Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-263
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Attachment of sums due taxpayer from state
Official statutory text
A. If any tax warrant or certificate remains outstanding and
unpaid, the Tax Commission may issue an order attaching the sums due
or to become due, up to the amount of the liability upon such tax
warrant or certificate, upon any contract between the taxpayer named
in such tax warrant or certificate and the State of Oklahoma or any
department, board, institution, commission or agency thereof, for
the furnishing of any services, goods, merchandise, supplies,
materials or equipment for which payment is made upon claims
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
B. A certified copy of the attachment order shall be delivered
to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
and notice of such attachment shall be mailed to the taxpayer at the
taxpayer's last-known address.
C. From and after receipt of the attachment order, the Director
of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not pay
nor shall the State Treasurer issue any check or warrant for payment
to the taxpayer for the sums or funds so attached without a written
release from the Tax Commission.
D. The attachment orders issued by the Tax Commission shall
continue in force until released by the Tax Commission. The Tax
Commission may issue subsequent or successive attachment orders,
which shall be cumulative.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 137
E. If the taxpayer fails within thirty (30) days after his
claim upon such contract, or contracts if there are more than one,
has been initially received by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services, or within thirty (30) days after
the mailing of notice of such attachment, whichever is later, to
obtain and file with the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services a release executed by the Tax Commission, the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
authorize the payment to the Tax Commission of the sums or funds
attached, or so much thereof as have been certified for payment
pursuant to procedures prescribed by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services. Such payments to the Tax
Commission shall be credited against the liability on the tax
warrant or certificate, and shall constitute to the extent thereof,
payment by the state, department, board, institution, commission or
agency to the taxpayer upon such contract.
F. The Tax Commission may release funds from the claims or
contracts attached to effectuate payment of the liability on such
tax warrant or certificate or to protect the interest of the state,
and shall release the funds attached within thirty (30) days of full
payment of such liability.
G. The provisions of this section shall not apply to payroll
claims of or on behalf of employees of this state.
H. No person, firm or corporation that is delinquent in the
reporting or paying of any tax due under the laws of this state
shall be registered as a vendor under the provisions of Section
85.33 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, nor included on the
approved bidder lists maintained by the Purchasing Division of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
unpaid, the Tax Commission may issue an order attaching the sums due
or to become due, up to the amount of the liability upon such tax
warrant or certificate, upon any contract between the taxpayer named
in such tax warrant or certificate and the State of Oklahoma or any
department, board, institution, commission or agency thereof, for
the furnishing of any services, goods, merchandise, supplies,
materials or equipment for which payment is made upon claims
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
B. A certified copy of the attachment order shall be delivered
to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
and notice of such attachment shall be mailed to the taxpayer at the
taxpayer's last-known address.
C. From and after receipt of the attachment order, the Director
of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not pay
nor shall the State Treasurer issue any check or warrant for payment
to the taxpayer for the sums or funds so attached without a written
release from the Tax Commission.
D. The attachment orders issued by the Tax Commission shall
continue in force until released by the Tax Commission. The Tax
Commission may issue subsequent or successive attachment orders,
which shall be cumulative.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 137
E. If the taxpayer fails within thirty (30) days after his
claim upon such contract, or contracts if there are more than one,
has been initially received by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services, or within thirty (30) days after
the mailing of notice of such attachment, whichever is later, to
obtain and file with the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services a release executed by the Tax Commission, the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
authorize the payment to the Tax Commission of the sums or funds
attached, or so much thereof as have been certified for payment
pursuant to procedures prescribed by the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services. Such payments to the Tax
Commission shall be credited against the liability on the tax
warrant or certificate, and shall constitute to the extent thereof,
payment by the state, department, board, institution, commission or
agency to the taxpayer upon such contract.
F. The Tax Commission may release funds from the claims or
contracts attached to effectuate payment of the liability on such
tax warrant or certificate or to protect the interest of the state,
and shall release the funds attached within thirty (30) days of full
payment of such liability.
G. The provisions of this section shall not apply to payroll
claims of or on behalf of employees of this state.
H. No person, firm or corporation that is delinquent in the
reporting or paying of any tax due under the laws of this state
shall be registered as a vendor under the provisions of Section
85.33 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, nor included on the
approved bidder lists maintained by the Purchasing Division of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
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