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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1401 By: Rader
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to taxation; amending 36 O.S. 2021,
7 Sections 624, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter
8 427, O.S.L. 2025, 625.1, and 2204 (36 O.S. Supp.
8 2025, Section 624), which relate to taxes on premiums
9 and considerations; modifying rate for certain fiscal
9 years; limiting certain credit to certain fiscal
10 years; updating statutory language; updating
10 statutory references; providing an effective date;
11 and declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 36 O.S. 2021, Section 624, as last
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15 amended by Section 1, Chapter 427, O.S.L. 2025 (36 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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16 Section 624), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 624. A. Every insurance company, copartnership,
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18 insurance association, interinsurance exchange, person, insurer,
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19 nonprofit hospital service and medical indemnity corporation, or
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20 health maintenance organization doing business in this state in the
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21 execution or exchange of contracts of insurance, indemnity or health
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22 maintenance services, or as an insurance company of any nature or
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23 character whatsoever, hereinafter referred to in this article as an
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24 insurance company or company, shall annually, on or before the first
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1 day of March, report under oath of the president or secretary or
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2 other chief officer of such company to the Insurance Commissioner
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3 the total amount of direct written premiums, membership,
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4 application, policy and/or registration fees charged during the
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5 preceding calendar year, or since the last return of such direct
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6 written premiums, membership, application, policy and/or
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7 registration fees was made by such company, from insurance of every
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8 kind upon persons or on the lives of persons resident in this state,
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9 or upon real and personal property located within this state, and/or
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10 upon any other risks insured within this state; provided, that with
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11 respect to the tax payable annually, considerations received for
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12 annuity contracts and payments received by a health maintenance
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13 organization from the Secretary of Health and Human Services
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14 pursuant to a contract issued under the provisions of 42 U.S.C.,
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15 Section 1395mm(g) shall no longer be deemed to be premiums for
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16 insurance and shall no longer be subject to the tax imposed by this
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17 section. Every such company shall, at the same time, pay to the
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18 Insurance Commissioner:
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19 1. An annual license fee as prescribed by Section 321 of this
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20 title; and
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21 2. An annual tax on all of the direct written premiums after
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22 all returned premiums are deducted, and on all membership,
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23 application, policy and/or registration fees, installment and/or
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24 finance fees or charges collected thereby, for the privileges of
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1 having written, continued and/or serviced insurance on lives,
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2 property and/or other risks in this state and of having made and
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3 serviced investments therein during the then expiring license year
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4 except premiums or fees paid by any county, city, town or school
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5 district funds or by their duly constituted authorities performing a
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6 public service organized pursuant to Sections 1001 through 1008 of
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7 Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Sections 176 through 180.4 of
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8 Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided, no deduction shall be
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9 made from premiums for dividends paid to policyholders. Except as
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10 set forth in this paragraph, the rate of taxation for all entities
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11 subject to the tax shall be two and twenty-five one-hundredths
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12 percent (2.25%), until June 30, 2026, and one and ninety-six one-
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13 hundredths percent (1.96%), beginning July 1, 2026. If any
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14 insurance company or other entity liable for the taxes levied
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15 pursuant to the provisions of this section fails to remit such taxes
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16 in a timely manner, it shall remain liable therefor together with
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17 interest thereon at an annual rate equal to the average United
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18 States Treasury Bill rate of the preceding calendar year as
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19 certified by the State Treasurer on the first regular business day
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20 in January of each year, plus four percentage points.
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21 a. The rate of taxation for all life insurance policies
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22 insuring the life of an employee or director for the
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23 benefit of the employer or a trust sponsored by the
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24 employer, which is purchased by the employer or trust
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1 sponsored by the employer for the benefit of its
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2 employees, shall be computed for each policy at the
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3 rate of:
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4 (1) until June 30, 2026, two and twenty-five one-
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5 hundredths percent (2.25%) of policy year premium
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6 up to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00),
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7 and
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8 (2) beginning July 1, 2026, one and ninety-six one-
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9 hundredths percent (1.96%) of policy year premium
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10 up to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00),
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11 and
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12 (3) one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%) of policy
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13 year premium exceeding One Hundred Thousand
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14 Dollars ($100,000.00).
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15 b. Premiums on which taxes are paid under division (2)
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16 (3) of subparagraph a of this paragraph are not
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17 subject to Section 628 of this title. The
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18 Commissioner shall promulgate rules regarding the sale
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19 of life insurance policies subject to division (2) (3)
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20 of subparagraph a of this paragraph.
