Req. No. 10973 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 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) HOUSE BILL 1582 By: Lawson AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to revenue and taxation; requiring sale for resale tax permits; providing permit to be obtained without charge; requiring vendors to honor sale for resale permits; providing for utilization of electronic verification; providing certain conduct prohibited by vendors with respect to sales for resale; providing for expiration of sale for resale permits; providing for system of verification; imposing duties on Oklahoma Tax Commission with respect to verification systems; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1364.4 of Title 68, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. To utilize the Sale for Resale sales tax exemption, a separate Sale for Resale exemption permit for each business to be operated must be obtained from the Ok lahoma Tax Commission. The permit may be obtained at no charge. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall grant and issue to each applicant a Sale for Resale permit for Req. No. 10973 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 each business in this state, upon proper application therefor and verification thereof by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. A business with multiple locations in this state may operate under one Sale for Resale permit. The Oklahoma Tax Commission may additionally provide for the access to a granted and issued permit electronically, or by other such means as established by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. B. All vendors shall honor a valid Sale for Resale permit for sales tax exemption as authorized under this section and may ut ilize the verification procedures outlined in subsection E of this section, and sales to a person providing such proof shall be exempt from the tax levied by Section 1350 et seq. of this title. C. It shall be unlawful for any person designated as a Group One, Group Two, Group Three , or Group Four vendor, pursuant to Section 1363 of this title, to claim a sale for resale exemption within this state unless a Sale for Resale permit or permits shall have been issued to such person. Any person who claims a sal e for resale exemption subject to the provisions of this section without a Sale for Resale permit or permits, or after a Sale for Resale permit has been suspended, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). D. All Sale for Resale permits issued under the provisions of this section shall expire at 11:59 p.m. on the next June 30 following the effective date of issuance. Req. No. 10973 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 E. If the Oklahoma Tax Commission develops and adopts an electronic system for exchanging information with sellers regarding Sale for Resale permit numbers of purchasers who are seeking to make purchases for resale, sellers may use the system to verify the validity of the Sale for Resale permit number. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall provide such sellers, free of charge, verification of whether the Sale for Resale permit numbers are valid. A seller that verifies a purchaser 's permit number as outlined in this subsection shall create a presumption that the sale w as a valid sale for resale exemption. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective June 1, 2026. 60-1-10973 AO 12/17/24