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OK SB678

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Roland Pederson

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Centrally Assessed Ad Valorem Volatility Reimbursement Fund" as a continuing revolving fund in the State Treasury administered by the Oklahoma Tax Commission

  • Counties qualify for reimbursement when centrally assessed property values drop at least 50% from the previous year and a school district within the county faces at least a 10% reduction in ad valorem tax revenues

  • Qualifying counties receive 25% of their lost tax collections for two years following the valuation reduction, with school district losses prioritized before county losses

  • County commissioners must submit reimbursement claims by December 1 following the qualifying valuation reduction; if total claims exceed fund balance, payments are reduced proportionally

  • Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to establish the fund, with an effective date of July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Ad valorem tax collections; creating the Centrally Assessed Ad Valorem Volatility Reimbursement Fund; prescribing qualifications and reimbursement amount. Effective date. Emergency.

Last Action

Placed on General Order

3/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/3/2025
Revenue and Taxation2/4/2025

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