A. For purposes of implementing Section 8B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution:
1. "Any person" means any person or entity, whether real or artificial, other than the present owner;
2. "Any year when title to the property is transferred, changed, or conveyed to another person or when improvements have been made to the property" means the year next preceding the January 1 assessment date;
3. "Improvement" means a valuable addition made to property amounting to more than normal repairs, replacement, maintenance or upkeep, but for purposes of Section 8B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution shall not mean any expenditure, whether or not pursuant to a policy of insurance, for the purpose of repairing damage to a residential or business structure caused by rain, strong winds, tornadic winds, hail, fire or any other natural disaster or other event causing damage and any such improvements made shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the maximum amount of fair cash value subject to ad valorem taxation pursuant to Section 8B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution unless the improvements increase the square footage in which case only additional square footage may be considered an "improvement". If improvements constitute an increase in square footage, the county assessor shall determine the fair cash value of the additional square footage and shall separately determine the maximum fair cash value subject to ad valorem taxation for the square footage which is not part of the additional square footage amount and only in the amount authorized by Section 8B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. Except with respect to the additional square footage, such improvements shall not allow any county assessor to increase the fair cash value of the applicable property by more than the percentage allowed by Section 8B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution for property upon which no improvements have been made; and
4. "Transfers, change or conveyance of title" means all types of transfers, changes or conveyances of any interest, whether legal or equitable. However, "transfers, change or conveyance of title" shall not include the following:
B. This section shall be applied effective from the date of the passage of Section 8B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution.
C. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate rules necessary to implement Section 8B of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution and this section.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 304, § 3, emerg. eff. May 29, 1997. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 476, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2014, c. 388, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 2014.