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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-1950.10. Short title - Legislative findings.

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Biofuels Development Act”.
B. The Legislature finds that Oklahoma should encourage the processing, market development, promotion, distribution, and research of fuels derived from grain, ethanol or ethanol components, biodiesel, biobased lubricants, coproducts, or byproducts to provide for:
1. Expanded use of Oklahoma agricultural products;
2. Efficient and less-polluting energy sources and reserves which will make Oklahoma less energy dependent, reduce atmospheric carbon monoxide levels, and retain Oklahoma dollars in the Oklahoma economy to achieve a multiplier effect, thereby generating additional jobs and tax income to the state rather than exporting Oklahoma dollars;
3. Development of protein which will be more efficiently stored and marketed to foreign nations rather than the present method of simple export of unprocessed grain products;
4. Alternative local outlets for Oklahoma agricultural products which can be particularly utilized in times of depressed grain prices so as to give Oklahomans greater control of their crop marketing procedures rather than have crop marketing procedures too dependent upon federal agencies, major grain exporters, and foreign purchasers. Local outlets may include ethanol plants, oil seed processing plants, agricultural production facilities, or facilities related to the processing, marketing, or distribution of ethanol or products derived from ethanol or ethanol components, other biobased products, coproducts, or byproducts;
5. Cooperation with private industry to establish ethanol- and biobased-product-related production facilities in Oklahoma to create demand for agricultural products;
6. Promotion and market development, in cooperation with private industry, of ethanol or products derived from ethanol or ethanol components, biodiesel, coproducts, or byproducts; and
7. Sponsorship of research and development of industrial and commercial uses for agricultural ethanol and biobased oils and for byproducts resulting from the manufacturing of agricultural ethanol and biobased products in order to enhance economic feasibility and marketing potential of such products and processes.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 83, § 1, emerg. eff. April 19, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-2002. Tuition waivers for farmers and ranchers.

From and after July 1, 1986, if funds become available and if considered economically feasible by the State Board of Career and Technology Education, any Oklahoma farmer and rancher who meets the criteria set forth in this act shall be entitled to accept tuition waivers and to attend any state-supported technology center school. Provided, that said tuition waivers, if offered, under this act shall be accepted by any approved applicant by July 1, 1996, and further, said tuition waivers, if offered, shall not exceed a period of more than thirty-six (36) months.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-2003. Qualifications for retraining.

In order for farmers and ranchers to qualify for retraining, they shall:
1. Have at least fifty percent (50%) of income from farming and ranching on or after January 1, 1983, and the applicant furnish appropriate federal and state tax returns to verify facts necessary to qualify for retraining; and
2. Have defaulted on any agriculture-related loan to any banking, savings and loan, or federal agency, on or after January 1, 1983; or
3. Have been the subject of a foreclosure on any item or property related to agriculture business by any institution similar to a bank or savings and loan, including but not limited to the Federal Land Bank; or any federal agency similar, but not limited to the Farmers Home Administration or the Federal Land Bank; or
4. Be an individual who could possibly save his farm or ranch from bankruptcy or foreclosure by learning a skill. The individuals who would qualify under this subsection will be recommended by the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Employment Retraining created in Section 2005 of this title; and
5. Satisfy the entrance and eligibility requirements imposed by the technology center school.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-2005. Administration of program - Rules - Advisory committee.

A. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall administer this program with present personnel and shall not hire any new employees to assist in administering this act.
B. The State Board of Career and Technology Education shall adopt rules pertaining to this act which shall take into consideration the special knowledge that farmers and ranchers already possess through practical experience and design courses that will expedite the learning of a skill and the opportunity for self-employment or job placement, and shall waive any tuition due from any approved applicant.
C. There is hereby created the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Employment Retraining to be composed of the following six (6) members who shall serve without per diem expenses or travel reimbursement on an advisory basis to the State Board of Career and Technology Education regarding this act as follows:
1. Two members shall be appointed by the Governor;
2. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
3. Two members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
D. The Advisory Committee on Agricultural Employment Retraining will also recommend individuals for this program who have a financial hardship and could possibly save their farm or ranch from bankruptcy or foreclosure by learning a new skill. The Advisory Committee recommendations shall be forwarded to the State Board of Career and Technology Education for final consideration.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-2006. Quota system.