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21 c. Proceeds from the premium tax collected under this
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22 paragraph from contracted entities under the Ensuring
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23 Access to Medicaid Act shall be deposited in the
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24 Medicaid Health Improvement Revolving Fund created in
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1 Section 1010.8A of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
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3 contrary, the premium taxes to be deposited in the
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4 Medicaid Health Improvement Revolving Fund for the
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5 calendar year ending December 31, 2024, and for each
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6 calendar year thereafter, shall not be subject to the
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7 apportionments provided in Section 312.1 of this
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8 title.
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9 B. For all insurance companies or other entities taxed pursuant
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10 to this section, the annual license fee and tax and all required
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11 membership, application, policy, registration, and agent appointment
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12 fees shall be in lieu of all other state taxes or fees, except those
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13 taxes and fees provided for in the Oklahoma Insurance Code, and the
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14 taxes and fees of any subdivision or municipality of the state,
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15 except ad valorem taxes and the tax required to be paid pursuant to
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16 Section 50001 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided, such
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17 license fee, tax and membership, application, policy, registration,
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18 and appointment fees shall be in lieu of any and all ad valorem
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19 taxes levied on intangible personal property. Any company, except
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20 health maintenance organizations, failing to make such returns and
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21 payments promptly and correctly shall forfeit and pay to the
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22 Insurance Commissioner, in addition to the amount of the taxes and
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23 fees and interest, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or an
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24 amount equal to one percent (1%) of the unpaid amount, whichever is
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1 greater; and the company so failing or neglecting for sixty (60)
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2 days shall thereafter be debarred from transacting any business of
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3 insurance in this state until the taxes, fees and penalties are
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4 fully paid, and the Insurance Commissioner shall revoke the license
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5 or certificate of authority granted to the agent or agents of that
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6 company to transact business in this state. Provided, that when any
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7 such insurance company, copartnership, insurance association,
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8 interinsurance exchange, person, insurer, or nonprofit hospital
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9 service and indemnity corporation applies for the first time for a
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10 license to do business in this state, it shall, at the time of
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11 making such application, pay a license fee as prescribed by Section
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12 1435.23 of this title, and, on or before the first day of March,
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13 following, pay the premium tax, membership, application, policy,
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14 registration, and agent appointment fees, as hereinbefore provided.
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15 Such license fee, tax and membership, application, policy,
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16 registration, and appointment fees shall be in lieu of all other
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17 state taxes or fees, except those taxes and fees provided for in the
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18 Oklahoma Insurance Code, and the taxes and fees of any subdivision
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19 or municipality of the state, except ad valorem taxes and the tax
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20 required to be paid pursuant to Section 50001 of Title 68 of the
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21 Oklahoma Statutes.
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22 C. Any health maintenance organization failing to file premium
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23 tax returns and payments promptly and correctly shall forfeit and
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24 pay to the Insurance Commissioner, in addition to the amount of the
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1 taxes, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or an amount equal
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2 to one percent (1%) of the unpaid amount, whichever is greater. Any
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3 health maintenance organization failing or neglecting to pay the tax
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4 and penalty shall be debarred from operating in this state and the
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5 Insurance Commissioner shall revoke the license of the health
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6 maintenance organization, until such taxes and penalties are fully
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7 paid.
