imposed by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; 26. "Tax period" or "taxable period" means the calendar period or the taxpayer’s fiscal period for which a taxpayer has obtained a permit from the Tax Commission to use a fiscal period in lieu of a calendar period; 27. "Tax remitter" means any person required to collect, report, or remit the tax imposed by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code. A tax remitter who fails, for any reason, to collect, report, or remit the tax shall be considered a taxpayer for purposes of assessment, collection, and enforcement of the tax imposed by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; and 28. "Vendor" means: a. any person making sales o f tangible personal property or services in this state, the gross receipts or gross proceeds from which are taxed by the Oklah oma Sales Tax Code, ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 20 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 b. any person maintaining a place of business in th is state and making sales of tangible personal property or services, whether at the place of busin ess or elsewhere, to persons within this state, the gross receipts or gross proceeds fr om which are taxed by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, c. any person who solicits business by employees, independent contractors, agen ts, or other representatives in this st ate, and thereby makes sales to persons within this state of tangible personal property or services, the gross receipts or gross proceeds from which are taxed by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, or d. any person, pursuant to an agreement with the person with an ownership interest in or title to tangible personal property, who has been entrusted with the possession of any such property and has the power to designate who is to obtain title, to physically transfer possession of, or otherwise make sales of the property. SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1359, is amended to read as follows: Section 1359. Exemptions - Manufacturing. ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 21 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 There are hereby specifically exempted from the tax levied by Section 1350 et seq. of this title: 1. Sales of goods, wares, merchandise, tangible personal property, machinery and equipm ent to a manufacturer for use in a manufacturing operation. The sales for use in a manufacturing operation shall be exempt for any manufacturer engaged in manufacturing as defined in paragraph 14 of Section 1352 of this title. Goods, wares, merchandise, property, machinery and equipment used in a nonmanufacturing activity or process as set forth in paragraph 14 of Section 1352 of th is title shall not be eligible for the exemption provided for in this subsection by virtue of the activity or process being p erformed in conjunction with or integrated into a manufacturing operatio n. For the purposes of this paragraph, sales made to any pe rson, firm or entity that has entered into a contractual relationship for the construction and improvement of manufacturing g oods, wares, merchandise, property, machinery and equipment for use in a manufacturing operation shall be considered sales made to a manufacturer which is defined or cla ssified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Manual under Indus try Group No. 324110. Such purchase shall be evidenced by a copy of the sales ticket or invoice to be retained by the vendor indic ating that the purchases are made for and on behalf of such manufacturer and set out the name of such manufacturer as well as include a copy of the ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 22 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 Manufacturing Exemption Permit of the manufacture r. Any person who wrongfully or erroneously certifies that purchases are being made on behalf of such manufacturer or who otherwise violates this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdem eanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined an amount equal to doub le the amount of sales tax involved or incarcerated for not more than sixty (60) days or both; 2. Ethyl alcohol when sold and used for the purpose of blending same with motor fuel on which motor fuel tax is levied by Section 500.4 of this title; 3. Sales of containers when sold to a person regularly engaged in the business of reselling empty or fill ed containers or when purchased for the purpose of packaging raw products of farm, gard en, or orchard for resale to the consumer or processor. This exemption shall not apply to the sale of any containers used more tha n once and which are ordinarily known as returnable containers, except returnable soft drink bottles and the cartons, crates, pallets, and containers used to transport returnable soft drink bottles . Each and every transfer of title or possession of such r eturnable containers in this state to any person who is not regularly engaged in the business of selling, reselling or otherw ise transferring empty or filled containers shall be taxable under this Code. Additionally, this exemption shall not apply to the sale of labels or other materials deli vered along with items sold but which are not ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 23 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 necessary or absolutely essential to the sale of the sold merchandise; 4. Sales of or transfers of title to or p ossession of any containers, after June 30, 1987, used or t o be used more than once and which are ordinarily known as returnable containers and which do or will contain beverages defin ed by paragraphs 