§ 68-3503. Definitions.

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 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 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.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 1, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 8, 1993.