There is hereby created within the State Treasury a special fund for the Oklahoma Tax Commission to be designated the "Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Payment Fund". The Tax Commission is hereby authorized and directed to withhold a portion of the taxes levied and collected pursuant to Section 2355 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes for deposit into the fund. The amount deposited shall equal the sum estimated by the Tax Commission to be sufficient to pay incentive payments claimed pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of this act. All of the amounts deposited in such fund shall be used and expended by the Tax Commission solely for the purposes and in the amounts authorized by the Small Employer Quality Jobs Incentive Act. The liability of the State of Oklahoma to make incentive payments under this act shall be limited to the balance contained in the fund created by this section.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 419, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.