63 OK Stat § 63-485.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 63. Public Health and Safety|§63-485.3. J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities - Establishment and maintenance - Contracts - Payments - Power of Commission - Legal representation – Sale of surplus property and fixtures.

|A. The Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to: |1. Establish and maintain the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities, to provide care, maintenance, training, treatment, habilitation and rehabilitation of persons afflicted with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities within such institute;2. Set fees and charges for patient services;3. Provide care, maintenance, training, treatment and rehabilitation services to children not afflicted with cerebral palsy or developmental disabilities but who may benefit from the services available from the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities, as determined to be practicable by the Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission;4. Provide services to any adults who may benefit from services available from the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities, as determined to be practicable by the Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission; provided, that services to adults shall not diminish any services available to children;5. Enter into contracts for the purchase of real estate or other property and to buy or sell real estate, personal property and equipment necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the provisions of Sections 485.1 through 485.11 of this title; and6. Enter into contracts with the Commission for Human Services and with other agencies of the state and of the counties in furtherance of the provisions of Sections 485.1 through 485.11 of this title; provided, the Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission shall receive from the Commission for Human Services payments aggregating a minimum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) annually from funds set aside in the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program; and provided further, the Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission may negotiate with the Commission for Human Services or its successors for additional payments above One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from such funds.B. The Commission shall be charged with the duties of management and control of the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities and shall have power to sue or be sued in its own name.C. The Attorney General shall furnish the Commission with legal representation. The Commission shall not contract for private legal counsel except for extraordinary situations other than normal day-to-day situations, and when approved by the Attorney General.D. For the purposes of moving the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities to its new facilities, the Oklahoma Cerebral Palsy Commission may sell surplus property and fixtures. Such sale of surplus property and fixtures shall be exempt from Sections 62.2 through 62.6 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Commission shall sell such surplus property and fixtures at fair market value as determined by the members of the Commission. The process for the sale and transfer of title shall originate with the Commission. All proceeds from such sale of the property and fixtures shall be deposited into the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities Revolving Fund.Added by Laws 1947, p. 401, § 3, emerg. eff. May 7, 1947. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 434, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 1949; Laws 1976, c. 191, § 4, emerg. eff. June 4, 1976; Laws 1981, c. 71, § 2, operative July 1, 1981; Laws 1988, c. 222, § 4, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 307, § 16, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1995, c. 262, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 281, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 426, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 23, eff. July 1, 2010.NOTE: Laws 1992, c. 249, § 4 repealed by Laws 1992, c. 373, § 22, eff. July 1, 1992.