A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall promulgate rules for purposes of establishing criteria for the funding of authorized infrastructure projects from the proceeds of obligations issued by the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority for the Public-Private Partner Development Pool.
B. The Department shall establish a scoring system to evaluate projects to be financed from the proceeds of obligations issued by the Authority for the Public-Private Partner Development Pool.
C. The scoring system shall include, but shall not be limited to, analysis of:
1. Capital investment by one or more for-profit business entities and/or federal government defense entities;
2. Additional capital investment by one or more local government entities;
3. New direct jobs as defined by Section 3603 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to be created by a for-profit business entity or entities;
4. Salary and wage payments to persons employed in new direct jobs; and
5. The likelihood of additional business location decisions resulting from the activity of the for-profit business entity or entities that would benefit from use of the Public-Private Partner Development Pool.
D. One or more eligible local government entities shall apply to the Department for approval of a pooled financing for an infrastructure project on such forms as the Department may prescribe.
E. The Department shall compile and maintain a prioritized list of infrastructure projects eligible for pooled financing through the Authority.
F. The Authority shall use the prioritized list provided by the Department in order to provide financing to the eligible local government entities in conjunction with one or more for-profit business entity or entities for infrastructure development.
G. The Authority shall, within the limit on available bond proceeds in the Development Infrastructure Pool, provide proceeds in accordance with the scoring system established by the Department pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 260, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.