Oklahoma § 74-5040.22 - Eligibility and certification

§ 74-5040.22. Eligibility and certification

A. Any community in this state is eligible to be named a

certified retirement community. In an application to the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce for recognition as a certified retirement

community, the applicant shall clearly articulate how the applicant

defines community for purposes of seeking certification.

B. Each community seeking certification shall meet the

following requirements:

1. The community shall submit an application to the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce containing basic demographic and statistical

information, including crime statistics, tax-related information,

recreational opportunities, housing prices and availability, health

care and emergency medical service availability and other factors

deemed relevant by the Department;

2. The community shall demonstrate the support and active

involvement of the local governing body, churches, clubs,

businesses, media outlets or other entities with an interest in the

future of the community;

3. The community shall submit with the application a plan

describing the community’s long-term care facility and service

capabilities and the community’s strategy for marketing the

community to retirees. The plan shall include a target market, a

list of competing communities, an analysis of the community’s

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and dangers, and the steps the

community will employ to achieve the goals of the plan; and

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4. The applicant community shall certify the availability of at

least Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) to be expended by the

community to implement the Certified Retirement Communities Program.

C. For purposes of this act, “community” means a city, town or

county. A community can be coterminous with a political subdivision

of the state or with a particular geographic boundary.

Added by Laws 2010, c. 209, § 3, eff. July 1, 2010.