In the event that any institution is being seriously handicapped in its ability to provide an education or training for all of its students as a result of a disproportionate amount of tuition-waiver students under this act, then the administrative officer of such institution shall certify as to the handicapped condition to the State Board of Career and Technology Education who shall be permitted to establish a quota system for the institution. A schedule of guidelines and priorities shall be established for accepting students, as well as limiting the number of tuition-waiver students who may enroll. The excess number of applicants may enroll in some other technology center schools which has not reached a critical level of tuition-waiver students.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4002. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act:
1. "Academic affiliation agreement" means an agreement between the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine and an entity providing facilities, equipment, and support for the veterinary medicine education programs of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine;
2. "Animal patient" means a large or small animal patient receiving care from an Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine trainee, intern, resident, or full-time or part-time veterinary medicine trainer;
3. "Animal teaching hospital" means a hospital designated for the training and preparation of veterinarians or a component of a veterinary training program, affiliated with the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine;
4. "Declaration of necessity" means an official action of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority to fulfill the terms of an academic affiliation, statutory provisions or other agreement or to provide facilities, financing or any other general support to enhance the stability, quality or otherwise furtherance of the veterinary medicine education programs of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine or to provide for the safety of the public related to animal disease and testing; and
5. "Veterinary medicine programs" means educational programs meeting the guidelines of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE) offered through or as an extension of Oklahoma State University or the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine in cooperation with an animal teaching hospital, animal diagnostic testing center or clinic, or other animal health care provider.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4003. Purpose — Legislative findings.

A. The purposes of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act are to provide for an effective and efficient administration, to ensure a dependable source of funding, and to effectuate the mission and purposes of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority. The mission and purposes of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority are to support and upon a declaration of necessity, to serve as teaching and training facilities for students enrolled at the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, upon a declaration of necessity, to acquire and provide a site for conducting veterinary medical and biomedical research by faculty members of Oklahoma State University, to facilitate and upon a declaration of necessity, to provide care for the animal patients of Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine veterinarian trainers and upon a declaration of necessity to provide support or the safety of the public related to animal disease and testing. The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall maintain a close affiliation with the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine and shall coordinate their operations and activities in a cooperative manner.
B. The Legislature finds that the needs of the citizens of this state and the needs of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine will be best served by an Authority charged with the mission of supporting the Veterinary Medicine Education programs of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, entering into academic affiliation agreements in support of Oklahoma State University veterinarian training programs, operating or leasing the operations of the teaching animal hospital or hospitals for the benefit of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine and providing care for the animal patients of Oklahoma State University veterinarian trainers.
C. The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges shall retain full power to govern the personnel, curriculum, and facilities of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 3, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4004. Hospitals to be operated as animal hospitals or clinics — Waiver — Teaching and training facilities.

A. Any hospital or clinic purchased, leased or constructed by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall be operated as an animal hospital or clinic and shall be licensed or accredited by the appropriate entities. Provided, the Secretary of Agriculture may waive any such standards, requirements, and essentials as the Secretary deems necessary.
B. Any such animal hospital or clinic may provide services and receive payments from animal health care insurance companies and any state or federal reimbursement programs.
C. Any such animal hospital or clinic shall be available as teaching and training facilities for the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, for other animal patient and educational facilities, and may also provide animal patient care for research purposes.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 4, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4007. Agreements and obligations to have public purpose.

All agreements and obligations undertaken, as permitted under this section, by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall be for a public purpose. In addition to any other limitations, conditions or restrictions provided by law, the following conditions shall apply to contractual agreements entered into pursuant to this section:
1. Private and public funds shall be accounted for separately; and
2. The state shall not assume any liability for private entities.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 7, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4008. Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Agency Special Account.

