LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS One of the Chamber’s top priorities in 2022 was to protect critical economic development incentive programs from being repealed or scaled back, including the five-year ad valorem exemption and the Quality Jobs Act. Thanks to the efforts of the Chamber and its members, those two incentives were left intact. Other wins include: • Passage of House Bill 4464 which appropriated $250 million for developing industrial parks in rural Oklahoma to attract large-scale investments • Passage of House Bill 1455 which provided a new $700 million state incentive to help lure a battery manufacturer to Pryor • Defeating a bill that could have ended the Heartland Flyer’s daily service to Dallas-Ft. Worth
• $35 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to relocate a 60-inch waterline outside of Tinker property • $8 million in ARPA funds to relocate utilities – water, sewer, electricity and natural gas – in southeast Oklahoma City. The move was necessary to build critical infrastructure for OKC 577, a premier industrial park.
GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY CHAMBER • 2022 ANNUAL REPORT
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