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4-An Act
5-ENROLLED SENATE
6-BILL NO. 1447 By: Thompson (Kristen) of the
28+STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30+2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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32+2ND CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
33+FOR ENGROSSED
34+SENATE BILL 1447 By: Thompson (Kristen) of the
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1139 Osburn and Swope of the
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1652 An Act relating to economic development; creating the
1753 Creating Oklahoma’s Modern Plan for Economic
1854 Transformation and Effectiveness (COMPETE) Act;
1955 providing short title; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section
2056 5003.2, which relates to creation of the Okl ahoma
2157 Department of Commerce; requiring the Department to
2258 create two separate divisions; creating the Division
2359 on Economic Development , Growth, and Expansion (EDGE)
2460 and the Division on Community Outreach and
2561 Revitalization Enterprise (CORE); specifying purpose
2662 of each division; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section
2763 5003.4, which relates to definitions; modifying
2864 definition; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5003.5, as
2965 amended by Section 25, Chapter 243, O.S.L. 2022 (74
3066 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 5003.5), which relates to
3167 the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce;
3268 modifying title; establishing method for
3369 compensation; specifying requirements for position;
3470 amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5003.7, which relates
3571 to the five-year economic development plan; expanding
3672 provisions of plan; modifying recipients of notice;
3773 requiring plan to be posted on Department ’s website;
3874 requiring certain presentation; amending 74 O.S.
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39101 5003.10, which relates to the authority of the
40102 Oklahoma Department of Commerce; modifying reference;
41103 amending 74 O.S. 5003.10a, which relates to procedure
42104 to terminate offices established outside of state;
43105 modifying reference; creating the Legislative
44106 Evaluation and Development Committee; requiring
45107 legislative review on investments over certain
46108 threshold; specifying information for review;
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49109 providing for membership; providing for quorum;
50110 allowing for certain reimbursement; requiring members
51111 of committee to submit to certain agreements;
52112 updating statutory language; providing for
53113 codification; and declaring an emergency.
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57-SUBJECT: Economic development
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59121 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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61122 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sect ion of law to be codified
62123 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5090 of Title 74, unless there
63124 is created a duplication in numbe ring, reads as follows:
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65125 This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Creating
66126 Oklahoma’s Modern Plan for Economic Transformation and Effectiveness
67127 (COMPETE) Act”.
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69128 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5003.2, is
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72130 Section 5003.2. A. Recognizing the geographic diversity of
73131 this state, Oklahoma needs one central, primary p ublic-sector
74132 economic development agency for the state in order to manage or
75133 coordinate all public sector economic development activity.
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77160 Oklahoma needs an agency to work at the community and firm level
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80162 1. Create new and higher quality jobs for the people of this
81163 state through the expansion, creation, restructuring and recruitment
82164 of export-oriented Oklahoma firms which p roduce value-added goods,
83165 services and processes;
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85166 2. Encourage statewide economic diversification and stability;
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87167 3. Maintain a two-way flow of information between the central
88168 state economic development agency and firms, farms and communities;
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92169 4. Implement the strategic economic development five -year plan;
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95171 5. Carry out policy development and research in support of
96172 Oklahoma Futures.
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98173 B. There are hereby created two separate and distinct divisions
99174 within the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be known as the
100175 Division on Economic Development, Growth, and Expansion (EDGE) and
101176 the Division on Community Outreach and Revitalization Enterp rise
102177 (CORE). EDGE and CORE shall collaborate to encourage economic
103178 stability in the state, to improve the economic competitiv eness of
104179 this state, and to implement the Oklahoma Department of Commerce ’s
105180 strategic plan.
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107181 C. The Division on Economic Development, Growth, and Expansion
108182 (EDGE).
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110209 The purpose of EDGE shall be to serve as the state ’s lead
111210 economic development point of contact. EDGE shall exercise the
112211 powers and duties granted to it by this act to perform an essential
113212 governmental function for matter s of public necessity for which
114213 public monies may be spent and property acquired. EDGE shall have
115214 duties pertaining to the ec onomic development of the state
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118216 1. Being empowered to strategically drive opportunities for
119217 economic growth and diversification across the state;
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121218 2. Collaborating with local, regional, and state entities;
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123219 3. Coordinating the funding and investment activities of each
124220 element of the state ’s economic development efforts and marketing
125221 campaigns to achieve better results for the state ’s recruitment and
126222 retention of businesses; and
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128223 4. Acting as the principal point of contact reg arding
129224 investment in this state for public officials, businesses, and the
130225 public.
