SB13 increases the payment period for certain qualifying entities within the sports teams and clubs industry from 15 years to 30 years as it relates to the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act.
The Oklahoma State Senate passed SB13 on May 24, 2023 by a vote of 31 to 13. We have assigned pluses to the nays because privately-owned billion-dollar organizations, such as the Oklahoma City Thunder, should be expected to pay for their own facilities, which they can more than afford. Forcing people to furnish proliferate amounts of taxpayer money when attending games or concerts to fund crony, corporate-sponsored projects violates their individual liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.