Oklahoma 2023 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB601 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/17/2023

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) 
 
SENATE BILL 601 	By: Rader 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to uniform tax procedure; amen ding 68 
O.S. 2021, Sections 221, 226, 227, as amended by 
Section 1, Chapter 114, O.S.L. 2022, and 231 (68 O.S. 
Supp. 2022, Section 227), which relate to failure to 
make report or return , action to recover taxes as 
additional remedy, refund of erroneous payments, and 
tax warrants; modifying the st art date for certain 
deadlines to the date i ndicated on certain notice or 
assessment; requiring certain warrant to be filed by 
electronic means; and providing an effective date . 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     68 O.S. 202 1, Section 221, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 221. A.  If any taxpayer shall fail to make any report 
or return as required by any state tax law, the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission, from any information in i ts possession or obtainable by 
it, may determine the correct amount of tax for the taxable period.  
If a report or return has been filed, the Tax Commission shall 
examine such report or return and make such audit or investigation 
as it may deem necessary. If, in cases where no report or return 
has been filed, the Tax Commission determines that there is a tax   
 
 
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due for the taxable period, or if, in cases where a report or return 
has been filed, the Tax Commission shall determine that the tax 
disclosed by such report or return is less than the tax disclose d by 
its examination, it shall in writing propose the assessment of taxes 
or additional taxes, as the case may be, and shall mail a copy of 
the proposed assessment to the taxpayer at the taxpayer ’s last-known 
address.  Proposed assessments made in the name of the “Oklahoma Tax 
Commission” by its authorized agents shall be considered as the 
action of the Tax Commission. 
B.  Any assessment, correction or adjustment made as a result of 
an office audit shall be pre sumed to be the result of an audit of 
the report or return only, and such office audit shall not be deemed 
a verification of any item in the report or return unless the item 
shall have been made the subject of a hearing before the Tax 
Commission, and the c orrectness and amount of such item determined 
at such hearing; and such office audit shall not preclude the Tax 
Commission from subsequently making further adjustment, correction 
or assessment as a result of a field audit of the books and records 
of the taxpayer, wherever located, or upon disclosures f rom any 
source other than the return.  In cases where no report or return 
has been filed, the assessment of the tax on any information 
available shall in no event preclude the assessment at any time on 
subsequently disclosed information.   
 
 
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C.  Within sixty (60) days after the mailing of date indicated 
on the aforesaid proposed assessment, the taxpayer may file with the 
Tax Commission a written protest under oath, signed by the taxpayer 
or the taxpayer’s duly authorized agent, setting out therein: 
1.  A statement of the amount of deficiency as d etermined by the 
Tax Commission, the nature of the tax and the amount thereof in 
controversy; 
2.  A clear and concise assignment of each error alleged to have 
been committed by the Tax Commission; 
3.  The argument and le gal authority upon which each assign ment 
of error is made; provided, that the applicant shall not be bound or 
restricted in such hearing, or on appeal, to the arguments and legal 
authorities contained and cite d in the application; 
4.  A statement of relief sought by the taxpayer; and 
5.  A verification by the taxpayer or the taxpayer ’s duly 
authorized agent that the statements and facts contained therein are 
true. 
D.  If in such written protest the taxpayer sha ll request an 
oral hearing, the Tax Commission shall grant such hearing, and 
shall, by written notice, advise the taxpayer of a date, which shall 
not be less than ten (10) days from the date of mailing of such 
written notice, when such taxpayer may appear before the Tax 
Commission and present arguments and evidence, oral or written, in 
support of the protest.  Hearings shall be held as soon as   
 
 
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practicable.  In the event an oral hearing is not requested, the Tax 
Commission shall proceed without further notic e to examine into the 
merits of the protest and enter an order in accordance with i ts 
findings.  Upon request of any taxpayer and upon proper showing that 
the principle of law involved in the assessment of any tax is 
already pending before the courts for j udicial determination, the 
taxpayer, upon agree ment to abide by the decision of the court, may 
pay the tax so assessed under protest and such protest shall be 
resolved in accordance with the agreement to abide. 
E.  If the taxpayer fails to file a written p rotest within the 
sixty-day period herein provided for or within the period as 
extended by the Tax Commission, or if the taxpayer fails to file the 
notice required by Section 226 of this title within thirty (30) days 
from the date of mailing of an indicated on the proposed assessment, 
then the proposed assessment, without further action of the Tax 
Commission, shall become final and absolute .  A taxpayer who fails 
to file a protest to an assessment of taxes within the time period 
prescribed by this section m ay, within one (1) year of the date the 
assessment becomes final, request the Tax Commission to adjust or 
abate the assessment if the taxpayer can demonstrate, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the assessment or some portion 
thereof is clearly erron eous.  If the Tax Commission determines that 
the proper showing has been made, the assessment or portion ther eof 
determined to be clearly erroneous shall be deemed not to have   
 
