39 | 44 | | |
---|
40 | 45 | | [ revenue and taxation – Oklahoma Quality Events |
---|
41 | 46 | | Incentive Act – modifying definition - effective |
---|
42 | 47 | | date - |
---|
43 | 48 | | emergency ] |
---|
44 | 49 | | |
---|
45 | 50 | | |
---|
46 | 51 | | |
---|
47 | 52 | | |
---|
48 | 53 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA: |
---|
49 | 54 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S . 2021, Section 4303, is |
---|
50 | 55 | | amended to read as follows: |
---|
51 | 56 | | Section 4303. As used in the Oklahoma Quality Events Incentive |
---|
52 | 57 | | Act: |
---|
53 | 58 | | 1. "Certified sponsor" means an entity or organization |
---|
54 | 59 | | authorized to promote and conduct a quality event, which is |
---|
55 | 60 | | incurring expenses for the promotion of such event to be cond ucted |
---|
56 | 61 | | within the corporate lim its of an eligible municipality or an |
---|
57 | 62 | | unincorporated area w ithin a county; |
---|
85 | 91 | | a. a description and, if applicable, history of th e |
---|
86 | 92 | | quality event, |
---|
87 | 93 | | b. information regarding t he site selection process for |
---|
88 | 94 | | the quality event, |
---|
89 | 95 | | c. an estimate of the expenses anticipat ed to be incurred |
---|
90 | 96 | | in connection with hosting the quality event , |
---|
91 | 97 | | d. an estimate of the total gross sales made by vendors |
---|
92 | 98 | | during any period of time during which no quali ty |
---|
93 | 99 | | event activity occurs, |
---|
94 | 100 | | e. a detailed estimate of the anticipated increase in |
---|
95 | 101 | | sales tax revenue directly attribu table to the quality |
---|
96 | 102 | | event, and |
---|
97 | 103 | | f. the general economic impact likely to occur as a |
---|
98 | 104 | | result of the preparation for, occurrence of and |
---|
99 | 105 | | activity occurring in connection with t he dissolution |
---|
100 | 106 | | of, a quality event; |
---|
101 | 107 | | 3. "Eligible local support amounts" means: |
---|
102 | 108 | | a. any payment made by a local government entity or |
---|
103 | 109 | | transfer of monies from the general fund or transfe r |
---|
104 | 110 | | of tax revenues derived from a locally im posed tax to |
---|
105 | 111 | | a certified sponsor for the purpose of attracting, |
---|
106 | 112 | | promoting, advertising, o rganizing, conducting or |
---|
107 | 113 | | otherwise supporting a quality event, or |
---|
108 | 114 | | |
---|
110 | 117 | | 2 |
---|
111 | 118 | | 3 |
---|
112 | 119 | | 4 |
---|
113 | 120 | | 5 |
---|
114 | 121 | | 6 |
---|
115 | 122 | | 7 |
---|
116 | 123 | | 8 |
---|
117 | 124 | | 9 |
---|
118 | 125 | | 10 |
---|
119 | 126 | | 11 |
---|
120 | 127 | | 12 |
---|
121 | 128 | | 13 |
---|
122 | 129 | | 14 |
---|
123 | 130 | | 15 |
---|
124 | 131 | | 16 |
---|
125 | 132 | | 17 |
---|
126 | 133 | | 18 |
---|
127 | 134 | | 19 |
---|
128 | 135 | | 20 |
---|
129 | 136 | | 21 |
---|
130 | 137 | | 22 |
---|
131 | 138 | | 23 |
---|
132 | 139 | | 24 |
---|
133 | 140 | | |
---|
134 | 141 | | b. any direct payment made by a certified sponsor to a |
---|
135 | 142 | | for-profit or nonprofit entity, other than the host |
---|
136 | 143 | | community, for the purpo se of attracting, promoting, |
---|
137 | 144 | | advertising, organizing, condu cting or otherwise |
---|
138 | 145 | | supporting a quality event; |
---|
139 | 146 | | 4. "Event history" means: |
---|
140 | 147 | | a. historical information on the event including p ast |
---|
141 | 148 | | locations of the event, |
---|
142 | 149 | | b. a description of previous attempts by the host |
---|
143 | 150 | | community to secure the event, |
---|
144 | 151 | | c. information regardin g attempts by other commu nities to |
---|
145 | 152 | | recruit the event, and |
---|
146 | 153 | | d. if applicable, the competitive bidding process for |
---|
147 | 154 | | securing the event by the host community; |
---|
148 | 155 | | 5. "Host community" means any county, inco rporated city or |
---|
149 | 156 | | town, or any combination of counties, inco rporated cities or towns |
---|
150 | 157 | | of the state which are authorized by their respective governing |
---|
151 | 158 | | bodies to host or assist in the pre sentation of a quality event; |
---|
152 | 159 | | 6. "Incremental sales tax revenue " means the amount of |
---|
153 | 160 | | additional state sales tax revenue collected a s a result of the |
---|
154 | 161 | | quality event, as determined by an economic impact study verified by |
