Section 1370.2 - Counties with population of more than 300,000 - Sales tax - Use of proceeds - Aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facilities - Approval by voters - Time periodNotwithstanding the provisions of Section 1370 of this title and in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of this act, any county of this state with a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census may levy a sales tax of not to exceed one percent (1%) upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from all sales or services in the county upon which a consumer's sales tax is levied by the state, except as provided in paragraph 8 of Section 1357 of this title, subject to the following conditions:
1. The proceeds of such sales tax and the interest thereon shall be used solely for the purpose of development of qualified aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facilities and any necessary infrastructure changes or airport improvements directly related to such facilities located within the county to be owned by the county, any municipality within the county or a public trust in which the county or municipality is a beneficiary. However, such municipality or public trust shall hold such title for the use and benefit of the residents of the entire county in which the tax is levied and collected. The acceptance by the municipality or public trust of any title or tax proceeds shall be deemed an acceptance of this requirement. The board of county commissioners of any county that has approved the imposition of a sales tax pursuant to this section may not commence the collection of any such sales tax until a qualified aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility has signed an agreement to locate such facility within the county. As used in this paragraph, "qualified aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility" means a new or expanding facility primarily engaged in aircraft repair, building or rebuilding, whether or not on a factory basis, whose total cost of construction exceeds the sum of One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00) and which employs at least one thousand (1,000) new full-time-equivalent employees, as certified by the Employment Security Commission upon completion of the facility;2. Before a sales tax may be levied by the county, the imposition of the tax shall first be approved by a majority of the registered voters of the county voting thereon at a special election called by resolution of the board of county commissioners;3. The monies collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall only be expended by the board of county commissioners to finance an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total cost of construction of the qualified aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility and any necessary infrastructure changes or airport improvements directly related to such facility; and4. Such sales tax can only be imposed for a period not to exceed three (3) years.Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 1370.2
Amended by Laws 2015 , c. 254, s. 4, eff. 11/1/2015.Added by Laws 1991, 1st Extr. Sess., SB 1, c. 1, § 5, emerg. eff. 1/18/1991.