Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-3503
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in this act:
1. "Qualified federal facility" means a facility developed
after March 1, 1993, by or at the expense of a political subdivision
of this state and leased or conveyed to the government of the United
States which primarily houses federal employees; provided, the
annual gross payroll for new direct jobs of a qualified federal
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facility must be projected by the Department of Commerce as having
the potential to equal or exceed Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00) when the facility is fully operational;
2. "New direct job" means full-time-equivalent employment in a
qualified federal facility which did not exist in this state prior
to the date of approval by the Department of Commerce of the
application of the political subdivision for the qualified federal
facility pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of this act;
3. "Estimated direct state benefits" means the tax revenues
projected by the Department of Commerce to accrue to the state as a
result of new direct jobs;
4. "Estimated direct state costs" means the costs projected by
the Department of Commerce to accrue to the state as a result of new
direct jobs. Such costs shall include but not be limited to:
a. the costs of education of new state resident children,
b. the costs of public health, public safety and
transportation services to be provided to new state
residents,
c. the costs of other state services to be provided to
new state residents,
d. the costs of employee training and other state
services, and
e. the costs of physical infrastructure needed to support
the facility;
5. "Estimated net direct state benefits" means the estimated
direct state benefits less the estimated direct state costs;
6. "Net benefit rate" means the estimated net direct state
benefits computed as a percentage of gross payroll; provided, the
net benefit rate shall not exceed the lesser of five and one-fourth
percent (5.25%) or the minimum rate deemed by the Department of
Commerce to be necessary to result in an incentive payment at a
level which will enable the political subdivision to attract the
qualified federal facility;
7. "Political subdivision" means a municipality, a county or a
public trust, the beneficiary or beneficiaries of which are a
municipality, a county or the State of Oklahoma or a combination
thereof;
8. "Gross payroll" means wages for new direct jobs as defined
in paragraph (e) of Section 2385.1 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma
Statutes;
9. "Project term" means the length of time a political
subdivision may receive incentive payments pursuant to the
provisions of this act; provided, the project term shall not exceed
twenty (20) years from the date of the first incentive payment;
10. "Total net benefit" means the net benefit rate multiplied
by the gross payroll over the project term as estimated by the
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Department of Commerce pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of
Section 4 of this act; and
11. "Develop" means acquire, maintain, construct, improve,
enlarge, renew, renovate, replace, lease, equip, furnish or operate.
1. "Qualified federal facility" means a facility developed
after March 1, 1993, by or at the expense of a political subdivision
of this state and leased or conveyed to the government of the United
States which primarily houses federal employees; provided, the
annual gross payroll for new direct jobs of a qualified federal
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 1361
facility must be projected by the Department of Commerce as having
the potential to equal or exceed Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000.00) when the facility is fully operational;
2. "New direct job" means full-time-equivalent employment in a
qualified federal facility which did not exist in this state prior
to the date of approval by the Department of Commerce of the
application of the political subdivision for the qualified federal
facility pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of this act;
3. "Estimated direct state benefits" means the tax revenues
projected by the Department of Commerce to accrue to the state as a
result of new direct jobs;
4. "Estimated direct state costs" means the costs projected by
the Department of Commerce to accrue to the state as a result of new
direct jobs. Such costs shall include but not be limited to:
a. the costs of education of new state resident children,
b. the costs of public health, public safety and
transportation services to be provided to new state
residents,
c. the costs of other state services to be provided to
new state residents,
d. the costs of employee training and other state
services, and
e. the costs of physical infrastructure needed to support
the facility;
5. "Estimated net direct state benefits" means the estimated
direct state benefits less the estimated direct state costs;
6. "Net benefit rate" means the estimated net direct state
benefits computed as a percentage of gross payroll; provided, the
net benefit rate shall not exceed the lesser of five and one-fourth
percent (5.25%) or the minimum rate deemed by the Department of
Commerce to be necessary to result in an incentive payment at a
level which will enable the political subdivision to attract the
qualified federal facility;
7. "Political subdivision" means a municipality, a county or a
public trust, the beneficiary or beneficiaries of which are a
municipality, a county or the State of Oklahoma or a combination
thereof;
8. "Gross payroll" means wages for new direct jobs as defined
in paragraph (e) of Section 2385.1 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma
Statutes;
9. "Project term" means the length of time a political
subdivision may receive incentive payments pursuant to the
provisions of this act; provided, the project term shall not exceed
twenty (20) years from the date of the first incentive payment;
10. "Total net benefit" means the net benefit rate multiplied
by the gross payroll over the project term as estimated by the
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Department of Commerce pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of
Section 4 of this act; and
11. "Develop" means acquire, maintain, construct, improve,
enlarge, renew, renovate, replace, lease, equip, furnish or operate.
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