 
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become final and absolute.  No hearing to adjust or abate a clearly 
erroneous assessment may be granted after the Tax Commissio n’s 
denial of such a request.  An order of the Tax Commission denying a 
taxpayer’s request to adjust or abate an assessment alleged to be 
clearly erroneous is not an appealable order under Section 225 of 
this title.  No proceeding instituted by the Tax Com mission to 
collect a tax liability may be stayed because of a request made by a 
taxpayer to adjust or abate an assessment alleged to be clearly 
erroneous. 
F.  The Tax Commission may in its discretion extend th e time for 
filing a protest for any period of t ime not to exceed an additional 
ninety (90) days.  Any extensi on granted shall not extend the period 
of time within which the notice required by Section 226 of this 
title may be filed. 
G.  Within a reasonable time after the hearing herein provided 
for, the Tax Commission shall make and enter an order in writing in 
which it shall set forth the disposition made of the protest and a 
copy of such order shall forthwith be mailed to the taxpayer.  The 
order shall contain findings of fact and conclusions of law.  After 
removing the identity of the taxpayer, the Tax Commissio n shall make 
the order available for public inspection and shall publish those 
orders the Tax Commission deems to be of precedential value.  The 
taxpayer may within the time and in the manner pr ovided for by 
Section 225 of this title, appeal to the Supreme Court, but in the   
 
 
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event the taxpayer fails to so proceed, the order shall within 
thirty (30) days from the date a certified copy thereof is mailed to 
the taxpayer, become final.  The provisions of Section 226 of this 
title shall not apply where a proposed assessment or an assessment 
of taxes has been permitted to become final. 
H.  In all instances where the proposed assessment or the 
assessment of taxes or additional taxes has been permitted to become 
final, a certified copy of the assessment may be filed in the office 
of the county clerk of any county in this state, and upon being so 
filed, the county clerk shall enter same upon the judgment docket in 
the same manner as provided for in connectio n with judgments of 
district courts.  When an assessment is so filed and docketed, it 
shall have the same force and be subject to the same law as a 
judgment of the district court, and accordingly it shall cons titute 
a lien on any real estate of the taxpaye r located in the county 
wherein filed; and execution may issue and proceedings in aid of 
execution may be had the same as on judgments of district courts.  
Such lien is hereby released and extinguished upon th e payment of 
such assessment, or, except as oth erwise provided herein, upon the 
expiration of ten (10) years after the date upon which the 
assessment was filed in the office of the county clerk; provided, 
the Tax Commission may, prior to the release and ex tinguishment of 
such lien, refile the assessmen t one time in the office of the 
county clerk.  An assessment s o refiled shall continue the lien   
 
 
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until payment of the assessment, or upon the expiration of ten (10) 
years after the date upon which the assessmen t was refiled in the 
office of the county clerk .  The remedies provided in this 
subsection shall be in additi on to other remedies provided by law.  
All active liens evidenced by an assessment filed with a county 
clerk’s office prior to November 1, 1989, sh all be released and 
extinguished if the assessm ent is not refiled prior to November 1, 
2001. 
I.  In order to make more definite the intention of the 
Legislature in connection with the applicability or lack of 
applicability of the refund provisions of the t ax statutes to those 
treating with proposed ass essments and assessments that have become 
final, the Legislatu re being cognizant of the fact that such intent 
has been questioned, it is declared to be the intent of the 
Legislature that the refund provisions shall be without application 
to taxes where the amount thereof has been determined by an 
assessment, other th an an assessment designated as an “office 
audit”, that has become final. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     68 O.S. 2021, Section 226, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 226. (a) A. In addition to the right to a protest of a 
proposed assessment as authorized by Section 221 of this title, a 
right of action is hereby created to afford a remedy to a taxpa yer 
aggrieved by the provision s of this article or of any other state   
 
