Under legislation Rep. Joe Dorman plans to file next week, companies that take a waste product and turn it into a new, usable product would qualify for the Quality Jobs program.
“The chairman of the task force looking at tax credits has praised the Oklahoma Quality Jobs program again and again and I think we should expand it to include companies involved in business-side recycling and remanufacturing,” Dorman, D-Rush Springs, said. “These businesses reduce trash, which is a major headache for government entities at all levels. They also create a product and jobs. Businesses must produce jobs to qualify, so taxpayers are ensured a return on their investment.”
Dorman said the Oklahoma Department of Commerce has helped him to ensure his legislation narrowly defines the type of company that would qualify. The Oklahoma Quality Jobs Act currently applies only to manufacturing jobs and other specific targeted sector.
