Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-1370.2A

tax - Acquisition and development of qualified manufacturing

facilities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1370 of this title and

in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this act, any

county of this state with a population of more than three hundred

thousand (300,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census

may levy a sales tax of not to exceed one percent (1%) upon the

gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from all sales or services

in the county upon which a consumer's sales tax is levied by the

state subject to the following conditions:

1. The proceeds of such sales tax and the interest thereon

shall be used solely for the purpose of acquisition and development

of qualified manufacturing facilities, related machinery and

equipment and any necessary infrastructure changes or improvements

related to such facilities located within the county to be owned by

the county, any municipality within the county or a public trust in

which the county or municipality is a beneficiary. However, such

municipality or public trust shall hold such title for the use and

benefit of the residents of the entire county in which the tax is

levied and collected. The acceptance by the municipality or public

trust of any title or tax proceeds shall be deemed an acceptance of

this requirement. The board of county commissioners of any county

that has approved the imposition of a sales tax pursuant to this

section may not commence the collection of any such sales tax until

a qualified manufacturing facility has signed an agreement to locate

such facility within the county. As used in this paragraph,

"qualified manufacturing facility" means a new or expanding facility

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primarily engaged in manufacturing, production and/or assembly of

consumer or other products, whether or not on a factory basis, whose

total cost of acquisition and construction exceeds the sum of

Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and which will employ at

least one thousand (1,000) new full-time-equivalent employees, as

certified by the Employment Security Commission within three (3)

years after the completion of the facility;

2. Before a sales tax may be levied by the county, the

imposition of the tax shall first be approved by a majority of the

registered voters of the county voting thereon at a special election

called by resolution of the board of county commissioners in the

manner provided by law for county elections;

3. The monies collected pursuant to the provisions of this

section shall only be expended by the board of county commissioners

to finance an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the

total cost related to the acquisition and construction of the

qualified manufacturing facility, related machinery and equipment

and any necessary infrastructure changes or improvements directly

related to such facility; and

4. Such sales tax can only be imposed for a period not to

exceed three (3) years.