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“Medical” Marijuana SQ Will Negatively Impact Businesses the Board of Directors of the Greater Oklahoma City CEO of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber May 2018 www.okcchamber.com “Medical” Marijuana SQ Will Negatively Impact Businesses The Board of Directors of the Greater Oklahoma City CEO of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. “It is Chamber recently voted to oppose State Question poorly written public policy that would enact one of the 788, the so-called medical marijuana bill that would most liberal marijuana laws in the nation. Particularly potentially prevent employers from operating a drug-free concerning to the Chamber are the restrictions that it workplace. The Chamber has joined the Anti-SQ788 would place on Oklahoma’s businesses.” coalition to defeat the proposal at the polls in June. Under the language of SQ 788, the ability for SQ 788 would allow any Oklahoma Board-certified most employers to be a drug-free workplace would be physician—which includes veterinarians, dentists and questioned, if not outright abolished. SQ 788 states chiropractors—to prescribe a medical marijuana license that employers “may not discriminate against a person for two years. Instead of having specific requirements in hiring, termination…or otherwise penalize a person for what constitutes a medical need for a license, the based upon status as a medical marijuana license holder” threshold for justifying a prescription is extremely low. or “based upon the results of a drug test showing positive A patient only needs to “articulate a medical need” for marijuana or its components.” The only exception to to qualify, so patients who say they occasionally get the above mandate is unless it would “cause an headaches would qualify for a two-year license. employer to imminently lose a monetary or licensing- “Simply put, State Question 788 is NOT a medical related benefit under federal law.” In addition to the marijuana law,” said Roy H. Williams, president and logistical and legal nightmare that SQ 788 would generate if passed, employers should also expect Continued on page 5 Convention and Visitor Industry Continues to Grow The hospitality industry is a major player in the overall health of the statewide and local economies, and the growth of that industry shows no signs of slowing down. According to data prepared by Dean Runyan Associates for the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, hospitality continues to be the third- largest industry in Oklahoma and has a significant impact on the local economy. In 2016, the industry generated $8.6 billion in travel-spending revenue statewide and $120 million in state tax revenue. In the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the travel industry provides more than 32,798 jobs, with $747 million in payroll. The industry also generates $100 million in local tax receipts, dollars that help fund important city services, infrastructure improvements and quality-of-life projects. “We are seeing decades of investment in Oklahoma City’s quality of life In the Oklahoma City MSA, the travel pay off,” said Natalie Shirley, president and CEO of the National Cowboy & industry provides more than 32,798 Western Heritage Museum and vice chair of convention and visitor development jobs, with $747 million in payroll. Continued on page 12 Chamber Launches Small Business Newsletter As part of the ongoing effort to strengthen businesses also highlight networking and other educational events in Greater Oklahoma City, the Chamber is launching that may be of interest if you’re working to grow your a new suite of programs called Business University to business.” specifically address the needs of small businesses. The For more information about the newsletter, contact first product in that program, the Business University Nathan Fisher, director of communications, at e-newsletter, is launching this month. [email protected] or 405-297-8936. The Business University e-newsletter will feature custom content on various aspects of import to small businesses, including human resources, marketing, entrepreneurship, management, office productivity and more. The newsletter, which is sponsored by Arvest Bank, will be sent to the Chamber’s Core, Associate and Emerging Leader members (investment levels ranging from $500-$1,500). “We know many times owners and employees of small businesses have to wear multiple hats, so we’re really trying to provide a variety of useful content that can help with some of those needs,” said Cynthia Reid, The Chamber is launching a new suite of programs called vice president of marketing and communications for Business University to address the needs of small businesses in the region. the Chamber. “The Business University e-newsletter will Asset Management Management Personal Trust Trust Employee Retirement Retirement Plans Plans Investment Consulting Consulting The POINT! “Invest“Invest inin tomorrow.tomorrow. InvesTrustInvesTrust today.today.”” (405) 843-7177 investrust.com 405 843 7177 May 2018 Greater Oklahoma City Chamber 2 2018 OFFICERS Leadership Notes RHONDA HOOPER Jordan Advertising Chair Acknowledging Oklahoma City’s work PERCY KIRK Cox Communications on criminal justice reform