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132226 D. The Division on Community Outreach and Revitalization
133227 Enterprise (CORE).
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137228 The purpose of CORE shall be to focus on the long -term
138229 development of local communities to in crease competitiveness and
139230 enhance economic opportunities. CORE shall have duties pertaining
140231 to local economic opportunities and comm unity development including,
141232 but not limited to:
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143259 1. Creating new and higher -quality jobs for the people of the
144260 state through long-term development of local communities;
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147262 Department and communities through regional organization and
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150264 3. Carrying out policy development and research in support of
151265 the long-term competitiveness of this state;
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153266 4. Providing technical assistance to local communities in
154267 securing federal funding, incentive avail ability, and community
155268 development;
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157269 5. Providing assistance and funding in development of potential
158270 sites for economic develo pment;
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160271 6. Coordinating with other state agencies deploying federal and
161272 state funds for infrastructure development including, but not
162273 limited to, the Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Water
163274 Resources Board, and the Oklahoma Broadband Office; a nd
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165275 7. Assisting in compliance with the laws and regulations of
166276 economic incentives and economic development initiatives.
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168277 E. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is hereby constituted an
169278 agency of state government.
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171279 C. F. Whenever the terms “Department of Economic Development”
172280 or “Department of Economic and Community Affairs ” appear in the
173281 Oklahoma Statutes they shall mean and refer to the Oklahoma
174282 Department of Commerce.
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176309 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5003.4, is
177310 amended to read as follows:
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181311 Section 5003.4. As used in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
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187315 “Chief Executive Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer of the
188316 Oklahoma Department of Commerce ;
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190317 3. “Enterprise” means a firm with its principal place of
191318 business in Oklahoma;
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193319 4. “Economic Information System ” means a comprehensive
194320 statewide data collection, analysis and distribution system which
195321 makes available current and thorough information on Oklahoma
196322 economic trends and future Oklahoma economic opportunities to
197323 communities, firms, farms and individuals in the state; firms and
198324 individuals outside the state considering location in Oklahoma; a nd
199325 Oklahoma Futures, the Governor, the Legislature and all other state
200326 agencies and institutions; and
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202327 5. “Economic Innovation System ” means a decentralized statewide
203328 system that responsively and innovatively coordinates technical
204329 assistance, grant and loan programs with local, state, federal and
205330 private sector activities into a single statewide Economic
206331 Innovation System.
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208358 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5003.5, as
209359 amended by Section 25, Chapter 243, O.S.L. 2022 (74 O.S . Supp. 2023,
210360 Section 5003.5), is amended to read as follows:
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212361 Section 5003.5. A. The Director Chief Executive Officer of the
213362 Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall be appointed by the Governor
214363 with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director Chief
215364 Executive Officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and
216365 shall continue to serve until a successor is duly appointed and
217366 qualified. The salary of the Director Chief Executive Officer shall
218367 be set by law compensated in a manner that compares equa lly to
219368 similar positions in the private sector .
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223369 B. The Director Chief Executive Officer shall be qualified for
224370 such position by character, personality, ability, education,
225371 training and successful administrative experience in the public or
226372 private sector. The Chief Executive Officer shall have experience
227373 that includes, but is not limited to:
374+1. Economic development program leadersh ip;
375+2. Business development leadership;
376+3. Senior-level board management and leadership;
377+4. Senior-level business and polit ical engagement;
378+5. Leading business development or business recruitment teams;
379+6. Creating and implementing sector development strategies;
380+7. Branding and marketing leadership experience; and
381+8. Experience in recruiting companies to a state or com munity.
