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62 OK Stat § 62-2008 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2008. Plans for use of funds - "Economic development" defined - Fund allocation.

|A. The governing board of an entity described by subsection A or B of Section 2007 of this title shall develop a plan for the use of available funds for the economic development of areas included within its respective jurisdiction. For purposes of this act, "economic development" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following purposes: |1. Rural water quality projects, including acquisition, treatment, distribution and recovery of water for consumption by humans or animals or both;2. Rural solid waste disposal, treatment or similar projects;3. Rural sanitary sewer construction or improvement projects;4. Rural road or street construction or improvement projects;5. Provision of rural fire protection services and public safety services;6. Expenditures designed to increase the employment level within the jurisdiction of the entity;7. Provision of health care services, including emergency medical care, in rural areas;8. Construction or improvement of telecommunication facilities or systems;9. Improvement of municipal energy distribution systems; and10. Community buildings, courthouses, town halls, senior nutrition centers, meeting rooms or similar public facilities.B. Effective July 1, 2010, at least eighty percent (80%) of any funds distributed to an entity as provided by this section shall be expended for assets described in paragraphs 1 through 6 of subsection A of this section. The remaining amount of any funds distributed to an entity as provided by this section may be expended on assets or purposes described in paragraphs 7 through 10 of subsection A of this section.C. Not later than July 31, each entity described by Section 2007 of this title shall transmit, in such electronic form as may be prescribed by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for purposes of access to such information on the website maintained by the Department, a summary of each project upon which funds received by the entity from the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund were expended during the fiscal year ending on the June 30 date immediately preceding the July 31 reporting date.Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 8, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 382, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 79, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2010, c. 378, § 3.
62 OK Stat § 62-2009 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2009. Filing of plan - Approval by governing board.

|A. In order for an eligible entity to obtain funds provided for by Section 2006 of this title, the entity shall file the organizational plan required by Section 2008 of this title with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. |B. In order to be filed, the plan shall have first been approved by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the governing board of an entity described by subsection A or B of Section 2007 of this title. The vote shall be memorialized in a document, executed under oath, that the record of the vote is a true and accurate account of the proceedings conducted by the governing board to be filed with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 9, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 236, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2008, c. 392, § 3, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008.
62 OK Stat § 62-2010 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2010. Matching funds not to be required.

|No entity which qualifies for funds pursuant to Section 2006 of this title shall be required to provide matching funds or to provide equivalent value in order to obtain available funds or funds for planning expenditures. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 10, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 382, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997.
62 OK Stat § 62-2011 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2011. Administrative expenses not to be paid from Rural Economic Action Plan funds - Treble damages - Initial planning expenditures.

|A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection C of this section, the funds available pursuant to the provisions of Section 2006 of this title shall not be used to pay any administrative expenses of the entity requesting the funds. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall monitor expenditures made pursuant to the Rural Economic Action Plan Act to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section. Such funds shall be audited by the State Auditor and Inspector in the manner provided by law for audits of other state funds. Misuse of funds by an entity shall disqualify the entity from further funding for a period of one (1) year from the date as of which any report by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce is issued revealing a violation of the requirements of this section. |B. Except for funds authorized by subsection C of this section, an entity which violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to the State of Oklahoma for treble the amount of funds identified as having been impermissibly used for the payment or reimbursement of administrative expenses. The payment shall be made to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for deposit in the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund and such funds shall become available for distribution as otherwise provided by Section 2001 et seq. of this title except that no such funds shall be paid to an entity which has been required to make the treble damage payment.C. Upon verification by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that an entity is qualified to receive funds for a purpose authorized by this section, the entity shall be eligible for an initial planning expenditure payment of not to exceed five percent (5%) of the amount contained in the account created for the entity pursuant to Section 2006 of this title.Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 236, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 373, § 6, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2008, c. 392, § 4, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008.
62 OK Stat § 62-2012 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2012. Manner of expenditure.

|Expenditures from the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund shall be made in the same manner as provided by law for the expenditure of other public funds. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 12, eff. July 1, 1996.
62 OK Stat § 62-2013 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2013. Function and purpose of expenditures.

|The expenditures from the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund and other expenditures governed by this act, if made in accordance with the requirements of this act, shall be construed as an expenditure of public funds in furtherance of governmental functions and for the purpose of conferring general and uniform benefits resulting from the expenditures upon the residents and other legal entities located in areas subject to the jurisdiction of the entities described in subsection A or B of Section 2007 of this title. |Added by Laws 1996, c. 193, § 13, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 382, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997.
62 OK Stat § 62-2101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2101. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Industrial Facilities Development Act". |Added by Laws 1998, c. 252, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
62 OK Stat § 62-2102 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2102. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Community" means a county, city, town or unincorporated place located within the State of Oklahoma having a population of less than seven thousand (7,000) persons, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census;2. "Establishment" means any legally recognized business entity engaged in manufacturing;3. "Industrial facility" means real property or personal property or fixtures attached to real property at which an establishment engages in a manufacturing activity within a community if the total area in which the manufacturing takes place does not exceed one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet; and4. "Manufacturing" means any activity described under any Major Group classification of Division D of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, latest version.Added by Laws 1998, c. 252, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
62 OK Stat § 62-2103 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2103. Grant eligibility criteria.