A. The funds deposited in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Agency Special Account created in subsection B of this section shall be invested by the State Treasurer in the manner provided for by law. The return on such investments shall be credited to the accounts of the Authority.
B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury an official depository account for the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority, to be designated the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Agency Special Account. The account shall consist of an agency clearing account and an agency special account. All revenues, except federal entitlements and state appropriations, generated by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall be deposited in these accounts.
C. The Authority shall be subject to blanket bond coverage as provided in Sections 85.58Q through 85.58V of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided the Authority shall be authorized to purchase increased amounts of fidelity bond coverage for employees for whom it is deemed necessary by the Authority. When the amount listed in Section 85.58T of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes is deemed inadequate, the cost of increased coverage shall be borne by the Authority.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 8, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4010. Certified copy of bond issuance proceedings to be provided to Attorney General.

Before any bond shall be issued and delivered by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority, a certified copy of the proceedings for the issuance thereof, together with any other information which the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma may require as the Bond Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma, shall be submitted to the Attorney General. If the Attorney General shall find that such bonds have been issued in accordance with law, the Attorney General shall approve such bonds and execute a certificate to that effect. The Attorney General shall file such certificates in the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector, and the certificates shall be recorded in a record kept for that purpose. All bonds approved by the Attorney General, and issued in accordance with the approved proceedings, shall be valid and binding obligations of the Authority and shall be incontestable for any course from and after the date of such approval.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 10, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4011. Application for bond approval — Exclusive original jurisdiction for Supreme Court.

The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority or the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust may file an application with the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma for approval of any bonds to be issued under the provisions of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act, and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine such application. The Supreme Court shall give such applications precedence over the other business of the Court and consider and determine the validity of the bonds and consider the application and any protest which may be filed thereto. Notice of the hearing on each application shall be given by notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in this state that on a day named the Authority or the Trust will ask the Court to hear the application and approve the bonds. Such notice shall inform all interested parties that they may file a protest against the issuance of the bonds, may be present at the hearing, and may contest the legality thereof. Such notice shall be published one time, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date named for the hearing and the hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the Court. If the Court is satisfied that the bonds have been properly authorized in accordance with the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act, and that when issued such bonds will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their terms, the Court shall render its written opinion approving the bonds and shall fix the time within which the petition for rehearing may be filed. The decision of the Court shall be a judicial determination of the validity of the bonds, shall be conclusive as to the Authority of the Trust, its officers and agents, and thereafter the bonds so approved and the revenues pledged to their payment shall be incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 11, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4012. Revenue bonds not to be considered debt of the state.

Revenue bonds of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall not constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor. The forms of the bonds so issued shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the Authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the revenues of the Authority pledged to the payment of such bonds and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged, or may hereafter be pledged, to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds. The bonds so issued shall be exempt from taxation by the State of Oklahoma and any political subdivision thereof, including the income therefrom, and any gain from the sale thereof.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 12, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4013. Bonds as securities — Investment — Collateral security.

Bonds issued pursuant to provisions of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public boards, agencies and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions, all banks, trust companies, trust and loan associations, investment companies, and others carrying on a banking business, and all insurance companies and insurance associations, and others carrying on an insurance business, may legally and properly invest. Such bonds are also approved as collateral security for the deposit of any public funds and for the investment of trust funds.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 13, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4014. Annual report.

The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate. Such report shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall include an account of the operations and actions of the Authority and an accounting of all revenue received and disbursed by the Authority for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include an accounting of expenses related to each of the following:
1. Education and training of students of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, resident veterinarians and others;
2. Care and treatment of animal patients for whom the Authority receives any form of state or federal reimbursement; and
3. Research.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 14, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4015. Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Disbursing Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority, to be designated the "Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Disbursing Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of appropriated revenues and federal entitlements. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority as provided in subsection B of this section.
B. Following the execution of a lease of real properties under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust pursuant to Section 22 of this act, monies from the fund may be expended by the Authority for the fiscal year ending in the year the lease is executed, for the operations of the Authority after the execution of the lease to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust for payment of any costs to the Authority associated with the transfer of operations of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Authority, and legal obligations of the Authority.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 15, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4016. Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Marketing Revolving Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority, to be designated the "Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Marketing Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority for the purpose of marketing research and planning, public education, special events customary to the veterinary care industry, advertising and promotion of special and general services provided or sponsored by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority and such other purposes specifically authorized by the Legislature. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
B. An amount equal to one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%) of the total annual operating budget of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority and such other funds as may be specifically designated for deposit to the fund shall be deposited in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Marketing Revolving Fund.
C. The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Marketing Revolving Fund shall be audited annually by the State Auditor and Inspector. The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall reimburse the State Auditor and Inspector from the Oklahoma State University Authority Marketing Revolving Fund for any expenses incurred in auditing said fund.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 16, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4017. Regulation of parking and traffic — Appointment of police officers and guards — Cooperative agreement with Stillwater.

