ABIGAIL OGLE, MARKIE
MARTIN, AND BRAD SOWDER.
MARKIE WE'RE TALKING BUSINESS.
IN 2016, OKLAHOMA RANKED 46TH IN
THE COUNTRY FOR INNOVATION
POTENTIAL.
AND A COUPLE OF OUR STATE
LEGISLATORS LOOKED AT THAT
RANKING AND SAID, WE CAN DO
BETTER THAN THAT.
JOINING US WITH DETAILS ON THE
BILL THAT HAS COME TO BE KNOWN
AS THE IGNITE OKLAHOMA ACT IS
SENATOR KYLE LOVELES
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US HERE.
WE WANT TO GET TO THE DETAILS OF
THE BILL THAT YOU'VE BEEN
HAMMERING OUT TOGETHER.
46TH IN THE COUNTRY?
WHY?
SEN. LOVELESS: THE TWO PILLARS
THAT OUR STATE HAS BEEN BUILT ON
OUR OIL AND GAS AND AGRICULTURE.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE BOTH
EXTREMELY VOLATILE.
THERE ARE BOOMS AND BUSTS.
WE LIVED THROUGH THE 80'S AND
RECENTLY.
THIS IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO
THAT PROBLEM.
MARKIE: I CAN IMAGINE THE
CURRENT STATE OF THE STATE IS
PRETTY WORRISOME FOR START UP
BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS.
YOUR BILL IS LOOKING TO ALLAY
SOME OF THOSE FEARS,
SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TOWARD THE
INVESTORS?
SEN. LOVELESS: THERE ARE
COMPANIES OUT THERE LOOKING FOR
BUSINESS CAPITAL.
THEY WANT TO START THE COMPANY
AND THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE.
NEW YORK, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO.
WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN SAY
OKLAHOMA YOU WILL GET A TAX
CREDIT, YOU WILL GET SOMETHING
AFTER YOU PLANT YOUR COMPANY
HERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REBATE ON
YOUR TAXES.
MARKIE WHY NOW?
SEN. LOVELESS: IF WE WOULD'VE
HAD TH BILL GENERATIONS AGO,
WE WOULD NOT BE IN SUCH A BUDGET
CRUNCH.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO
DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY.
THIS PROVIDES AN ECONOMIC ENGINE
, A LAND RUNS IT WOULD ALLOW
INVESTORS TO SAY WE ARE OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.
YOU WILL HAVE THE ENVIRONMENT TO
GROW YOUR BUSINESS.
WE'VE SEEN COMPANIES THAT COULD
HAVE INVESTED HERE THAT WENT TO
NEW YORK AND NOW THEY ARE
LOOKING AT 20 EMPLOYEES AND THEN
BE HIRING UP TO 100.
THESE ARE HIGH-PAYING JOBS.
THESE ARE JOBS WE WON IN
OKLAHOMA.
MARKIE: IF YOU INVESTED IN
OKLAHOMA, IF THAT COMPANY IS
PROFITABLE, YOU WOULD GET 55% OF
YOUR T LIABILITY ALLEVIATED.
SEN. LOVELESS: SOMETIMES THEY
GET THE MONEY BEFORE THEY SHOW
THE RESULTS.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
THIS IS ON THE BACKEND.
I HAVE TO ESTABLISH YOUR COMPANY
HERE AND SHOW THAT YOU HAVE
PROFITABILITY HERE, THEN YOU GET
THE TAX CREDIT AFTER THE FACT.
IT'S UNIQUE AND INVITES
INVESTMENT.
MARKIE: FOUND THAT IF THE
COMPANY IS PROFITABLE, THEY CAN
APPL THE TAX CREDIT.
IN THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION, WHAT
CONSTITUTES PROFITABLE FOR THE
COMPANY?
SEN. LOVELESS: WE ARE TRYING TO
PREVENT SOME OF DISASTERS WE'VE
SEEN BEFORE.
WE'VE SEEN INDUSTRIES THAT CAME
HERE AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO
USE THE TAX CREDIT.
THEY TOOK THE MONEY AND RAN.
THIS PREVENTS THAT FROM
HAPPENING.
THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROFITABILITY.
CURRENT TRANSFER TO ANOTHER
COMPANY.
THEY CAN'T USE IT FOR SOMETHING
ELSE.
THEY CAN ONLY DO IT ON THIS
SPECIFIC COMPANY.
IT INCREASES THAT MUCH MORE.
MARKIE: WHAT IF THE COMPANY IS A
FLOP?
SEN. LOVELESS: THEY DON'T GET
THE TAX CREDIT.
YOU ONLY GET IT IF IT'S
PROFITABLE.
MARKIE THE BUILD YOU ARE
WORKING ON, HAS THERE BEEN MUCH
PUSHBACK?
SEN. LOVELESS: THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT OF BUZZ BECAUSE IT'S A
UNIQUE APPROACH.
THERE IS A LOT OF MOMENTUM
GOING.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUSIN
IT'S A UNIQUE APPROACH, WE SEE A
LOT OF INVESTORS THAT ARE FROM
NEW YORK A CALIFORNIA.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT
NOW.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF HELP.
THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION HELPED
PUSH THIS IDEA.
WE ARE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON
THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS WHO --.
MARKIE WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
OKLAHOMA IF IT PASSES?
SEN. LOVELES IN THE SHORT
TERM, NOT ANYTHING RIGHT AWAY.
IN T LONG TERM, IT MAKES IT
WHERE AN ECONOMICALLY AND RUN
WERE COMPANIES WILL BE JUMPING
TO COME HERE TO ESTABLISH ROOTS.
THEY CAN GET EMPLOYEES.
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