§ 68-1370.3. County sales tax - Aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facilities - Tax relief - Claims - Computation - Deadline for submission.

A.  Any person who is a resident of and domiciled in a county which levies a sales tax pursuant to Section 1370.2 of this title or Section 2 of this act during the time such tax was in effect and whose gross household income does not exceed Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) per year for each year in which the tax is in effect shall be eligible to file a claim for sales tax relief pursuant to the provisions of this section.

B.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection, any inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections during any part of a calendar year shall not be eligible to file a claim for sales tax relief pursuant to subsection A of this section for such calendar year.  The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit all other members of the household of an inmate from filing a claim based upon the personal exemptions to which the household members would be entitled pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax Act, Section 2351 et seq. of this title.

2.  Any inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections who is assigned to pre-parole conditional supervision, house arrest or is housed at a community treatment center or halfway house which is under contract with the Department shall be eligible to file a claim for sales tax relief pursuant to subsection A of this section.

C.  The amount of the claim filed pursuant to this section shall be Forty Dollars ($40.00) multiplied by the number of personal exemptions to which the taxpayer would be entitled pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Income Tax Act, except for the exemptions such taxpayer would be entitled to pursuant to Section 2358 of this title if such taxpayer or spouse is blind or sixty-five (65) years of age or older at the close of the tax year.

D.  All claims for relief authorized by this section shall be received by and in the possession of the board of county commissioners after December 31, 1993, and before July 1, 1994.  The failure of a claimant to file a claim for relief as authorized by this subsection shall be deemed a forfeiture of the claimant's right to receive such relief.

E.  All claims authorized by this section shall be made under oath and filed on forms prescribed and provided by the board of county commissioners.  Such forms shall contain appropriate certifications, under a penalty of perjury, sufficient to verify the claim.  The board of county commissioners or its designee may request additional information to determine the claimant's eligibility to receive the sales tax relief authorized by this section.  Willful failure to provide such information shall be deemed by the board or its designee to be grounds for denial of the claim or modification of the amount of the claim.

F.  As used in this section:  "Gross household income" means the gross amount of income of every type, regardless of the source, received by all persons occupying the same household, whether such income was taxable or nontaxable for federal or state income tax purposes, including pensions, annuities, federal social security, unemployment payments, veteran disability compensation, public assistance payments, alimony, support money, worker's compensation, loss of time insurance payments, capital gains and any other type of income received; and excluding gifts.

Added by Laws 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 6, emerg. eff. Jan. 18, 1991.  Amended by Laws 1992, c. 287, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.