SB1428 HFLR Page 1 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 1428 By: Alvord of the Senate and Townley of the House COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE [ economic development - investment rebate program - claims - payments - Commerce Manufacturing Activity Development Fund - transfer - codification ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sect ion of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3647.1 of Title 68, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. There is hereby created until July 1, 2030, a n investment rebate program for the cost of qualified c apital expenditures SB1428 HFLR Page 2 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 defined by Section 3645.3 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, by establishments defined by Section 3645.3 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that: 1. Refine, manufacture, or p rocess compounds or elements into hydrogen-based products in industries defined or cla ssified in the NAICS Manual under Industry Group No. 324 or 325; and 2. Have acquired real property located within the boundar ies of a municipality with a population bet ween seventeen thousand (17,000) and forty-two thousand (42,000), according to the lat est Federal Decennial Census, where the qualified capital will be located. B. To be eligible for consideration for an investment rebate payment awarded under the provisi ons of this act, the establishment shall: 1. Submit an application and documentation to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, as required by the Department, outlining a capital expenditure plan in this state associated with qualified capital expenditures t otaling no less than Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($800,000,000.00); 2. Have made qualified capital expenditures of no less than twenty percent (20%) of the capital expenditure plan outlined in the application submitted by the primary establishment and a pproved by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, pursuan t to the provisions of this act; and SB1428 HFLR Page 3 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3. Have filed all Oklahoma tax returns and tax documents required by law. C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no i nvestment expenditure shall be utiliz ed for calculation purposes that results in the qualification of more than one establi shment under the provisions of this act, for investment rebate payments based on the same expenditure. D. 1. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall approve or disapprove claims for rebates and shall issue payment for all approved claims from funds hel d in the Commerce Manufacturing Activity Development Fund created in Section 2 of this act. 2. The Department shall disapprove all a pplications and claims or any portion of applications and claims for rebates that would exceed the balance of available fun ds in the Commerce Manufacturing Activity Development Fund. 3. The total amount of applications approved and investme nt rebate payments awarded under the provisions of t his act shall not exceed the total amount of monies des ignated by law for deposit to the Commerce Manufacturing Activity Development Fund. E. 1. Subject to the approval and ongoing review of the eligibility applicatio n by the Oklahoma Department of Comme rce, the investment rebate payment authorized by this a ct shall be equal to six and twenty-five hundredths percent (6.25%) of the cost of the qualified capital expenditure in the year of expenditure. SB1428 HFLR Page 4 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. The Department is authorized to conditionally pre -qualify and account for anticipated future investment reb ate payments. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall not pre-qualify investment rebate payments, encumber funds, pre -encumber funds, or otherwise allocate resources that would result in the allocat ion of investment rebate payments in excess of the bala nce of available funds in the Commerce Manufacturing Activity Development Fund. SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3647.2 of Title 68, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the “Commerce Manufacturing Activity Development Fund ”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fisc al year limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated for deposit to the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are he reby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended b y the Department for the purpose of paying rebates as p rovided in this act. Expenditu res from such fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and E nterprise Services for approval and payment. B. All unencumbered funds remaining in t he Commerce Manufacturing Activity Development Fund upon January 1, 2030, shall SB1428 HFLR Page 5 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 be transferred to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Revenue Fund. COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET, dated 04/18/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended.