§ 68-2847 — Property of railroads, air carriers and public service

corporations - Valuation and assessment. A. The property of all railroads, air carriers and public service corporations shall be assessed annually by the State Board of Equalization at its fair cash value estimated at the price it would bring at a fair voluntary sale. B. Taxable values of real and personal property of all railroads, air carriers and public service corporations shall be established in accordance with the requirements of Section 8 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. The State Board of Equalization shall determine the taxable value of all taxable property that the Board is required by law to assess and value, and shall determine such taxable value in accordance with the requirements of Section 8 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. C. The State Board of Equalization shall assess the property of that subclass of public service corporations known as video services providers, as defined in Section 2808 of this title, as provided: 1. Every video services provider shall file with the State Board of Equalization a certification regarding total gross receipts for the immediate preceding calendar year by April 15 and shall specify the total gross receipts derived from video programming services; 2. The State Board of Equalization shall determine the percentage of gross receipts the video services provider has derived from video programming in the immediately preceding calendar year; and 3. The percentage determined pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection shall be applied to the taxable fair cash value allocated to Oklahoma, and the resulting fair cash value attributable to video programming services shall be assessed using the statewide average of the assessment ratios applied to the assets of cable television companies in that tax year. Unless the taxpayer or the State Board of Equalization demonstrates otherwise, the statewide average assessment ratio applied to the personal property of a cable television company shall be assumed to be twelve percent (12%). D. The percentage of fair cash value for real and personal property of railroads, air carriers and public service corporations required by the Oklahoma Constitution to be taxable shall be the percentage at which it was assessed on January 1, 1996, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 8 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, and, subject to the requirements of federal law, shall be uniformly applied to calculate the taxable values of public service corporation property within the state for the applicable assessment year.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1988, c. 162, § 47, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 57, § 7, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 304, § 6, emerg. eff. May 29, 1997; Laws 2009, c. 119, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.