Req. No. 10663 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3054 By: Boles COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE [ gross production tax – property – ad valorem – flowlines – gathering lines – effective date ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAH OMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 1001.1, is amended to read as follows: Section 1001.1 The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall adopt rules and regulations which establish guidelines for the determination of property exempt from ad valorem taxation pur suant to the provisions of subsections G K and H L of Section 1001 of this title. Said guidelines shall include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. "Producing leases" means wells or leases or production units which have had production during any of th e previous three (3) calendar years which is subject to the gro ss production tax levied by Section 1001 of this title and which have not been abandoned or Req. No. 10663 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 required to be plugged as r equired by law on or before January 1 of the year for which the assessment or valuation is made; 2. "Payment of gross production tax " means payment of the tax levied by Section 1001 of this title on production during any of the three (3) calendar years im mediately prior to January 1 of the year for which the assessment or valua tion is made; and 3. Property exempt from ad valorem tax pursu ant to the provisions of subsections G K and H L of Section 1001 of this title shall include, but is not limited to ,: a. lease production tanks, b. lease production meters, c. flowlines and gathering lines going from the wellhead either to the first sales meter that is the point of custody transfer or t o the boundary of the production unit, whichever distance is shorter, and d. disposal systems, including all materials and equipment of disposal systems and the lines transporting the waste materials, serving one or more wells, which are not for commercial purposes . Provided, the exemption shall include the wellbore and non - recoverable down-hole material, including casing, actually used in the commercial disposal of waste materials produced with such oil or gas. Such exempt property shall remain exempt as long as the property is essential to the production of oil and gas in c ommercial Req. No. 10663 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 quantities. The count y assessor shall be notified when such property becomes nonexempt. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024. 59-2-10663 JM 02/29/24