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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2797 By: Stinson
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to medical marijuana; creating the
41	41	Medical Marijuana Law Local Government Enforcement
42	42	Assistance Revolving Fund; providing for
43	43	administration of fund by the Okla homa Medical
44	44	Marijuana Authority; providing for apportionme nt of
45	45	sales tax revenue; pre scribing procedures for
46	46	expenditures; amending 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1353,
47	47	as amended by Section 3, Chapter 412, O.S.L. 2022 (68
48	48	O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 1353), which relates to the
49	49	apportionment of sales tax revenue; providing for
50	50	apportionment to the Medical Marijuana Law Local
51	51	Government Enforcement Assistance Revolving Fund;
52	52	providing for certain sequence of apportionment;
53	53	providing for codification; providing an effective
54	54	date; and declaring an emergency.
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64	64	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
65	65	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
66	66	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 427.3b of Title 63, unless there
67	67	is created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows:
68	68	There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
69	69	for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuan a Authority to be designated the
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96	96	"Medical Marijuana Law Local Government Enforcement Assistance
97	97	Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject
98	98	to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received
99	99	by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority from sales tax revenue
100	100	apportioned to the Fund pursuant to Section 2 of this act . All
101	101	monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated
102	102	and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
103	103	Authority for the purpose of assisting county law enforcement
104	104	agencies with the investigation of possible criminal or unauthorized
105	105	activity in connection with medical marijuana cultivation, sale,
106	106	distribution and related activity . Expenditures from said fund
107	107	shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
108	108	claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
109	109	Management and Enterprise Serv ices for approval and payment .
110	110	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1353, as
111	111	amended by Section 3, Chapter 412, O.S.L. 2022 (68 O.S. Supp. 2022,
112	112	Section 1353), is amended to read as follows:
113	113	Section 1353. A. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of
114	114	the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code to provide funds for the financing of
115	115	the program provided for by the Oklahoma Social Security Act and to
116	116	provide revenues for the support of the functions of the state
117	117	government of Oklahoma, and for this purpose it is hereby expressly
118	118	provided that, revenues derived pursuant to the provis ions of the
119	119	Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, subject to the apportionment requirements
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146	146	for the Oklahoma Tax Commission and Office of Management and
147	147	Enterprise Services Joint Computer Enhancement Fund provided by
148	148	Section 265 of this title, shall be apportioned as f ollows:
149	149	1. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section,
150	150	the following amounts shall be paid to the State Treasurer to be
151	151	placed to the credit of the General Revenue Fund to be paid out
152	152	pursuant to direct appropriation by the Legislature:
153	153	Fiscal Year Amount
154	154	FY 2003 and FY 2004 86.04%
155	155	FY 2005 85.83%
156	156	FY 2006 85.54%
157	157	FY 2007 85.04%
158	158	FY 2008 through FY 2022 83.61%
159	159	FY 2023 through FY 2027 83.36%
160	160	FY 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter 83.61%;
161	161	2. The following amounts shall be paid to the State Treas urer
162	162	to be placed to the credit of the Education Reform Revolving Fund of
163	163	the State Department of Education:
164	164	a. for FY 2003, FY 2004 and FY 2005, ten and forty-two
165	165	one-hundredths percent (10.42%),
166	166	b. for FY 2006 through FY 2020, ten and forty -six one-
167	167	hundredths percent (10.46%),
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195	195	(1) for the month beginning July 1, 2020, through the
196	196	month ending August 31, 2020, ten and forty-six
197	197	one-hundredths percent (10.46%), and
198	198	(2) for the month beginning September 1, 2020,
199	199	through the month ending June 30, 2021, eleven
200	200	and ninety-six one-hundredths percent (11.96%),
201	201	d. for FY 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, ten and
202	202	forty-six one-hundredths percent (10.46%);
203	203	3. The following amounts shall be paid to the State Treasurer
204	204	to be placed to the credit of the Teachers' Retirement System
205	205	Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund:
206	206	Fiscal Year Amount
207	207	FY 2003 and FY 2004 3.54%
208	208	FY 2005 3.75%
209	209	FY 2006 4.0%
210	210	FY 2007 4.5%
211	211	FY 2008 through FY 2020 5.0%
212	212	FY 2021:
213	213	a. for the month beginning July
214	214	1, 2020, through the month
215	215	ending August 31, 2020 5.0%
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245	245	2021 3.5%
246	246	FY 2022 5.0%
247	247	FY 2023 through FY 2027 5.25%
248	248	FY 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter 5.0%;
249	249	4. a. except as otherwise provided in subparagraph b of this
250	250	paragraph, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022,
251	251	and for each fiscal year thereafter, eighty-seven one-
252	252	hundredths percent (0.87%) shall be paid to the State
253	253	Treasurer to be further apportioned as follows:
254	254	(1) twenty-four percent (24%) shall be placed to the
255	255	credit of the Oklahoma Tourism Promotion
256	256	Revolving Fund, but in no event shall such
257	257	apportionment exceed Five Million Dollars
