Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB3504 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/04/2024

                     
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024 ) 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR 
HOUSE BILL NO. 3504 	By: Sneed and Archer of the 
House 
 
   and 
 
  Rogers of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
[revenue and taxation - Oklahoma Feral Hog Trapp ing 
Tax Credit Act – definitions - state income tax 
credit - carryover of tax credit – noncodification 
– codification - effective date] 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:  
SECTION 1.    NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be 
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows : 
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Feral 
Hog Trapping Tax Credit Act ". 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of la w to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2357.701 of Title 68, unless 
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:   
 
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A. As used in this section: 
1. "Agricultural damage" means the negative impact caused by 
the presence and act ivities of feral hogs.  For the purposes of this 
paragraph, agricultural damage i ncludes, but is not limited to, crop 
destruction, pasture damage, soil e rosion, damage to infrastructure, 
and disease transmission; 
2. "Ecological impacts" means the negative effects feral hogs 
have on natural ecosystems.  For the purposes of this paragraph, 
ecological impacts includes, but is not limited to , crop damage, 
habitat destruction, soil and water contamination, and disruption of 
native wildlife; 
3. "Feral hog" means a domestic pig that has escaped or been 
released into the wild and has adapted to living and bre eding in 
natural or semi-natural environments, or one that is descended from 
such animals; 
4. "Qualified expenses" means feral hog trapping equipment.  
For the purposes of this paragraph, feral hog trapping equipment 
includes drop-nets, rooter gates, pane l traps, remote-controlled or 
camera operated traps , portable traps, or any tool or device 
specifically designed to capture or trap feral hogs; and 
5. "Taxpayer" means a natural person, ge neral partnership, 
limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited 
liability limited partnership, limited liability company, 
corporation, trust, estate or any other lawfully recognized entity.   
 
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B. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, 
there shall be allowed as a credit against the t ax imposed pursuant 
to Section 2355 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes equal to one 
hundred percent (100%) for the cost of qualified expenses used to 
control and manage feral hog populations, minimize agricultural 
damage caused by feral hogs , or mitigate ecological impacts caused 
by feral hogs. 
C.  The credit authorized by this section may be claimed by a 
natural person or persons.  In order for the credit to be claimed by 
a natural person or persons, the aggregate amount of land owned by 
the natural person or per sons must be twenty (20) acres or more and 
a copy of the Schedule F filed with the federal income t ax return 
for either the same taxable ye ar for which the credit authorized by 
this section is being claimed or a copy of the Schedule F for the 
most recent federal income tax year for which a federal income tax 
return was filed shall be submitted with the claim for the credit. 
D.  The credit authorized by this sec tion may be claimed by a 
lawfully recognized business entity including, but not limited to, a 
general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability limited 
partnership, corporation or limited liability company if the claim 
for the credit is based on expenditures incurred by the business 
entity as otherwise provided by this section , the entity holds title 
to real property used primarily for agr icultural purposes, and the 
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(20) acres or more. The credit authorized by this section may not 
be claimed by a business entity engaged in t he business of huntin g, 
trapping or eradicating feral hogs for a fee. 
E.  The credit authorized by this section shall not be used to 
reduce the income tax liability of the taxpayer to le ss than zero 
(0). 
F.  No taxpayer shall claim this credit otherwise authorized by 
this section for an amount in excess of Fifteen Thousand Dollars 
($15,000.00) with respect to all taxable years. 
G.  To the extent not used, the c redit authorized by this 
section shall be allowed to carry over, in order, to each of the 
five (5) following taxable years. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effectiv e November 1, 2024. 
 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET, dated 
02/29/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.