 
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tax law, or who resists the collection of or the enforcement of the 
rules or regulations of the Tax Commission relating to the 
collection of any state tax; however, such remedy shall be limited 
as prescribed by subse ction (c) C of this section. 
(b) B. Within thirty (30) days from the date of mailing to the 
taxpayer of indicated on an assessment for taxes or additional taxes 
pursuant to Section 221 of this title by the Tax Commission, any 
such taxpayer shall pay the tax to the Tax Commission, and at the 
time of making such payment shall give notice to the Tax Commission 
of his intention to file suit for recovery of such tax.  The 
taxpayer shall not be required to file suit within such thirty -day 
period in order to prosecute an action as authorized by this 
section; however, failure to file such suit within one (1) year from 
the date of mailing of the assessment shall result in the assessment 
becoming final and absolute.  If the taxpayer prevails the Tax 
Commission shall, by cash voucher drawn by the Tax Commission up on 
its official depository clearing account or special refund reserve 
account with the State Treasurer, refund to the taxpayer the amount 
of tax determined not to be due pursuant to the final judgm ent of 
the court having jurisdiction, together with interes t on such amount 
at the rate applicable to money judgments in civil cases from the 
date of payment by the taxpayer to the date of the refund by the Tax 
Commission.  The refunds paid shall be payab le as provided in 
Section 225(d).  If the taxpayer prevails and the court determines   
 
 
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that the position of the Tax Commission in the proceeding was not 
substantially justified, the court shall award the taxpayer a 
judgment for reasonable attorney fees, reas onable expenses of expert 
witnesses in connection with the proceeding and reasonable costs of 
any study, analysis, engineering report, test , or project which is 
found by the court to be necessary for the preparation of the 
taxpayer’s case. 
(c) C.  This section shall afford a legal remedy and right of 
action in any state or federal court having jurisdiction of the 
parties and the subject matter.  It shall be construed to provide a 
legal remedy in the state or federal courts by action at law only in 
cases where the taxes complained of are claimed to be an unlawful 
burden on interstate commerce, or the collection thereof violative 
of any Congressional Act or provision of the Federal Constitution, 
or in cases where jurisdiction is vested in any of the Courts of the 
United States.  In all actions brought hereunder servic e of process 
upon the Chairman of the Tax Commission shall be sufficient service, 
and the Tax Commission shall be the sole, necessary and proper party 
defendant in any such suit, and the State Treasure r shall not be a 
necessary or proper party thereto. 
(d) D.  Upon request of any taxpayer and upon proper showing 
that the principle of law involved in the assessment of any tax is 
already pending before the courts for judicial determination, the   
 
 
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taxpayer, upon agreement to abide by the decision of the court, m ay 
pay the tax so assessed under protest, but need not file a suit. 
SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     68 O.S. 2021, Section 227, as 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 114, O.S.L. 2022 (68 O.S. Supp. 20 22, 
Section 227), is amended to read as follow s: 
Section 227. A.  Except as provided in subsection B of Section 
1361.2 and subsection D of Section 1364.1 of this title, any 
taxpayer who has paid to the State of Oklahoma, thr ough error of 
fact, or computation, or misinterpretation of law, any tax collected 
by the Tax Commission may, as he reinafter provided, be refunded the 
amount of such tax so erroneously paid, w ithout interest. 
B.  1.  Except as otherwise provided by paragra ph 2 of this 
subsection, any taxpayer who has so paid any such tax may, within 
three (3) years from the date of pay ment thereof file with the Tax 
Commission a verified claim for refund of suc h tax so erroneously 
paid.  The Tax Commission may accept an amen ded withholding tax o r 
other report or return as a verifi ed claim for refund if the amended 
report or return establ ishes a liability less than the original 
report or return previously filed. 
2.  Upon August 26, 2016, with respect to the sales tax imposed 
by Section 1354 of thi s title and with respect to the use tax 
imposed by Section 1402 of this title, any taxpayer wh o has so paid 
such sales or use tax may, within two (2) years from the date of 
payment thereof file with the Tax Commission a verified claim for   
 
