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1-An Act
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3-BILL NO. 1967 By: Newton, Alonso-Sandoval,
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28+ENGROSSED SENATE AMENDMENT
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40+An Act relating to county sales tax; authorizing
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50+AUTHORS: Add the following House Coauthors: Alonso-Sandoval and
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60+“An Act relating to county sales tax; authorizing
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62+emergency medical services; directing the board of
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64+providing for apportionment and expenditure of funds;
65+defining emergency medical services; providing for
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70+BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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97+SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
98+in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1370.10 of Title 68, unless
99+there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
100+A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1370 of Title 68
101+of the Oklahoma Statutes and in accordance with the provisions of
102+this act, any county of this state may levy a sales tax not to
103+exceed one percent (1%) upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts
104+derived from all sales or services in the county upon which a
105+consumer’s sales tax is levied by the state, except as provided in
106+paragraph 8 of Section 1357 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
107+subject to the following conditions:
108+1. The proceeds of such sales tax shall be used solely for the
109+purpose of funding emergency medical services; and
110+2. Before a sales tax may be levied by the county, the
111+imposition of the tax shall first be approved by a majority of the
112+registered voters of the county voting thereon a t a special election
113+called by resolution of the board of county commissioners.
114+B. The board of county commissioners shall create a limited -
115+purpose fund and deposit therein any revenue generated by any sales
116+tax levied pursuant to the provisions of subsec tion A of this
117+section. The fund shall be placed in an insured or collateralized
118+interest-bearing account, and the interest which accrues to the fund
119+shall be retained in the fund. Monies in the limited -purpose fund
120+shall be expended only as accumulated and only for the purpose
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147+specifically described in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this
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149+C. 1. All sales tax collected pursuant to subsection A of this
150+section, and the interest accrued from the collections as provided
151+in subsection B of this sect ion, within an ambulance service
152+district established pursuant to Section 9C of Article X of the
153+Oklahoma Constitution shall be apportioned in the same manner as the
154+ad valorem collections for the ambulance service district by the
155+county treasurer. Ambula nce service districts that receive monies
156+collected pursuant to this section shall be subject to an audit by
157+the State Auditor and Inspector.
158+2. All sales tax collected pursuant to subsection A of this
159+section, and the interest accrued from the collection s as provided
160+in subsection B of this section, outside of an ambulance service
161+district shall be expended pursuant subsection A of this section and
162+shall be subject to the purchasing policy of the county. Any
163+emergency medical services receiving funds fro m a county collected
164+pursuant to this section shall enter into an agreement with the
165+county and adhere to the provisions of the county resolution
166+approved pursuant to subsection A of this section.
167+3. Every county expending or apportioning monies pursuant to
168+this section shall verify that all emergency medical services
169+receiving monies collected pursuant to this section are licensed and
170+in good standing with the EMS Division of the State Department of
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197+Health. Any emergency medical services found by a count y to be in
198+violation of the agreement, made pursuant to paragraph 2 of this
199+subsection, with the county or in violation of the resolution
200+adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be prohibited
201+from receiving monies collected pursuant to this section until the
202+county determines the entity is no longer in violation of the
203+agreement or resolution.
204+D. As used in this section, “emergency medical services” means
205+any emergency medical services system which provides for the
206+organization and appropria te designation of personnel, facilities,
207+and equipment for the effective and coordinated delivery of health
208+care services primarily under emergency conditions within the voting
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210+E. A proposition otherwise authorized by the provisions of
211+subsection A or subsection B of this section shall be placed before
212+the voters of the applicable county at an election to be held on the
213+same date as:
214+1. Any regularly scheduled federal, state , or county election
215+held in that county;
216+2. A special election held in t hat county for a federal, state ,
217+or county office; or
218+3. A special election held in that county for another county
219+proposition or a state question.
220+SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024. ”
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254+Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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288+BILL NO. 1967 By: Newton of the House
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15299 An Act relating to county sales tax; authorizing
16300 county vote upon sales tax; d esignating funds for
17301 emergency medical services; directing the board of
18-county commissioners to create limited -purpose fund;
19-providing for apportionment and expenditure of funds;
20-subjecting certain ambulance service districts to
21-audits; requiring counties to conduct certain
22-verification; prohibiting emergency medical services
23-from receiving monies under certain circumst ances;
24-specifying dates for when a p roposition may be voted
25-on; defining emergency medical services; providing
26-for codification; and providing an effective date.
302+county commissioners to create limited purpose fund;
303+defining emergency medical servic es; providing for
304+codification; and providing an effective date .
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33311 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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35-SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
312+SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
36313 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1370.10 of Title 68, unless
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41317 this act, any county of this state may levy a sales tax not to
42318 exceed one percent (1 %) upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts
43-derived from all sales or services in the county upon which a
44-consumer’s sales tax is levied by the state, except as provided in
45-paragraph 8 of Section 1357 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
46-subject to the following conditions: ENR. H. B. NO. 1967 Page 2
319+derived from all sales in the county upon which a consumer 's sales
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321+Section 1357 of Title 68 of the Oklaho ma Statutes, subject to the
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52-imposition of the tax shall first be approved by a majority of the
53-registered voters of the county voting thereon a t a special election
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352+imposition of the ta x shall first be approved by fifty percent (50%)
353+of the registered voters of the county voting thereon at a special
354+election called by resolution of the board of county commissioners .
56355 B. The board of county commissioners shall create a limited -
57356 purpose fund and deposit therein any revenue generated by any sales
58357 tax levied pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this
59358 section. The fund shall be placed in an insured or collateralized
60359 interest-bearing account, and the interest which accru es to the fund
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63362 specifically described in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this
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67-section, and the interest accrued from the collections as prov ided
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69-district established pursuant to Section 9C of Article X of the
70-Oklahoma Constitution shall be apportioned in the same manner as the
71-ad valorem collections for the ambulance service district by the
72-county treasurer. Ambula nce service districts that receive monies
73-collected pursuant to this section shall be subject to an audit by
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77-section, and the interest accrued from the collection s as provided
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79-district shall be expended pursuant subsection A of this section and
80-shall be subject to the purchasing policy of the county. Any
81-emergency medical services receiving funds fro m a county collected
82-pursuant to this section shall enter into an agreement with the
83-county and adhere to the provisions of the county resolution
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87-this section shall verify that all emergency medical services
88-receiving monies collected pursuant to this section are licensed and
89-in good standing with the EMS Division of the State Department of
90-Health. Any emergenc y medical services found by a count y to be in
91-violation of the agreement, made pursuant to paragraph 2 of this ENR. H. B. NO. 1967 Page 3
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94-from receiving monies collected pursuant to this section until the
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364+C. As used in this section, "Emergency Medical Services " means
99365 any emergency medical services syste m which provides for the
100366 organization and appropriate design ation of personnel, facilities,
101367 and equipment for the effective and coordinated delivery of health
102368 care services primarily under emergen cy conditions within the voting
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370+D. A proposition otherwise authorized by the provisions of
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106-subsection A or B of this section shall be placed before the voters
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136-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
137-Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
138-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
139-By: _________________________________
140-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
141-day of ___________________, 20___ ____, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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145- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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147-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
148-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
149-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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