STATE ISSUES 2023 PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES
COUNTY GOVERNMENT REFORM The Chamber supports empowering Oklahoma counties to alter their form of government to meet their unique needs. WORKERS’ COMP REFORM The Chamber supports defending and improving the comprehensive workers’ compensation reform legislation enacted during the 2013 session. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS The Chamber supports retaining and strengthening the state’s premier economic/community development programs which are critical in attracting new businesses to the state, assisting existing companies expand and encouraging investment in communities across the state. Following are the key programs the Chamber will seek to protect: • Quality Jobs Act, 21st Century QJA, Small Employer QJA and the Prime Contractor QJA
TAX REFORM The Chamber supports reforming the tax code to better incentivize companies to locate/invest in Oklahoma. TIF DISTRICTS The Chamber supports protecting current state law on Tax Increment Finance Districts to ensure the continued viability of this economic development tool.
BROADBAND/DATA PRIVACY The Chamber supports:
• Protecting Oklahoma’s pro-investment environment to facilitate the development of telecommunication infrastructure. • Removing barriers to broadband access in Oklahoma such as ensuring providers are reasonably charged for the use of the public rights of way and facilities within the rights of way. • Working with stakeholders to adopt common sense protections regarding data privacy. • Enacting comprehensive federal data privacy legislation to avoid burdensome, complex and conflicting state requirements for providers. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (ARPA)/ PROGRESSING RURAL ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ACT (PREP) The Chamber will work with the City of Oklahoma City, the OKC Fairgrounds and other stakeholders to obtain ARPA/ PREP funding from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and Department of Commerce to implement approved projects at Tinker Air Force Base, the OKC Fairgrounds and the City of OKC’s 577 Commerce Park.
• Aerospace Engineer Tax Credit • Investment/New Jobs Tax Credit
• Historical Building Rehabilitation Tax Credit • Cybersecurity/Software Engineer Tax Credit • Five-year Ad Valorem Abatement and Sales Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Facilities • Regional Home Office Insurance Premium Tax Credit • Tourism Development Act The Chamber will support efforts to increase the cap and improve the Film Incentive, reinstate the Tax Credit for Energy Efficient Homes and raise the annual funding cap for the Tourism Development Act from $15 million to $30 million. The Chamber will oppose efforts to amend the state’s Affordable Housing Tax Credit in a manner that would deter investment in affordable housing.
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