 
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refund of such tax so erroneously paid.  The Tax Commission may 
accept an amended sales or use tax report or re turn as a verified 
claim for refund if the amended report or return establi shes a 
liability less than the original report or return previousl y filed. 
C.  The claim so filed with the Tax Commission, except for an 
amended report or return, shall specify the name of the taxpayer, 
the time when and period for which the tax was paid, the nature and 
kind of tax so paid, the amount of the tax which th e taxpayer 
claimed was erroneously paid, the grounds upon which a refund is 
sought, and such other information or d ata relative to such payment 
as may be necessary to an adjustment thereof by the Tax Commission.  
It shall be the duty of the Commission to d etermine what amount of 
refund, if any, is due as soon as practicable after such claim has 
been filed and advise th e taxpayer about the correctness of his 
claim and the claim for refund sha ll be approved or denied by 
written notice to the taxpayer. 
D.  If the claim for refund is denied, the taxpayer may file a 
demand for hearing with the Commission.  The demand for hearing must 
be filed on or before the sixtieth day after the date indicated on 
the notice of denial was mailed.  If the taxpayer fails to file a 
demand for hearing, the claim for refund shall be barred. 
E.  Upon the taxpayer’s timely filing of a demand for hearing, 
the Commission shall set a date for hearing upon the claim for 
refund which date shall not be later than sixty (60) days from the   
 
 
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date the demand for hearing was mailed.  The taxpayer shall be 
notified of the time and place of the hearing .  The hearing may be 
held after the sixty-day period provided by this subsection upon 
agreement of the taxpayer. 
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply : 
1.  To refunds of income tax erroneously paid, refunds of which 
tax shall be payable out of the income tax adjust ment fund as 
provided by law; 
2. To estate tax because the payment o f such tax is covered by 
an order of the Tax Commission and the estate and interested parties 
are given notice that Commission ’s position and computation of the 
tax will become final unle ss they protest and resist the payment 
thereof as provided by statute ; nor 
3.  In any case where the tax was paid after an assessment 
thereof was made by the T ax Commission which assessment became final 
under the law. 
SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY     68 O.S. 2021, Section 231, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 231. A.  If any tax, imposed or levied by any state tax 
law, or any portion of suc h tax, is not paid before the same becomes 
delinquent, the Oklahoma Tax Commission may immediately issue a 
warrant under its official seal.  A tax warrant directed to the 
sheriff of any county of the state shall command the sheriff to levy 
upon and sell without any appraisement or valuation any real o r   
 
 
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personal property of the taxpayer found within the county for the 
payment of the delinquent tax, interest , and penalties, and the cost 
of executing the warrant, and to return such warrant to the Tax 
Commission, and to pay to it any monies collected by vi rtue thereof, 
by a time to be therein specified, not more than sixty (60) days 
from the date of the warrant. 
B.  The Tax Commission shall, immediately upon issuance of the 
warrant, file with the county clerk of the county for which the 
warrant was issued a copy thereof, and thereupon the county clerk 
shall record and index such warrant in the same manner as judgments 
using the name of the taxpayer named in the warrant, a short name 
for the tax, the amount of the tax or portion thereof, and interest 
and penalties for which the warrant was issued, and the date and 
time when such copy was filed.  The Tax Commission may shall file 
the warrant in the appropriate office of the county clerk by 
electronic means. The filing of the warrant in the office of the 
county clerk of the county, shall constitute and be evidence and 
notice of the state’s lien upon any interest in any real property of 
the taxpayer against whom such warrant is issued, until such tax, 
penalty and interest accruing thereon is paid.  Such lien shal l be 
in addition to any and all other liens existing in favor of the 
state to secure the payment of the unpaid tax, penalty, interest , 
and costs, and such lien shall be paramount and superior to all 
other liens of whatsoever kind or cha racter, attaching to any of   
 
 
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said property subsequent to the date and time of such filing and 
shall be in addition to any lien provided by Section 234 of this 
title.  The Tax Commission shall, immediately upon issuance of the 
warrant, mail, by regular mail, a copy of the warrant to the last-
known address of the delinquent taxpayer.  Such lien is hereby 
released and extinguished upon the payment of such tax, penalty, 
interest, and costs, or, except as otherwise provided herein, upon 
the expiration of ten (10) years after the date upon which the 
warrant was filed with the county clerk; provided, the Tax 
Commission may, prior to the release and extinguishment of such 
lien, refile the warrant in the office of the county clerk.  A 
warrant so refiled shall continue the lien until payment of the tax, 
penalty, interest, and costs, or upon the expiration of ten (10) 
years after the date upon which the warrant was refiled and indexed 
by the county clerk.  All active liens evidenced by a warrant filed 
with a county clerk’s office prior to November 1, 1989, shall be 
released and extinguished if the warrant is not refiled prior to 
November 1, 2001. 
C.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection D of this 
section, the Tax Commission shall forward th e filed warrant to the 
sheriff of the county in which the warrant was filed.  Upon receipt 
of the warrant, such sheriff shall thereupon proceed to execute the 
tax warrant in the same manner prescribed by law for executions 
against property upon judgment of a court of record; and such   
 
