Budget & Tax

Statement from Jonathan Small on House Bill 2298

April 10, 2017

Statement from Jonathan Small on House Bill 2298

After the Oklahoma Senate passed House Bill 2298, which moves up the sunset date of the zero-emissions tax credit to July 1, 2017, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs President Jonathan Small made the following statement:

“Oklahomans are no doubt grateful the Oklahoma Senate passed House Bill 2298. With Oklahoma facing a massive budget shortfall, we can’t afford to keep subsidizing the already prosperous wind industry. I am thankful for the leadership of House Speaker Charles McCall, Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Schulz, Rep. Jon Echols, Sen. Bryce Marlatt, and other lawmakers for understanding that Oklahomans can’t continue to pay for the wind industry.”