258	258	($5,000,000.00) in any fisc al year,
259	259	(2) forty-four percent (44%) shall be placed to the
260	260	credit of the Oklahoma Tourism Capital
261	261	Improvement Revolving Fund, but in no event shall
262	262	such apportionment exceed Nine Million Dollars
263	263	($9,000,000.00) in any fisca l year, and
264	264	(3) thirty-two percent (32%) shall be placed to th e
265	265	credit of the Oklahoma Route 66 Commission
266	266	Revolving Fund, but in no event shall such
267	267	apportionment exceed Six Million Six Hundred
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294	294	Thousand Dollars ($6,600,000.00) in any fiscal
295	295	year, and
296	296	b. any amounts which exceed the limitations of
297	297	subparagraph a of this paragraph shall be placed to
298	298	the credit of the General Rev enue Fund; and
299	299	5. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and for each
300	300	fiscal year thereafter, six one-hundredths percent (0.06%) shall be
301	301	placed to the credit of the Oklahoma Historical Society Capital
302	302	Improvement and Operations Revolving Fund, but in no event shall
303	303	such apportionment exceed the total amount apportioned pursuant to
304	304	this paragraph for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2015. Any
305	305	amounts which exceed the limitations of this paragraph shall be
306	306	placed to the credit of the General Revenu e Fund.
307	307	B. Provided, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
308	308	every fiscal year thereafter, an amount of revenue shall be
309	309	apportioned to each municipality or county which levies a sales tax
310	310	subject to the provisions of Section 1357.10 of this titl e and
311	311	subsection F of Section 2701 of this title equal to the amount of
312	312	sales tax revenue of such municipality or county exempted by the
313	313	provisions of Section 1357.10 of this title and subsection F of
314	314	Section 2701 of this title. The Oklahoma Tax Commissio n shall
315	315	promulgate and adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of
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343	343	C. From the monies that would otherwise be apportioned to the
344	344	General Revenue Fund pursuant to subsection A of this section, there
345	345	shall be apportioned the follo wing amounts:
346	346	1. For the month ending August 31, 2019:
347	347	a. Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars
348	348	($9,600,000.00) to the credit of the State Highway
349	349	Construction and Maintenance Fund created in Section
350	350	1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and
351	351	b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
352	352	the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
353	353	created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
354	354	Statutes;
355	355	2. For the month ending September 30, 2019:
356	356	a. Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) t o the credit
357	357	of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund
358	358	created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma
359	359	Statutes, and
360	360	b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
361	361	the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
362	362	created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
363	363	Statutes;
364	364	3. For the month ending October 31, 2019:
365	365	a. Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) to the credit
366	366	of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund
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395	395	b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
396	396	the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
397	397	created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
398	398	Statutes;
399	399	4. For the month ending November 30, 2019:
400	400	a. Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) to the credit
401	401	of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund
402	402	created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma
403	403	Statutes, and
404	404	b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
405	405	the Oklahoma Railroad Maintenance Revolving Fund
406	406	created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
407	407	Statutes; and
408	408	5. For the month ending December 31, 2019:
409	409	a. Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) to the credit
410	410	of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund
411	411	created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma
412	412	Statutes, and
413	413	b. Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to the credit of
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415	415	created in Section 309 of Title 66 of the Oklahoma
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443	443	D. For fiscal year 2023, and each subsequent fiscal year,
444	444	before any other apportionment otherwise required by this section is
445	445	made to the General Revenue Fund, there shall be apportioned to the
446	446	State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund an amount, if
447	447	any, as required pursuant to Section 3-104 of Title 70 of the
448	448	Oklahoma Statutes, not to exceed the state sales tax generated by
449	449	medical marijuana sales in the preceding fiscal year as reported by
450	450	the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
451	451	E. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and for each
452	452	subsequent fiscal year, after the ap portionment required by
453	453	subsection D of this section, but before any o ther apportionment
454	454	required by this section is made to the Ge neral Revenue Fund, there
455	455	shall be apportioned to the Medical Marijuana Law Local Government
456	456	Enforcement Assistance Re volving Fund, the sum of Ten Million
457	457	Dollars ($10,000,000.00) to be used in t he manner provided by
458	458	Section 1 of this act.
459	459	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
460	460	SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
461	461	of the public peace, healt h or safety, an emergency is he reby
462	462	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
463	463	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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