 
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sheriff shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a bill of sale or 
deed, as the case may be. 
D.  The Tax Commission shall not direct or forward to the 
sheriff of any county any tax warrant issued pursuant to collection 
by the Tax Commission.  The Tax Co mmission shall promulgate rules 
pertaining to tax warrants issued under this section. 
E.  The Tax Commission may levy upon and sell without any 
appraisement or valuation any real or personal property of any 
taxpayer identified b y a filed tax warrant.  The Tax Commission may 
execute the tax warrant in the same manner prescribed by law for 
executions against property upon judgment of a court of record and 
may execute and deliver to the purchaser a bill of sale or deed, as 
the case may be. 
F.  Any purchaser, o ther than the State of Oklahoma, shall be 
entitled, upon application to the court having jurisdiction of the 
property, to have confirmation, the procedure for which shall be the 
same as is now provided for the confirmation of a sale of property 
under execution, of such sale prior to the issuance of a bill of 
sale or deed.  The State of Oklahoma shall be authorized to make 
bids at any such sale to the amount of tax, penalty , and costs 
accrued.  In the event such bid is successful, the sheriff shall 
issue proper muniment of title to the Tax Commission which shall 
hold such title for the use and benefit of the State of Oklahoma; 
and any taxpayer, or transferee of such taxpayer, shall have the   
 
 
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right, at any time within one (1) year fr om the date of such sale, 
to redeem such property, upon the payment of all taxes, penalties 
and costs accrued to the date of redemption.  Such applicant shall 
not be entitled to a credit upon such taxes, penalties , and costs, 
by reason of revenue that migh t have accrued to the State of 
Oklahoma or other purchaser under sale, prior to such redemption.  
After the expiration of the period of redemption herein provided, 
the Tax Commission acting for the State of Oklahoma may sell such 
property at public auction , upon giving thirty (30) days ’ notice, 
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where 
such property is located, to the highest and best bidder for cash; 
and upon a sale had thereof, or when a redemption is made, the Tax 
Commission, for and on behalf of the State o f Oklahoma, shall issue 
its bill of sale or quit claim deed, as the case may be, to the 
successful bidder or to the redemptioner.  Such muniment of title 
shall be executed by the Tax Commission, and attested by its 
secretary, with the seal of the Tax Commi ssion affixed.  The sheriff 
shall be entitled to the same fee for services in executing the 
warrant, as the sheriff would be entitled to receive if he or she 
were executing an execution issued by the court clerk of the county 
upon a judgment of a court of record. 
G.  If any sheriff shall refuse or neglect to levy upon and sell 
any real or personal property of any taxpayer as directed by any 
warrant issued by the Tax Commission, or shall refuse or neglect, on   
 
 
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demand, to pay over to the Tax Commission, its ag ents or attorneys, 
all monies collected or received under any warrant issued by the Tax 
Commission, at any time after collecting or receiving the same, such 
sheriff or other officer shall, upon motion of the Tax Commission in 
court, and after thirty (30) d ays’ notice thereof, in writing, be 
amerced in the amount for which any such warrant was issued by the 
Tax Commission, together with all penalties and costs and with an 
additional penalty of ten percent (10%) thereon, to and f or the use 
of the State of Oklahoma.  Every surety of any sheriff or officer 
shall be made a party to the judgment rendered as aforesaid against 
the sheriff or other officer. 
H.  The Tax Commission may expend funds from the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission Fund in the State Treasury to reimburs e the sheriff for 
travel and administrative costs actually and necessarily incurred 
while performing duties required by this section.  Such costs shall 
be assessed against the delinquent taxpayer, shall be added to the 
amount necessary to satisfy the tax w arrant, and upon collection 
thereof shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Tax Commission Fund. 
I.  A tax warrant issued and filed under authority of this 
section shall: 
1.  Constitute and be evidence and notice of the state ’s lien 
upon real property; and   
 
 
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2.  Not be subject to the provisions of any dormancy statute 
which would limit the enforceability, effect , or operation of the 
lien, except as otherwise provided in this section. 
J.  After July 1, 1993, the Tax Commission shall no t issue any 
certificates of indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of Section 
230 of this title. 
K.  When a tax warrant has been issued and filed as provided in 
this section, the Tax Commission shall have all of the remedies and 
may take all of the procee dings thereon for the collectio n thereof 
which may be had or taken upon a judgment of the district court. 
SECTION 5.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 
 
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