4 and 14 of Section 506 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Sta tutes, or water for human consumption and the cartons, crat es, pallets, and containers used to transport such returnable containers; 5. Sale of tangible personal property when sold by the manufacturer to a person who transports it to a state other than Oklahoma for immediate and exclusive use in a state other tha n Oklahoma. Provided, no sales at a r etail outlet shall qualify for the exemption under this paragraph; 6. Machinery, equip ment, fuels and chemicals or other materials incorporated into and direc tly used or consumed in the process of treatment to substan tially reduce the volume or harmful pr operties of hazardous waste at treatment facilities specifically permitted pursuant to the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act and operated at the place of waste generation, or facilities approved by the Department of Environmental Quality for the clea nup of a site of contamination. The term "hazardous" waste may include low -level radioactive waste for the purpose of this paragraph; ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7. Except as otherwise provided by subsection I of Section 3658 of this title pursuant to which the exemption authorized by this paragraph may not be claimed, sales of tangible personal property to a qualified manufacturer or distributor to be consumed or incorporated in a new m anufacturing or distribution facility or to expand an existing manufacturing or distribution faci lity. For purposes of this paragraph, sales made to a contractor or subcontractor that has previously entered into a contractual relationship with a qualified manufacturer or distributor for construction or expansion of a manufacturing or distribution facility shall be considered sales made to a qualified manufacturer or distributor. For t he purposes of this paragraph, "qualified manufacturer or distributor " means: a. any manufacturing enterprise whose total cost of construction of a new or expanded facil ity exceeds the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) and in which at least one h undred (100) new full -time- equivalent employees, as certified by the Okl ahoma Employment Security Commission, are added and maintained for a period of at least thirty -six (36) months as a direct result of the new or expanded facility, b. any manufacturing enterprise whose total cost of construction of a new or expanded facilit y exceeds the ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 25 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 sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) a nd the combined cost of construction m aterial, machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property exempt from sales tax under the provisions of this paragraph exceeds the sum of Fifty Millio n Dollars ($50,000,000.00) and in which at least seventy -five (75) new full-time-equivalent employees, as certified by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, are added and maintained for a period of at least thirty - six (36) months as a direct result of the new or expanded facility, c. any manufacturing enter prise whose total cost of construction of an expanded facility exceeds the sum of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000 .00) and in which the manufacturer has and maintains an average employment level of at least one thousand seven hundred fifty (1,750) full-time-equivalent employees, as certified by the Employment Security Commission, or d. any enterprise primarily engaged in the general wholesale distribution of groceries defined or classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAI CS) Manual under Industry Groups No. 4244 and 4245 and which has at least seventy-five percent (75%) of its total sales to in - ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 26 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 customers or buyers and whose total cost of construction of a new or expanded facility exceeds the sum of Forty Million Doll ars ($40,000,000.00) with such construction commencing on or after July 1, 2005, and before December 31, 2005, and which at l east fifty new full-time-equivalent employees, as certified by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, are added and maintained for a period of at least thirty -six (36) months as a direct result of the new or expanded facility. For purposes of this pa ragraph, the total cost of construction shall include building and const ruction material and engineering and architectural fees or charges directly associated with the construction of a new or expanded facility. The total cost of construction shall not in clude attorney fees. For purposes of subparagraph c of this paragraph, the total cost of construction shall also include the cost of qualified depreciable property as defined in Section 2357.4 of this title and labor services performed in the construction of an expanded facility. For the purpose of subparagraph d of this par agraph, the total cost of construction shall also include t he cost of all parking, security and d ock structures or facilities necessary to manage, process or secure vehicles used to receive and/or distribute groceries through such a facility. The employme nt requirement of this paragraph can be ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 27 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 satisfied by the employment of a portion of the required number of new full-time-equivalent employees at a manufacturing or distribution facilit y that is related to or supported by the new or expanded manufacturing o r distribution facility as long as both facilities are