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8 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 36 O.S. 2021, Section 625.1, is
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9 amended to read as follows:
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10 Section 625.1. A. A Until June 30, 2026, a foreign or alien
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11 insurer which is subject to the tax imposed by Section 624 of this
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12 title shall be entitled to a credit against said such tax actually
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13 paid to and placed in the General Revenue Fund of the state, not
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14 including any of said such tax monies placed in pension funds and
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15 not including any of said such tax monies placed in escrow, if,
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16 during the year for which the tax is being assessed, the insurer or
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17 its affiliate maintained a regional home office in this state in a
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18 building owned or leased by the insurer. To receive a credit
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19 against the tax imposed for the year in which the regional home
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20 office was established, said the office must have been maintained
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21 continuously from on or before August 1 of that year through the
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22 last day of the calendar year. For succeeding years, an insurer or
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23 its affiliate shall have maintained the regional home office
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24 continuously from the first day of the calendar year for which the
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1 tax is imposed through the last day of that calendar year. The Home
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2 Office Credit shall be calculated as follows:
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3 1. Until June 30, 2010, the credit shall be equal to the
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4 following percentages of the amount due after the credits authorized
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5 by Sections 624.1 and 625 of this title have been deducted:
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6 a. fifteen percent (15%), if there are more than two
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7 hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees, but
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8 less than three hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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9 employees,
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10 b. twenty-five percent (25%), if there are more than
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11 three hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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12 employees, but less than four hundred full-time, year-
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13 round Oklahoma employees,
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14 c. thirty-five percent (35%), if there are more than four
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15 hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees, but
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16 less than five hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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17 employees, or
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18 d. fifty percent (50%), if there are five hundred or more
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19 full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees; and
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20 2. Beginning July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2026, in the
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21 calculation of the credit, the amount to be apportioned to the
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22 Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma
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23 Police Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law
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24 Enforcement Retirement Fund shall be applied prior to the
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1 calculation of the credit. The amount of the credit shall be
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2 derived from amounts remaining after the apportionment to the
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3 Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma
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4 Police Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law
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5 Enforcement Retirement Fund. The credit shall be calculated by
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6 first applying a "Home Office Credit Allotment Rate" of forty-seven
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7 percent (47%) to the gross premium tax owed by the insurer and then
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8 determining the allowable credit by applying the following
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9 percentages of the amount due after the credits authorized by
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10 Sections 624.1 and 625 of this title have been deducted:
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11 a. fifteen percent (15%), if there are more than two
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12 hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees, but
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13 less than three hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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14 employees,
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15 b. twenty-five percent (25%), if there are more than
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16 three hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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17 employees, but less than four hundred full-time, year-
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18 round Oklahoma employees,
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19 c. thirty-five percent (35%), if there are more than four
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20 hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees, but
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21 less than five hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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22 employees, or
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23 d. fifty percent (50%), if there are five hundred or more
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24 full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees.
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1 B. A Until June 30, 2026, a domestic insurer with four hundred
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2 or more full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees which is subject to
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3 the tax imposed by Section 624 of this title shall be entitled to a
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4 credit against said such tax actually paid to and placed in the
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5 General Revenue Fund of the state, not including any of said such
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6 tax monies placed in pension funds and not including any of said
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7 such tax monies placed in escrow, if, during the year previous to
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8 the year for which the tax is being assessed, the insurer or its
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9 affiliate maintained a regional home office in this state in a
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10 building owned or leased by the insurer and during the year for
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11 which the tax is being assessed, the insurer establishes its home
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12 office in this state in a building owned or leased by the insurer.
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13 To receive a credit against the tax imposed for the year in which
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14 the home office was established, said the office must have been
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15 maintained continuously from on or before August 1 of that year
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16 through the last day of the calendar year. For succeeding years, an
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17 insurer shall have maintained the home office continuously from the
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18 first day of the calendar year for which the tax is imposed through
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19 the last day of that calendar year. Insurers who take action before
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20 August 1, 2000, to establish their home office in this state shall
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21 be entitled to a credit against the tax imposed on or after January
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22 1, 2001, which shall be in addition to the credit the insurer is
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23 entitled to for that year. The Home Office Credit shall be
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24 calculated as follows:
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1 1. Until June 30, 2010, the credit shall be equal to the
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2 following percentages of the amount due after the credits authorized
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3 by Sections 624.1 and 625 of this title have been deducted:
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4 a. thirty-five percent (35%), if there are more than four
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5 hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees, but
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6 less than five hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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7 employees, or
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8 b. fifty percent (50%), if there are five hundred or more
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9 full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees; and
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10 2. Beginning July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2026, in the
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11 calculation of the credit, the amount to be apportioned to the
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12 Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma
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13 Police Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law
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14 Enforcement Retirement Fund shall be applied prior to the
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15 calculation of the credit. The amount of the credit shall be
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16 derived from amounts remaining after the apportionment to the
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17 Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma
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18 Police Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law
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19 Enforcement Retirement Fund. The credit shall be calculated by
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20 first applying a "Home Office Credit Allotment Rate" of forty-seven
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21 percent (47%) to the gross premium tax owed by the insurer and then
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22 determining the allowable credit by applying the following
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23 percentages of the amount due after the credits authorized by
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24 Sections 624.1 and 625 of this title have been deducted:
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1 a. thirty-five percent (35%), if there are more than four
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2 hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees, but
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3 less than five hundred full-time, year-round Oklahoma
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4 employees, or
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5 b. fifty percent (50%), if there are five hundred or more
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6 full-time, year-round Oklahoma employees.