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245408 C. The Director Chief Executive Officer shall employ such
246409 persons as are necessary to implement the powers and duties of the
247410 Department. Because many of the powers and duties of the Department
248411 involve working closely with the private sector, certain employee
249412 positions of the Department shall be employed and compensated in a
250413 manner that compares equally to similar positions in the private
251414 sector and shall be exempt from the provisions of the Civil Service
252415 and Human Capital Modernization Act. All o ther employees and
253416 positions shall be subject to the provisions of the Civil Service
254417 and Human Capital Modernization Act. Provided, n othing in this
255418 section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Legislature
256419 to specify the status of positions otherwi se by law. Neither shall
257420 the Director Chief Executive Officer have the authority to
258421 circumvent, disregard or otherwise disobey specific provisions of
259422 law regarding positions in the Department.
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429+4. The Executive Bond Oversight Commission; and
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277457 E. The Director Chief Executive Officer may serve as
278458 administrator of any interlocal agreement or compact to pursue
279459 economic development and to assign any employees of the Department
280460 or employee personnel to carry out duties or obligatio ns pursuant to
281461 any interlocal agreement or compact for economic development.
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283462 F. The Director Chief Executive Officer , at his or her
284463 discretion, may approve payment for affiliations or memberships of
285464 the Department or, if necessary, associate memberships for
286465 individual employees in international, national, or state economic
287466 development councils, professional organizations, or governmental
288467 associations.
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293470 Section 5003.7. A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall
294471 prepare, with the cooperation of the Oklahoma business community,
295472 agricultural community, financial community, universities, labor
296473 and, the state executive and legislative branches, and the Oklahoma
297474 Workforce Commission, a five-year economic development plan and
298475 annual updates for the State of Oklahoma this state.
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301477 economic, social, and demographic trends which may have both short -
302478 term and long-term impacts on the state and local economy and to
303479 present strategies and recommendations that the state and local
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304506 political subdivisions might adopt to improve or stabilize the
305507 economy.
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307508 2. The goals of the plan shall include the development of a
308509 diversified state economy , increasing; the increase of employment,;
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312511 goals or recommendations included in the plan ,; the maximum
313512 investment of capital in the economy of the state ,; and the
314513 improvement of the quality of life in the state.
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317515 encourage intergovernme ntal cooperation and public and private
318516 cooperation.
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321518 the state that addresses target industries, site development, and
322519 workforce needs to meet the state goals.
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325521 electronically to the Oklahoma Advisory Committee on
326522 Intergovernmental Relations, the Gov ernor, the Speaker of the House
327523 of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
328524 chairmen of the standing committee s on economic development of the
329525 Senate and of the House of Representatives members of the
330526 Legislative Evaluation and Developm ent Committee, as created in
331527 Section 8 of this act, and be made available to the public on the
332528 Department’s website on the first day of each legislative session.
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334555 5. 6. The Department shall develop and manage a complete
335556 economic information system whic h will support the five-year
336557 planning process, and which will make available complete and timely
337558 information on the state economy. Th e economic information system
338559 shall be operated by public or private Oklahoma universities or an
339560 Oklahoma enterprise capable o f providing such services in a cost -
340561 effective manner.
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342562 B. The Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Department of
343563 Commerce shall present the strategic plan to the Legislative
344564 Evaluation and Development Committee, as created in Section 8 of
345565 this act, for approval.
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347566 C. The Department, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Development
348567 Finance Authority, is authorized to develop an infrastr ucture
349568 program which will enable political subdivisions of this state to
350569 finance public works projects in order to modify or i mprove existing
351570 public facilities for purposes of bringing said such facilities, and
352571 the operation thereof, into compliance with and maintaining
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356573 pertaining to the protection of the public he alth and the
357574 environment.