A. The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority may regulate traffic and the parking of vehicles on property used by or for the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority. Such regulations shall be in writing, and copies thereof, including amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the city clerk of the City of Stillwater. The municipal court of the City of Stillwater shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine prosecutions for violations of such regulations, which may be prosecuted and shall be punishable as violations of ordinances of the City of Stillwater. The Authority may cause to be removed, and may enter into contracts for such purpose, any vehicle parked in violation of such regulations.
B. The Authority may appoint campus police officers and guards for buildings and grounds of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority in the same manner and with the same powers as campus police appointed by governing boards of state institutions for higher education under the provisions of Section 360.15 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and who may prevent or stop improper conduct and trespass in and upon such buildings and grounds, and make arrests and prosecute any and all persons arrested for such improper conduct and trespassing. Employees of the Authority serving as police officers shall be certified as provided for in Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. The Authority and the City of Stillwater may enter into a cooperative agreement to effectuate the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 17, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4018. Resident veterinarians — Payroll — Insurance benefits.

The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority is authorized to place resident veterinarians of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine on the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority payroll, and is further authorized to acquire health, life, and dental insurance for such residents. Such residents shall not be considered employees of the Authority and shall not be eligible to participate in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System. This section shall not preclude the right of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority to terminate, for cause, the practicing privileges of any resident veterinarian within the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 18, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-4022. Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust to be designated the "Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed for deposit to the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust in accordance with the provisions of this act. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 297, § 22, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-61. Municipalities may acquire and operate airports - Eminent domain - Bonds.

Every municipal corporation within this state shall have the right and power to acquire, own, operate, improve and maintain, within or without the corporate limits of such municipal corporation, real estate, buildings, improvements and facilities for aviation airports and rights-of-way therefor. For such purposes every municipal corporation shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain within or without the corporate limits of such municipal corporation. For any and all of such purposes in order to carry out the same they shall have the power and authority to issue and sell bonds under and by virtue of the Constitution of this state, bearing interest not to exceed six percent (6%) per annum, maturing within twenty-five (25) years, and issued in the manner and form provided by law.
Laws 1945, p. 20, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-62. Leases.

Whenever it shall be deemed impractical to issue bonds, as above provided for, such municipal corporation, when deemed necessary or advisable for the public interest, and without increasing the total indebtedness of such municipal corporation beyond the Constitutional limitation, it shall be lawful for such municipal corporation to lease at a stipulated rental any real estate for use as an airport, or any improved airport within or without the corporate limits thereof from any person, firm or corporation which will contract to lease the same; providing further that in making any such lease contract the municipal corporation may reserve to such municipal corporation the option to purchase such real estate or improved airport in the future.
Laws 1945, p. 20, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.1. Definitions.

As used in this act, unless the text otherwise requires:
(a) "Airport" means an area on land or water that is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and includes its buildings and facilities, if any.
(b) "Air navigation facility" means any facility - other than one owned and operated by the United States - used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.
(c) "Airport hazard" means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.
(d) "Helipad" means a small designated area, usually with a prepared surface, on a heliport, airport, landing or takeoff area, apron or ramp, or movement area used for takeoff, landing or parking of helicopters.
(e) "Heliport" means an area of land, water or structure used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters and includes its buildings and facilities, if any.
(f) "Municipality" means any county, city, or town of this state. "Municipal" means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined.
(g) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 15, § 1. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 181, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.2. General powers of municipalities in the establishment, acquisition, operation and maintenance of airports and air navigation facilities.

