Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1353 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 03/20/2023

                             
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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:   
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(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   
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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   
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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   
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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;   
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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:   
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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,   
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(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:   
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(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   
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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   
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(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   
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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 
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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   
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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   
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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   
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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   
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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   
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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;   
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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,   
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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.   
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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   
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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   
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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;   
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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   
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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;   
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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. 
   
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Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of March, 2023. 
 
 
 
  
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Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023. 
 
 
 
  
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