Chair-Elect DAVID E. RAINBOLT As the largest city in the area served by the Oklahoma BancFirst Corporation Immediate Past Chair County jail, it should come as no surprise that the JOHN HART Continental Resources Oklahoma City Police Department is the largest client Treasurer of the county jail––or as Police Chief Bill Citty wryly BRUCE LAWRENCE INTEGRIS Health observed at our recent Chamber Forum, they are the Corporate Secretary CLAYTON I. BENNETT largest contributor to the problem of overcrowding. Dorchester Capital Vice Chair, Strategic Planning For this reason, Chief Citty is a critical person to have TERESA ROSE CROOK Communities Foundation of Oklahoma at the table when discussing criminal justice reform, Roy H. Williams, CCE Vice Chair, Education CARL E. EDWARDS and luckily for us, his department has been having the President & CEO Price Edwards & Company conversation about who should be in the jail and why for Vice Chair, Innovation and Bioscience DAVID HAGER more than 14 years now. Devon Energy Corporation Vice Chair, Forward Oklahoma City OCPD worked with the Oklahoma City Municipal Court and Presiding Judge STEVE HAHN AT&T Oklahoma Philippa C. James to stop putting people in jail because they couldn’t afford to pay a Vice Chair, Membership JUDY J. HATFIELD, CCIM fine. Instead, the municipal court created additional hearings to more fairly deal with Equity Commercial Realty, LLC a person’s failure to pay. It’s a model that other cities have used successfully, and most Vice Chair, Military and Aerospace BRADLEY W. KRIEGER Arvest Bank cities don’t see an adverse effect on crime rates. Vice Chair, Government Relations TOM J. MCDANIEL Without OCPD taking a look at why people were being arrested and placed in the American Fidelity Foundation Oklahoma County Jail and Judge James’ work to prevent our jail from turning into Vice Chair, MAPS Development JENNY LOVE MEYER a debtors’ prison, it’s likely we wouldn’t have seen the jail’s occupancy drop to 1671 Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores Vice Chair, Marketing and Communications for non-Department of Corrections offenders in April. It wasn’t too long ago that the J. LARRY NICHOLS Devon Energy Corporation occupancy average was significantly higher. Chief Citty and Judge James are taking a Vice Chair, Strategic Planning stand to make sure the law is administered fairly in Oklahoma City, and their efforts NATALIE SHIRLEY National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum are providing the momentum we need to keep reforms going. Vice Chair, Convention and Visitor Development SEAN TRAUSCHKE OGE Energy Corp. Vice Chair, Economic Development ROY H. WILLIAMS, CCE Greater Oklahoma City Chamber President & CEO THE POINT! Sincerely, ISSUE #3519 - May 2018 Editorial staff Kaylee Terracina, Nate Fisher, Cynthia Reid Designer Josh Vaughn 297-8900 [email protected] Roy H. Williams, CCE www.okcchamber.com www.twitter.com/okcchamber Chamber CEO & President www.facebook.com/okcchamber The Point (ISSN 1075-6264) is published monthly by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, Chamber Launches Small Connect with the Chamber’s Audience 123 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. 2 Business Newsletter 8 Through TRDC POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Point!, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Upcoming Chamber Events Welcome New Members 123 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 or e-mail [email protected]. 6 13 SUBSCRIPTIONS: $15 per year included in Chamber membership; nonmembers, $25 per year within the U.S. Periodicals Postage paid at Oklahoma City. Advertising rates upon request. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising. CONTENTS beAWESOME MAKE THE OKLAHOMAN THE SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS. From oil and gas to construction and finance, The Oklahoman is your essential tool for OKC’s latest and most in-depth business coverage. And with the state’s leading business reporters, like Steve Lackmeyer, Don Mecoy and Adam Wilmoth feeding you the inside story, you’ll always be able to take command of the boardroom. be the very best you can be with The Oklahoman START TODAY CALL 1-855-958-0386 FOR JUST $1.54/WEEK OKLAHOMAUNFOLDED.COM/AWESOME Chamber Opposes SQ 788 (cont’d from page 1) workers’ compensation rates to increase. In at least five already-strapped government. The state system of mental states where medical marijuana is legal, it is treated as health and substance abuse services is already beyond a permissible workers’ compensation treatment that its capacity. With the expected increase in mental requires insurer reimbursement. It is natural to expect health and substance abuse treatment as a result of on-the-job claims for injuries to increase if it becomes a this proposed law, the passage of SQ 788 would strain way to pay for marijuana usage. funding for other core services of state government. The proposal essentially creates a special class of SQ 788 proposes a 7 percent tax on medical marijuana citizen that cannot be discriminated against for those sales, but that isn’t enough to cover the administrative holding a medical marijuana license––and with and social service costs.
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