---|
155 | 162 | | the Oklahoma Tax Commission; |
---|
156 | 163 | | |
---|
158 | 166 | | 2 |
---|
159 | 167 | | 3 |
---|
160 | 168 | | 4 |
---|
161 | 169 | | 5 |
---|
162 | 170 | | 6 |
---|
163 | 171 | | 7 |
---|
164 | 172 | | 8 |
---|
165 | 173 | | 9 |
---|
166 | 174 | | 10 |
---|
167 | 175 | | 11 |
---|
168 | 176 | | 12 |
---|
169 | 177 | | 13 |
---|
170 | 178 | | 14 |
---|
171 | 179 | | 15 |
---|
172 | 180 | | 16 |
---|
173 | 181 | | 17 |
---|
174 | 182 | | 18 |
---|
175 | 183 | | 19 |
---|
176 | 184 | | 20 |
---|
177 | 185 | | 21 |
---|
178 | 186 | | 22 |
---|
179 | 187 | | 23 |
---|
180 | 188 | | 24 |
---|
181 | 189 | | |
---|
182 | 190 | | 7. "New event" means a quality event which did not occur within |
---|
183 | 191 | | a period of twenty-four (24) months prior to the month during which |
---|
184 | 192 | | a quality event is held; |
---|
185 | 193 | | 8. "Quality event" means: |
---|
186 | 194 | | a. a new event or a meeting of a nationally recognized |
---|
187 | 195 | | organization or its memb ers, |
---|
188 | 196 | | b. a new or existing event that is a n ational, |
---|
189 | 197 | | international or worl d championship, or |
---|
190 | 198 | | c. a new or existing event that is manag ed or produced by |
---|
191 | 199 | | an Oklahoma-based national or international |
---|
192 | 200 | | organization, |
---|
193 | 201 | | d. for any county with a population of less than one |
---|
194 | 202 | | hundred thousand (100,000) persons, or any city or |
---|
195 | 203 | | town with a population of less than ten thousand |
---|
196 | 204 | | (10,000) persons located in a county with more than |
---|
197 | 205 | | one hundred thousand ( 100,000) persons, each city or |
---|
198 | 206 | | town within such county may designate one new or |
---|
199 | 207 | | existing event per year that attracts twenty-five |
---|
200 | 208 | | percent (25%) of its visitors from out-of-state as a |
---|
201 | 209 | | quality event regardless whether it meets the |
---|
202 | 210 | | conditions prescribed by subparagraph a, b, or c of |
---|
203 | 211 | | this paragraph, or |
---|
204 | 212 | | e. for any National Scenic Byway or any State Scenic |
---|
205 | 213 | | Byway, a combination of at least two cities, towns , or |
---|
206 | 214 | | |
---|
208 | 217 | | 2 |
---|
209 | 218 | | 3 |
---|
210 | 219 | | 4 |
---|
211 | 220 | | 5 |
---|
212 | 221 | | 6 |
---|
213 | 222 | | 7 |
---|
214 | 223 | | 8 |
---|
215 | 224 | | 9 |
---|
216 | 225 | | 10 |
---|
217 | 226 | | 11 |
---|
218 | 227 | | 12 |
---|
219 | 228 | | 13 |
---|
220 | 229 | | 14 |
---|
221 | 230 | | 15 |
---|
222 | 231 | | 16 |
---|
223 | 232 | | 17 |
---|
224 | 233 | | 18 |
---|
225 | 234 | | 19 |
---|
226 | 235 | | 20 |
---|
227 | 236 | | 21 |
---|
228 | 237 | | 22 |
---|
229 | 238 | | 23 |
---|
230 | 239 | | 24 |
---|
231 | 240 | | |
---|
232 | 241 | | counties along the same byway may designate one |
---|
233 | 242 | | driving event per year as a quality event; |
---|
234 | 243 | | 9. "Recurring event" means a quality event which occurred at |
---|
235 | 244 | | least once within the twenty -four (24) months prior to the month |
---|
236 | 245 | | during which a quality event is held ; |
---|
237 | 246 | | 10. "State sales tax revenue" means the proceeds from th e state |
---|
238 | 247 | | sales tax levy imposed pursuant to Section 1354 of th is title upon |
---|
239 | 248 | | taxable transactions occurring as a result of the quality event, as |
---|
240 | 249 | | determined by an economic impact study verified by the Oklahoma Tax |
---|
241 | 250 | | Commission; and |
---|
242 | 251 | | 11. "Vendors" means those persons or business entitie s making |
---|
243 | 252 | | taxable sales of tangible p ersonal property or services as a result |
---|
244 | 253 | | of the quality event, as determined by an economic impact study |
---|
245 | 254 | | verified by the Oklahoma Tax Co mmission and, unless the context |
---|
246 | 255 | | otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as defined by |
---|
247 | 256 | | Section 1352 of this titl e. |
---|
248 | 257 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
---|
249 | 258 | | SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
---|
250 | 259 | | of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
---|
251 | 260 | | declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and |
---|
252 | 261 | | be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
---|
253 | 262 | | |
---|