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7 C. A Until June 30, 2026, a domestic insurer which is subject
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8 to the tax imposed by Section 624 of this title shall be entitled to
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9 a credit against said such tax actually paid to and placed in the
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10 General Revenue Fund of the state, not including any of said such
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11 tax monies placed in pension funds and not including any of said
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12 such tax monies placed in escrow, if, during the year for which the
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13 tax is being assessed, the insurer maintained a regional home office
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14 in at least five or more counties in this state in buildings owned
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15 or leased by the insurer. To receive a credit against the tax
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16 imposed for the year in which the regional home offices were
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17 established, said the offices must have been maintained continuously
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18 from on or before August 1 of that year through the last day of the
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19 calendar year. For succeeding years, an insurer shall have
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20 maintained the regional home offices continuously from the first day
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21 of the calendar year for which the tax is imposed through the last
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22 day of that calendar year. The Home Office Credit shall be
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23 calculated as follows:
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1 1. Until June 30, 2010, the credit shall be equal to the
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2 percentage of the amount due after the credits authorized by
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3 Sections 624.1 and 625 of this title have been deducted as
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4 established in subsection A of this section; and
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5 2. Beginning July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2026, in the
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6 calculation of the credit, the amount to be apportioned to the
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7 Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma
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8 Police Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law
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9 Enforcement Retirement Fund shall be applied prior to the
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10 calculation of the credit. The amount of the credit shall be
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11 derived from amounts remaining after the apportionment to the
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12 Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma
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13 Police Pension and Retirement System and the Oklahoma Law
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14 Enforcement Retirement Fund. The credit shall be calculated by
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15 first applying a "Home Office Credit Allotment Rate" of forty-seven
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16 percent (47%) to the gross premium tax owed by the insurer and then
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17 determining the allowable credit by applying the percentage of the
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18 amount due after the credits authorized by Sections 624.1 and 625 of
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19 this title have been deducted as established in subsection A of this
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20 section.
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21 D. Proof that an insurer qualifies for the credit authorized by
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22 this section shall be on forms prescribed by the Insurance
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23 Commissioner and shall be submitted to the Commissioner annually
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1 with the report which is filed pursuant to Section 624 of the
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2 Oklahoma Insurance Code.
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3 E. The credit provided for in subsections A, B and C of this
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4 section shall be based on the total number of Oklahoma employees in
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5 the regional or home office when a group of insurers which are under
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6 common management and control maintain a regional home office or
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7 home office in this state in a building owned or leased by the group
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8 of insurers. The credit provided for in subsections A, B and C of
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9 this section may be allocated among the insurance company and the
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10 insurance company affiliates at the discretion of the insurance
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11 company on a per-insurance-company basis.
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12 F. As used in this section:
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13 1. "Regional home office" means an office transacting
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14 insurance, as defined in Section 105 of this title, and performing
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15 insurance company operations, which is defined as one or more or any
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16 combination of the following functions and services performed in
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17 connection with the development, sale, and administration of
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18 products giving rise to receipts subject to a premium tax on
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19 domestic and foreign insurance companies, or domestic or foreign
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20 health care insurance corporations: actuarial, medical, legal,
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21 investments, accounting, auditing, underwriting, policy issuance,
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22 information, policyholder services, premium collection, claims,
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23 advertising and publications, public relations, human resources,
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24 marketing, sales office staff, training of sales and service
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1 personnel, and clerical, managerial, and other support for any such
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2 functions or services;
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3 2. "Common management and control" means the possession, direct
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4 or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
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5 management and policies of an insurer, whether through the ownership
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6 of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, unless the power is
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7 executed by a person acting in an official capacity, performing
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8 duties imposed and exercising authority granted because of the
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9 person's position as an officer or employee of the insurer. Control
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10 shall be presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly,
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11 owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds proxies
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12 representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting
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13 securities of the insurer;
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14 3. "Oklahoma employees" means persons who are employed in
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15 Oklahoma after January 1, 2000, and who are common law employees of
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16 an insurance company or its affiliate. Oklahoma employees do not
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17 include independent contractors or any persons to the extent that
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18 the compensation of that person is based on commissions;
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19 4. "Insurance company" means any entity subject to a premium
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20 tax on domestic and foreign insurance companies, or domestic or
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21 foreign health care insurance corporations, including the attorney-
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22 in-fact authorized by and acting for the subscribers of a reciprocal
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23 insurer or inter-insurance interinsurance exchange under powers of
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1 attorney. A reciprocal insurer and its attorney-in-fact shall be a
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2 single entity; and
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3 5. "Home office" means the executive offices of an insurance
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4 company which is domiciled in this state.