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359575 C. D. The Director Chief Executive Officer shall develop an
360576 annual business plan for the Department. The b usiness plan shall
361577 include the need and mission of each division of the Department
362578 created by law or the Director Chief Executive Officer and an
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363605 analysis of past costs and benefits and future projected costs and
364606 benefits to the state of the programs of each division of the
365607 Department. The business plan shall be consistent with the goals of
366608 the recurring five-year plan specified in this section. The
367609 Director Chief Executive Officer shall distribute copies of the
368610 business plan by such means that will make i t widely available to
369611 communities, firms and local economic development managers
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372613 SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5003.10, is
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375615 Section 5003.10. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall have
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378617 1. Disseminate information concerning the industrial,
379618 commercial, governmental, educational, cultural, agricultural,
380619 business and other advantages and attractions of the state;
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383621 informational and publicity programs designed to attract or retain
384622 business and industry for the state ;
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386623 3. Obligate and expend funds for services performed by local
387624 political subdivisions of the state, state agencies, including
388625 universities and colleges within and without the state, and federal
389626 agencies for research and training in conformity with the general
390627 state laws governing such activity; and apply for, accept,
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391654 administer and expend grants from the federal government and any
392655 other public or private sources for research and training purposes;
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394656 4. Conduct, publish and disseminate or encourage research
395657 designed to further new and more extensive uses of the natural and
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398658 other resources of the state and designed to develop and
399659 commercialize new products and commercial processes;
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401660 5. Study trends and developments in the industries of the state
402661 and analyze the reasons underlying such trends; study costs within
403662 the state; and make recommendations regarding circumstances
404663 promoting or hampering business and industrial development;
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406664 6. Generally gather, compile and make available economic
407665 analyses and statistical information relating to business, trade,
408666 commerce, industry, transportation, communication, natural
409667 resources, population and other like subjects in this state, with
410668 authority to call upon other agencies, universities and colleges of
411669 the state for statistical data and results obtained by them, and to
412670 arrange and compile such economic analyses and statistical
413671 information in such a man ner as it deems advisable;
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415672 7. Study such other scientific, industrial, financial and
416673 economic issues as, in the judgment of t he Department, shall be
417674 deemed of value to the people of the state;
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419675 8. Support and assist the efforts of state, regional and local
420676 development organizations, industrial committees, chambers of
421677 commerce, agricultural organizations, labor organizations and other
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422704 similar public and private agencies to obtain new and to foster
423705 expansion of existing service, industrial and manufacturing
424706 facilities, businesses and enterprises; and to foster community
425707 improvements in leadership, expertise, human development,
426708 infrastructure, public facilities and quality of life; and to expand
427709 data availability and utilization opportunities;
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429710 9. Maintain a continuing evaluation of the sources available
430711 for the financing of the development or expansion of industrial,
431712 agricultural and commercial facilities in this state through both
432713 public and private agencies;
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434714 10. Assist in obtaining financing for the develop ment and
435715 expansion of industrial, agricultural and commercial facilities in
436716 the state;
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438717 11. Serve as the state ’s official liaison agency between
439718 persons interested in locating new economic enterprises in Oklahoma
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442719 and state and local groups seeking new enterprises. In this
443720 respect, the Department shall aid communities in organizing for and
444721 obtaining new businesses and expandi ng existing businesses and shall
445722 process requests which reflect interest in locating economic
446723 enterprises in the state;
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448724 12. Promote the sale and facilitate the marketing of Oklahoma
449725 products including agricultural and value -added products in the
450726 international market;
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452753 13. Encourage the location of foreign manufacturing plants and
453754 other industries in Oklahoma;
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455755 14. Coordinate the international efforts of the various state
456756 agencies without violating the individual authority given those
457757 agencies by statute;
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459758 15. Coordinate and serve as liaison to the private sector as
460759 needed;
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462760 16. Establish, subject to an annual appropriation or private
463761 gifts, offices outside the state boundaries. The offices may be
464762 operated by the state or may be operated pursuant to contract wh ich
465763 shall not be subject to the competitive bid laws of the State of
466764 Oklahoma. The Department shall prepare an annual report concerning
467765 the activities of the offices and submit it to the Governor and the
468766 Legislature. The Director Chief Executive Offi cer of the Oklahoma
469767 Department of Commerce shall notify in writing the Governor, the
470768 President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speak er of the House of
471769 Representatives that the Department intends to establish a new
472770 office pursuant to this paragraph at least t hirty (30) days prior to
473771 the establishment of the new office or execution of a contract;
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475772 17. Establish a system of not less than six geographic regions
476773 for promoting new or existing businesses, assisting in the expansion
477774 of small and medium sized manu facturers through a modernization
478775 program, creating new jobs, and assisting local businesses,
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479802 political subdivisions or other entities to better utilize the
480803 services of the Department;
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482804 18. Solicit, accept and expend donations and contributions from
483805 any source, whether public or private, in order to advertise,
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486806 promote or disseminate information which may assist in the
487807 recruitment of companies, firms or jobs to Oklahoma, including but
488808 not limited to the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act, and any other
489809 acts which the Department administers or which may assist the
490810 Department in the performance of its mission. The Department shall
491811 deposit any funds collected pursuant to this paragraph in the
492812 “Oklahoma Department of Commerce Revolving Fund ” created by Section
493813 5012 of this title; and
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495814 19. Enter into contracts at fair market value for the rental of
496815 office space in any facility under its control to entities engaged
497816 in activities related to the export of goods produced in Oklahoma.