|A. For the purpose of developing, constructing, or improving an industrial facility, a community shall be eligible to apply for a grant from the Industrial Facilities Development Fund through the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. |B. In order to be eligible for a grant, the community must establish to the Department that it:1. Has previously demonstrated an ability to recruit new manufacturing business activity. A community may satisfy this requirement by proving that an establishment has located a manufacturing activity within the community employing at least ten persons not more than five (5) years prior to the date as of which the community makes application for funding; or2. Employs at least one person on a full-time basis or is benefited by the efforts of at least one full-time employee of a local chamber of commerce or similar organization whose principal duty is the recruitment of new business activity to the community.C. The community shall include in the application a statement of the estimated total project cost for the industrial facility. The community, or a combination of the community and the establishment for whose benefit the industrial facility will be constructed or improved, shall be required to provide matching funds equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total cost of the project in order to receive a grant from the Industrial Facilities Development Fund.Added by Laws 1998, c. 252, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
62 OK Stat § 62-2104 (2021)
2021 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.
62 OK Stat § 62-2105 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2105. Industrial Facilities Development Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "Industrial Facilities Development Fund". The fund shall be subject to legislative appropriation and shall consist of all monies received by the Department for the implementation of the Industrial Facilities Development Act. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 252, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
62 OK Stat § 62-2106 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2106. Expenditures from Fund construed as expenditures of public funds.

|The expenditures from the Industrial Facilities Development Fund and other expenditures governed by this act, if made in accordance with the requirements of this act, shall be construed as an expenditure of public funds in furtherance of governmental functions and for the purpose of conferring general and uniform benefits resulting from the expenditures upon the residents and other legal entities located in or near the community qualifying for the receipt of the funds pursuant to this act. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 252, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
62 OK Stat § 62-2201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2201. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Disaster Relief Act”. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 382, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999.
62 OK Stat § 62-2202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2202. Provision of services on private land or homes.

|In areas of this state that have been declared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) eligible for Public Assistance, state and local governmental entities, and any other entity expending public funds, are hereby authorized to use their employees, property, and other resources, pursuant to this section, to provide services on private land or homes to the extent necessary to aid in disaster relief. Disaster relief shall be designed to assist in removing health and safety hazards and returning homes to a safe and habitable level. The disaster relief shall be limited to the cleanup of debris and repair of damage caused by a natural disaster. The disaster relief shall not be utilized for work relating to general home improvements. No state or local governmental employee or employee of an entity expending public funds, pursuant to this section, shall be assigned to duties which include the provision of disaster relief services unless the employee’s job description includes duties of the same type as are required to provide the disaster relief services or the employee voluntarily agrees to such assignment. Such employees shall not be disciplined or terminated for failure to participate in disaster relief. However, an employee whose job description includes duties of the same type as are required to provide disaster relief services are not exempt from disciplinary action or termination for failure to perform disaster relief duties at the request of his or her employer. The Legislature finds that it is a public purpose to provide disaster relief pursuant to this section. |Added by Laws 1999, c. 382, § 4, eff. July 1, 1999.
62 OK Stat § 62-2203.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2203.1. Short title - Oklahoma Disaster Relief Materials Price Stabilization Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Disaster Relief Materials Price Stabilization Act". |Added by Laws 2013, c. 400, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
62 OK Stat § 62-2203.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2203.3. Prohibitions - Fine.

