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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1967 By: Newton of the House
and
Jech of the Senate
An Act relating to county sales tax; authorizing
county vote upon sales tax; d esignating funds for
emergency medical services; directing the board of
county commissioners to create limited purpose fund;
defining emergency medical services; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1370.10 of Title 68, unless
there is created a d uplication in numbering, reads as foll ows:
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1370 of Title 68
of the Oklahoma Statutes and in accordance with the provisions of
this act, any county of this state may levy a sales tax not to
exceed one percent (1 %) upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts
derived from all sales in the county upon which a consumer 's sales
tax is levied by the stat e, except as provided in paragraph 8 of
Section 1357 of Title 68 of the Oklaho ma Statutes, subject to the
following conditions:
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1. The proceeds of such sales tax shall be used solely for the
purpose of funding emergency medical services ; and
2. Before a sales tax may be levied by the county, the
imposition of the ta x shall first be approved by fifty percent (50%)
of the registered voters of the county voting thereon at a special
election called by resolution of the board of county commissioners .
B. The board of county commissioners shall create a limited -
purpose fund and deposit therein any revenue generated by any sales
tax levied pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this
section. The fund shall be placed in an insured or collateralized
interest-bearing account, and the interest which accru es to the fund
shall be retained in the fund. Monies in the limited-purpose fund
shall be expended only as accumulated and only for the purpose
specifically described in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this
section.
C. As used in this section, "Emergency Medical Services " means
any emergency medical services syste m which provides for the
organization and appropriate design ation of personnel, facilities,
and equipment for the effective and coordinated delivery of health
care services primarily under emergen cy conditions within the voting
county.
D. A proposition otherwise authorized by the provisions of
subsection A or subsection B of this section shall be placed before
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the voters of the applicable county at an election to be held on the
same date as:
1. Any regularly scheduled federal, state or county election
held in that county;
2. A special election held in that county for a federal, state
or county office; or
3. A special election held in that county for another county
proposition or a state question.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effectiv e November 1, 2023.
Passed the House of Representatives the 23rd day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate