2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 62. Public Finance
§62-690.4. Benefits and incentives.

A. The following benefits and incentives shall be available to qualified enterprises:

1. Two times the amount of investment tax credits as provided in subsection A of Section 2357.4 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. For purposes of this act and for purposes of computing the tax credit amount pursuant to subsection A of Section 2357.4 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, if an enterprise selects to claim the credit based upon the qualified cost of depreciable property, the credit amount shall be two percent (2%) of such qualified cost. If an enterprise selects to claim the credit based upon the number of new full-time-equivalent positions, the credit amount shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each new full-time-equivalent employee;

2. Sales tax exemptions for certain manufacturers as provided in Section 1359 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

3. Low interest loans as provided in Section 690.16 of this title.

B. Any enterprise moving into an enterprise zone on or after the effective date on which the enterprise zone is designated may obtain the benefits and incentives provided by this section if the enterprise meets the requirements established by law for the receipt of such benefits.

C. An enterprise located within an enterprise zone before the date on which the enterprise zone is designated may obtain the benefits and incentives provided by this section with respect to any project or any expansion of its labor force occurring after the date on which the enterprise zone is designated.

D. For purposes of obtaining the benefit provided by paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section, a business, which prior to the effective date of this act, located in an area that was designated as an enterprise zone at the time any official action was taken by a public trust or private funds with respect to location of such business in a county, city or town designated as the beneficiary of such public trust or private funds, shall be entitled to such benefit for any taxable year during which such business was located and operating in the area regardless of any changes in the designation of the area as an enterprise zone resulting from a change in employment levels.

E. For purposes of obtaining the benefit provided by paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section, a business, which prior to July 1, 1993, located in an area that was not designated as an enterprise zone at the time of location of the business but such area has since been designated as an enterprise zone by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce as a result of the area's location in County 115, Tract 9746, Block Group 4 of the 1990 decennial census, shall be entitled to such benefit for any taxable year during which such business was located and operating in the location regardless of designation of the area in which the business located as an enterprise zone area after the date of initial location of the business.

F. The low interest loans as authorized by this section shall be available for a period of five (5) years following the date on which the county or area within the corporate limits of a city or town is designated an enterprise zone, or until said county or area no longer qualifies as an enterprise zone.

G. The other benefits and incentives set forth in this section shall be subject to the limitations as provided by law.

Added by Laws 1983, c. 168, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 1983. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 174, § 3, emerg. eff. June 18, 1985; Laws 1987, c. 32, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1987; Laws 1993, c. 275, § 48, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 349, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000.

NOTE: Laws 1999, c. 382, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999, amended the effective date of Laws 1998, c. 349, § 3 from July 1, 1999 to July 1, 2000.