|A. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Emergency Price Stabilization Act, a retailer or wholesaler shall not, in connection with the advertisement or sale of disaster relief materials: |1. Take advantage of the physical or mental impairment or hardship of a person caused by extreme temporary conditions and charge an excessive price for disaster relief materials;2. Charge within a disaster area an excessive price for any disaster relief materials; or3. Charge any person an excessive price for disaster relief materials which the seller has reason to know is likely to be provided to consumers within a disaster area.B. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Emergency Price Stabilization Act, a retailer shall not advertise, offer to sell, or sell at retail disaster relief materials at less than cost to the retailer with the intent and purpose of inducing the purchase of disaster relief materials or of unfairly diverting trade from a competitor or otherwise injuring a competitor, impair and prevent fair competition, injure public welfare, where the result of such advertising, offer or sale is to tend to deceive any purchaser or prospective purchaser, or to substantially lessen competition, or to unreasonably restrain trade, or to tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.C. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Emergency Price Stabilization Act, a wholesaler shall not advertise, offer to sell, or sell disaster relief materials at less than cost to the wholesaler with the intent and purpose of inducing the purchase of disaster relief materials or of unfairly diverting trade from a competitor or otherwise injuring a competitor, impair and prevent fair competition, injure public welfare, where the result of such advertising, offer or sale is to tend to deceive any purchaser or prospective purchaser, or to substantially lessen competition, or to unreasonably restrain trade, or to tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.D. Any person who is found to be in violation of this act shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation. The Attorney General, acting in the name of the state, or a district attorney may petition for recovery of civil penalties.Added by Laws 2013, c. 400, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
62 OK Stat § 62-2203.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2203.4. Civil liability.

|A. In addition to the penalties provided by this act, any person injured by any violation, or who shall suffer injury from any threatened violation of this act, may maintain an action in any court of equitable jurisdiction to prevent, restrain or enjoin such violation or threatened violation. If in such action a violation or threatened violation of this act shall be established, the court shall enjoin and restrain or otherwise prohibit such violation or threatened violation and, in addition thereto, shall assess in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant the cost of suit. In such action if damages are alleged and proved, the plaintiff in the action, in addition to such injunctive relief and costs of suit, shall be entitled to recover actual damages from the defendant. |B. In the event no injunctive relief is sought or required, any person injured by a violation of this act may maintain an action for damages in any court of general jurisdiction, and the measure of damages shall be the same as prescribed in subsection A of this section. Provided, this act shall not authorize suits or actions against newspapers, radio broadcasters, or other advertising agencies through which such advertisements are published, broadcast or otherwise made.C. Evidence of advertisement, offering to sell, or sale of disaster relief materials by any retailer or wholesaler at less than cost, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to injure competitors and to destroy or substantially lessen competition.D. Any defendant or any witness in any civil action brought under the provisions of this act may be required to testify. Any defendant or any witness, may, upon proper process, be compelled to produce books, records, invoices and all other documents of the defendant or witness into court and may be introduced as evidence. No defendant or any witness in a civil action shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction or matter. The defendant or witness may be required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise. No testimony thus given or produced shall be received against the defendant or witness upon any criminal proceeding or investigation.Added by Laws 2013, c. 400, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
62 OK Stat § 62-2203.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2203.5. Exemptions.

|A. The provisions of this act shall not apply to sales otherwise prohibited by subsections B and C of Section 4 of this act when disaster relief materials are: |1. Sold to relief agencies or for charitable purposes;2. Sold on contract to departments of the government or governmental institutions;3. Sold in bona fide clearance sales, if advertised, marked, and sold as such;4. Imperfect or damaged or are being discontinued and are advertised, marked and sold as such;5. Sold upon the final liquidation of any business;6. Sold by any officer acting under the order or direction of any court; or7. Sold at any bona fide auction sale.B. A retailer or wholesaler shall not be found to have sold or advertised at less than cost if the materials sold are at a price made in good faith to meet the price of a competitor who is selling the same article or products of comparable quality at cost as a wholesaler or retailer.C. The price of disaster relief materials advertised, offered for sale, or sold under the exemptions specified in Section 3 of this act, shall not be considered the price of a competitor and shall not be used as a basis for establishing prices below cost, nor shall the price established at a bankrupt sale be considered the price of a competitor.Added by Laws 2013, c. 400, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
62 OK Stat § 62-2203.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2203.6. Prices outside the ordinary channels of trade.

|In establishing the cost of merchandise to the retailer or wholesaler, the invoice cost of such disaster relief materials purchased at a forced, bankrupt, closeout sale, or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade, may not be used as a basis for justifying a price lower than one based upon the replacement cost of the merchandise to the retailer or wholesaler, within thirty (30) days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased through the ordinary channels of trade. |Added by Laws 2013, c. 400, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
62 OK Stat § 62-2301 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2301. Short title.

|Sections 1 through 10 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund Act". |Added by Laws 2001, c. 274, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001.
62 OK Stat § 62-2302 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 62. Public Finance|§62-2302. Purpose.

|The purpose of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund Act is to further implement the provisions of Section 40 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution that: |1. Created the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund, the Board of Investors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund, and the Board of Directors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund;2. Directs the apportionment of revenues from settlements with or judgments against tobacco companies between the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund and a special fund established for the purpose of receiving tobacco settlement payments not deposited to the trust fund; and3. Authorizes the Board of Directors of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund to expend trust fund earnings for specific purposes.Added by Laws 2001, c. 274, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001.