498817 The Department shall deposit any f unds collected pursuant to this
499818 paragraph in the “Oklahoma Department of Commerce Revolving Fund ”
500819 created by Section 5012 of this titl e.
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502820 SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 5003.10a, is
503821 amended to read as follows:
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505822 Section 5003.10a. An office established by the Oklahoma
506823 Department of Commerce outside the State of Oklahoma pursuant to
507824 paragraph 16 of Section 5003.10 of this title shall not be
508825 terminated until the Director Chief Executive Officer of the
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509852 Oklahoma Department of Commerce provides a written report to the
510853 Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
511854 President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the intent of the Director
512855 Chief Executive Officer to terminate the office. Termination of the
513856 office pursuant to this section shall not occur earlier than sixty
514857 (60) days following the date the report is filed as provided in this
515858 section. For purposes of this section, “termination” means a
516859 reduction in funding for an office or a change in representation.
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518860 SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
519861 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5090.1 of Title 74, unless there
520862 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follow s:
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522863 A. There is hereby created within the Legislature the
523864 Legislative Evaluation and Development Committee. The Legislative
524865 Evaluation and Development Committee shall review financing for
525866 individual incentive packages including, but not limited to,
526867 packages offering tax incentives, funds for economic development,
527868 and, when the annual investment exceeds Twenty Million Dollars
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530869 ($20,000,000.00), excluding funding from existing incentives for any
531870 business, new or existing currently in this state, or when one o r
532871 more of the incentives in the incentive package is not authoriz ed
533872 under current law or an amendment by the Legislature is being sought
534873 to one or more currently existing incentives included in the
535874 incentive package. In addition to the required review of certain
536875 incentive packages as prescribed by this section, the Com mittee may,
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537902 in its discretion, also review potential economic development
538903 projects presented by private sector businesses or state or other
539904 political subdivision authorities which would be fi nanced by public
540905 funds.
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542906 B. The Legislative Evaluation and Develo pment Committee shall
543907 evaluate and propose economic projects provided by the Division on
544908 Economic Development, Growth, and Expansion within the Oklahoma
545909 Department of Commerce. The Committee shall consist of:
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547910 1. Four members of the Senate to be appointed by the President
548911 Pro Tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be from the minority
549912 party; and
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551913 2. Four members of the House of th e Representatives to be
552914 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of
553915 whom shall be from the minority party .
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555916 The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her designee,
556917 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or his or her
557918 designee, shall serve as co -chairs for the Committee.
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559919 C. The quorum of the Committee shall consist of at least five
560920 members. Meetings of the Committee shall be governed by joint rules
561921 of the Legislature. Members of the Committee may receive
562922 reimbursement from the Legislative Service Bureau for actual and
563923 necessary expenses incurred in connection with their duties as
564924 members of the Committee in accordance with other provisions of law
565925 relating to travel reimbursement for members of the Legislature.
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566952 Members serving on this Committee shall submit to nondisclosure
567953 agreements and adhere to the confidentiality of the material
568954 discussed in meetings that affects the economic development of this
569955 state.
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573956 SECTION 9. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
574957 of the public peace, health or safety, an e mergency is hereby
575958 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
576959 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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580-Passed the Senate the 29th day of May, 2024.
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584- Presiding Officer of the Senate
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587-Passed the House of Representatives the 30th day of May, 2024.
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592- of Representatives
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594-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
595-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
596-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
597-By: _________________________________
598-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _______ __
599-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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601- _________________________________
602- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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605-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
606-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
607-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
608-By: _________________________________
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