2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 62. Public Finance
§62-2104. Application form - Approval - Conditions of grant - Maximum amount - Matching funds - Time limit for completion of projects.

A. Communities making application for a grant from the Industrial Facilities Development Fund shall use a form to be prescribed by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

B. The Department shall have a period of sixty (60) days from the date an application is received in order to evaluate the application and to inform the applicant whether the application has been approved or rejected. If the application is rejected, the Department shall state the reason for the rejection.

C. 1. Upon approval of an application, the Department shall cause the amount of the grant to be paid to the applicant. All grants made pursuant to this act shall be paid to the community and shall not be paid directly to the legal entity engaged in the manufacturing activity.

2. The grant may only be used for the development, construction, or improvement of that portion of the project that will be owned by the community or a public trust of which the community is the beneficiary. Provided, however, the community or the public trust, as the case may be, may enter into a lease agreement with an establishment for long-term usage of any portion of the project funded through a grant made pursuant to this act.

D. No community shall be eligible for an award of a grant in excess of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in any one (1) fiscal year.

E. The community making application for a grant shall demonstrate in the application either that the community has already acquired at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds required for the total project cost or that a legally enforceable commitment exists as of the application date which will result in the receipt of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds required for the total project cost within ninety (90) days from the date the application is received.

F. Any project for which a grant is provided from the Industrial Facilities Development Fund shall be completed within six (6) months from the date the grant is paid to the applicant pursuant to this section. If an industrial facility has not been completed within the time period prescribed by this subsection, the grant paid to the applicant shall be repaid to the Department and shall be redeposited into the Industrial Facilities Development Fund.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 252, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.