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5 G. Each insurer or insurance group requesting a credit under
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6 this section shall certify by affidavit, approved as to form by the
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7 Commissioner, that the insurer has met all of the qualifications
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8 required by this section and is authorized to a credit against the
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9 premium tax which actually shall be paid to, and placed in the
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10 General Revenue Fund of, the state, exclusive of any amounts of the
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11 tax which shall be credited to pension funds pursuant to law and
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12 exclusive of any amounts which shall be placed into escrow. The
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13 Commissioner may do an examination for the sole purpose of
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14 certifying that all requirements of this section are being met by
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15 the insurer requesting to obtain any credits against premium tax.
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16 H. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and for each
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17 fiscal year thereafter years 2007 through 2026, and notwithstanding
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18 any other provisions of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title
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19 or any other provision of law governing the order in which the
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20 credit authorized by this section is to be deducted from the
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21 liability of the company claiming such credit to the contrary, the
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22 credit authorized by this section shall be deducted from the
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23 insurance premium tax liability of the company claiming such credit
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1 prior to the deduction of any other credits that may be claimed
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2 against such liability.
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3 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 36 O.S. 2021, Section 2204, is
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4 amended to read as follows:
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5 Section 2204. A. A medical professional liability trust shall
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6 file the following items with the Commissioner:
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7 1. Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the
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8 first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year, a statement of
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9 the assets and liabilities of the trust as of the end of the
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10 quarterly period, a statement of the revenue and expenditures of the
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11 trust, and a statement of the changes in corpus of the trust for the
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12 period, in each case accompanied by a certificate to the effect that
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13 the statements were prepared from the official books and records of
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14 the trust;
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15 2. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, a
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16 statement of the assets and liabilities of the trust as of the end
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17 of that year, a statement of the revenue and expenditures of the
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18 trust, and a statement of the changes in corpus of the trust for
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19 that year, in each case accompanied by a certificate signed by a
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20 firm of independent certified public accountants indicating that the
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21 firm has conducted an audit of those statements in accordance with
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22 generally accepted auditing standards and indicating the results of
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23 the audit;
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1 3. The independently audited annual financial statement of the
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2 trust by June 1 of each year;
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3 4. The closed claim reports as are required pursuant to
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4 Sections 6810 through 6816 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes this
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5 title;
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6 5. Rates and forms within thirty (30) days after issuance of
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7 the first policy and within thirty (30) days after any changes to
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8 the previously filed rates and forms; and
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9 6. Any amendment to the trust instrument within thirty (30)
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10 days of making the amendment.
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11 B. A trust shall, annually, on or before the first day of
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12 March, report under oath to the Insurance Commissioner, the total
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13 amount of direct written consideration received from the membership
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14 during the preceding calendar year, or since the last return of such
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15 considerations was made by such trust.
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16 1. A trust shall pay to the Insurance Department, on or before
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17 March 1, an annual tax on all direct written considerations, after
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18 all returned considerations are deducted for the privileges of
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19 having written, continued and/or serviced contracts of indemnity
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20 except considerations paid by any governmental agency or
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21 instrumentality. The rate of taxation shall be two and twenty-five
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22 one-hundredths percent (2.25%), until June 30, 2026, and one and
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23 ninety-six one-hundredths percent (1.96%), beginning July 1, 2026.
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24 If any trust fails to remit such taxes in a timely manner, it shall
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1 remain liable therefor together with interest thereon at an annual
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2 rate equal to the average United States Treasury Bill rate of the
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3 preceding calendar year as certified by the State Treasurer on the
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4 first regular business day in January of each year, plus four (4)
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5 percentage points.
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6 2. For any trust taxed pursuant to this section, the annual tax
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7 shall be in lieu of all other state taxes or fees, except the taxes
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8 and fees of any subdivision or municipality of the state and except
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9 ad valorem taxes. Any trust failing to make such returns and
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10 payments promptly and correctly shall forfeit and pay to the
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11 Commissioner, in addition to the amount of said such taxes and fees
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12 and interest, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or an amount
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13 equal to one percent (1%) of the unpaid amount, whichever is
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14 greater; and the trust so failing or neglecting for sixty (60) days
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15 shall thereafter be debarred from transacting any business in this
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