owned by one person or business entity. F or purposes of this section, "manufacturing facility" shall mean building and land improvements used in manufacturing as defined in Section 1352 of this title and shall also mean building and land improvements used for the purpose of packing, repackaging, labeling or assembling for distribution to market, products at least seventy percent (7 0%) of which are made in Oklahoma by the same company but at an off - site, in-state manufacturing or distribution facility or facili ties. It shall not include a retail o utlet unless the retail outlet is operated in conjunction with and on the same site or premises as the manufacturing facility. Up to ten percent (10%) of the square feet of a manufacturing or distribution facility bui lding may be devoted to office space used to provide clerical support for the manufacturing operation. Such ten percent (10% ) may be in a separate building as long as it is part of the same contig uous tract of property on which the manufacturing or distri bution facility is located. Only sales of tangible personal property made after June 1, 1988, shall be eligible for the exem ption provided by this paragraph. The exemption authorized pursuant to subparagraph d of this paragraph shall only become effectiv e when the governing body ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 28 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 of the municipality in which the enterprise is located approves a resolution expressing the municip ality’s support for the construction for such new or expanded facility. Upon approval by the municipality, the municipality shall forward a copy of such resolution to the Oklahoma Tax Commission; 8. Sales of tangible personal property purchased and used by a licensed radio or television station in broadcasting. This exemption shall not apply unless such machinery and equipment is used directly in the manufacturing proc ess, is necessary for the proper production of a broadcast signal or is such that the f ailure of the machinery or equipment to operate would cause broadcasting to cease. This exemption begins with the equipment used i n producing live programming or the el ectronic equipment directly behind the satellite receiving dish or antenna, and ends wi th the transmission of the broadcast signal from the broadcast antenna s ystem. For purposes of this paragraph, "proper production" shall include, but not be limited to, machinery or equipment required by Federal Communications Commission rules and regulat ions; 9. Sales of tangible personal property purchased or used by a licensed cable television operator in cablecasting. This exem ption shall not apply unless such mach inery and equipment is used directly in the manufacturing process, is necessary for the proper production of a cablecast signal or is such that the failure of the machinery or equipment to operate would cause cablecast ing to cease. This ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 29 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 exemption begins with the equipment used in producing local programming or the electronic equipment behin d the satellite receiving dish, microwave tower or antenna, and ends wit h the transmission of the signal from the cablecast head -end system. For purposes of this paragr aph, "proper production" shall include, but not be limited to, machinery or equipment r equired by Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations; 10. Sales of packaging materials for use in packing, shipping or delivering tangible personal proper ty for sale when sold to a producer of agricultural products. This exemption shall not apply to the sale of any packaging material which is ordinarily known a s a returnable container; 11. Sales of any pattern used in the process of manufacturing iron, steel or other metal castings. The exemption provided by this paragraph shall be applica ble irrespective of ownership of the pattern provided that such pattern is used in the commercial production of metal castings; 12. Deposits or other charges made and w hich are subsequently refunded for returnable cartons, crates, pallets, and containers used to transport cement and cement products; 13. Beginning January 1, 1998, machinery, electricity, fuels, explosives and materia ls, excluding chemicals, used in the m ining of coal in this state; ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 30 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 14. Deposits, rent or other charges made for returnable cartons, crates, pallets, and containers used to transport mushrooms or mushroom products from a farm for resal e to the consumer or processor; 15. Sales of tangible pers onal property and services used or consumed in all phases of the extraction and manufac turing of crushed stone and sand, including but not limited to site preparation, dredging, overburden removal, explosive placement and detonation, onsite material haulin g and/or transfer, material washing, screening and/or crushing, product weighing and si te reclamation; and 16. Sale, use or consumption of paper stock and oth er raw materials which are manufactured into commercial pri nted material in this state primarily for use and delivery outside this state. For the purposes of this section, "commercial printed material" shall include magazines, catalogs, retail inserts and direct mail. SECTION 3. This act shall be come effective November 1, 2023. ENGR. H. B. NO. 1353 Page 31 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 Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of March, 2023. Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023. Presiding Officer of the Senate