§ 68-3606. Filing claim to receive incentive payment - Determination - Payments.

A.  As soon as practicable after the end of the first complete calendar quarter following the start date, the establishment shall file a claim for the payment with the Oklahoma Tax Commission and shall specify the actual number and gross payroll of new direct jobs for the establishment for the calendar quarter.  The Tax Commission shall verify the actual gross payroll for new direct jobs for the establishment for such calendar quarter.  If the Tax Commission is not able to provide such verification utilizing all available resources, the Tax Commission may request such additional information from the establishment as may be necessary or may request the establishment to revise its claim.  An establishment may file for an extension of the initial filing date with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.  Any such extension shall be based solely upon an extraordinary adverse business circumstance which prevented the establishment from hiring the new direct jobs as projected.  If an establishment fails to file claims as required by this section, it shall forfeit the right to receive any incentive payments after three (3) years from the start date.  If an establishment has filed at least one claim pursuant to this section but fails to file another claim within two (2) years of the most recent claim, the Tax Commission, after consulting with the Department of Commerce, may dismiss the establishment from the program, forfeiting the establishment's right to receive incentive payments based on that contract.

B.  If the actual verified gross payroll for four (4) consecutive calendar quarters does not equal or exceed the applicable total required by Section 3604 of this title within three (3) years of the start date, or does not equal or exceed the applicable total required by Section 3604 of this title at any other time during the ten-year period after the start date or during the fifteen-year period after the start date for establishments defined or classified in the NAICS Manual under U.S. Industry No. 711211 (2007 version), the incentive payments shall not be made and shall not be resumed until such time as the actual verified gross payroll equals or exceeds the amounts specified in Section 3604 of this title.  If an establishment fails to achieve the required gross payroll within three (3) years of the start date, the establishment shall not make a new or renewal application for incentive payments authorized pursuant to the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act for a period of twelve (12) months from the last day of the last month of the three-year period during which the required gross payroll amount was not achieved.

C.  If the average annualized wage required for an establishment does not equal or exceed the amount specified in paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection F of Section 3604 of this title during any calendar quarter, the incentive payments shall not be made and shall not be resumed until such time as such requirements are met.

D.  In no event shall incentive payments, cumulatively, exceed the estimated net direct state benefits, except for establishments subject to the provisions of subparagraph d of paragraph 7 of subsection A of Section 3603 of this title.

E.  An establishment that has qualified pursuant to Section 3604 of this title may receive payments only in accordance with the provisions of the law under which it initially applied and was approved.  If an establishment that is receiving incentive payments expands, it may apply for additional incentive payments based on the gross payroll anticipated from the expansion only, pursuant to Section 3604 of this title.  Provided, an establishment which has suffered an extraordinary adverse business circumstance, as certified by the Incentive Approval Committee, may be allowed to voluntarily withdraw from the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, repay to the Tax Commission the total amount of incentive payments received pursuant to the provisions of this section, plus interest at the rate specified in Section 727.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and reapply to the Department for a new incentive contract if the establishment qualifies pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act.  Any funds received by the Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be apportioned in the manner that income tax revenues are apportioned.

F.  An establishment that is receiving incentive payments may not apply for additional incentive payments for any new projects until twelve (12) quarters after receipt of the first incentive payment, or until the establishment's actual verified gross payroll for new direct jobs equals or exceeds Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) during any four consecutive-calendar-quarter period, whichever comes first.  After meeting the requirements of this subsection, an establishment may apply for additional incentive payments based upon the gross payroll anticipated from an expansion only.

G.  As soon as practicable after verification of the actual gross payroll as required by this section and except as otherwise provided by subsection K of Section 3604 of this title, the Tax Commission shall issue a warrant to the establishment in the amount of the net benefit rate multiplied by the actual gross payroll as determined pursuant to subsection A of this section for the calendar quarter.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 275, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993.  Amended by Laws 1995, c. 349, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 379, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 275, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Laws 2001, c. 351, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 457, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 282, § 2, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 1, § 65, emerg. eff. Feb. 22, 2007; Laws 2007, c. 357, § 3, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 35, § 3, emerg. eff. April 17, 2008; Laws 2008, c. 406, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 308, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 378, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

Note

NOTE:  Laws 2006, c. 281, § 33 repealed by Laws 2007, c. 1, § 66, emerg. eff. Feb. 22, 2007.