(a) Establishment, Operation, Land Acquisition. Every municipality is authorized, out of any appropriations or other monies made available for such purpose, to plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, protect and police airports and air navigation facilities, either within or without the territorial limits of such municipality and within or without the territorial boundaries of this state, including the construction, installation, equipment, maintenance and operation at such airports of buildings and other facilities for the servicing of aircraft or for the comfort and accommodation of air travelers, and the purchase and sale of supplies, goods and commodities as an incident to the operation of its airport properties. For such purposes the municipality may use any available property that it may now or hereafter own or control and may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, acquire property, real or personal, or any interest therein including easements in airport hazards or land outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site as are necessary to permit safe and efficient operation of the airport or to permit the removal, elimination, obstruction-marking or obstruction-lighting of airport hazards or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards.
(b) Acquisition of Existing Airports. Any municipality may by purchase, gift, devise or lease acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities, provided however it shall not acquire or take over any airport or air navigation facility without the consent of the owner thereof.
(c) Establishment of Airports on Public Waters and Reclaimed Lands. For the purposes of this act, a municipality may establish or acquire and maintain, within or bordering upon the territorial limits of the municipality, airports in, over and upon, any public waters of this state, any submerged lands under such public waters, and any artificial or reclaimed lands which before the artificial making or reclamation thereof constituted a portion of the submerged lands under such public waters; and may construct and maintain terminal building, landing floats, causeways, roadways and bridges for approaches to or connecting with any such airport, and landing floats and breakwaters for the protection thereof.
(d) Limitation on Design and Operation of Air Navigation Facilities. All air navigation facilities established or operated by municipalities shall be supplementary to and coordinated in design and operation with those established and operated by the federal and state governments.
Laws 1947, p. 16, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.3. Eminent domain.

In the acquisition of property by eminent domain proceedings authorized by this act, the municipality shall proceed in the manner now provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain by railroad corporations in this state. The fact that the property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings was acquired by its owner by eminent domain proceedings shall not prevent its acquisition by such proceedings by the municipality. For the purpose of making surveys and examinations relative to any eminent domain proceedings, it shall be lawful to enter upon any land, doing no unnecessary damage. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or of any applicable municipal charter, the municipality may take possession of any property to be acquired by eminent domain proceedings at such time after the commencement of such proceedings as is now provided by law. The municipality shall not be precluded from abandoning such proceedings in any case where possession of the property has not been taken.
Laws 1947, p. 17, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.4. Disposal of airport property.

Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to Section 13 of this act, every municipality may by sale, lease or otherwise, dispose of any airport, air navigation facility or other property, or portion thereof or interest therein, acquired pursuant to this act. Such disposal by sale, lease, or otherwise, shall be in accordance with the laws of this state, or provisions of the charter of the municipality, governing the disposition of other property of the municipality, except that in the case of the disposal of another municipality or agency of the state or federal government for aeronautical purposes incident thereto, the sale, lease, or other disposal may be effected in such manner and upon such terms as the governing body of the municipality may deem in the best interest of the municipality.
Laws 1947, p. 17, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.5. Operation and use privileges.

A. Under Municipal Operation. In operating an airport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility owned, leased or controlled by a municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to Section 65.13 of this title, enter into contracts, leases and other arrangements for a primary term not exceeding fifty (50) years with any persons:
1. Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility or any portion or facility thereof, or space therein for commercial purposes;
2. Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities, things, services or facilities at such airport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility; or
3. Making available services to be furnished by the municipality or its agents at such airport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility. In each case the municipality may establish the terms and conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same class of privilege or service and shall be established with due regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of operation to the municipality.
B. Under Other Operation. Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to Section 65.13 of this title, a municipality may by contract, lease or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any qualified person for a term not to exceed five (5) years the privilege of operating, as agent of the municipality or otherwise, any airport owned or controlled by the municipality; provided, that no such person shall be granted any authority to operate such airport other than as a public airport or to enter into any contracts, leases, or other arrangements in connection with the operation of the airport which the municipality might not have undertaken under subsection A of this section.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 17, § 5. Amended by Laws 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Jan. 18, 1991; Laws 2019, c. 156, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.6. Liens.

To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs or improvements to or storage or care of, any personal property made or furnished by the municipality or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the municipality, the municipality shall have a lien on such property, which shall be enforceable by the municipality as provided by law.
Laws 1947, p. 18, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.7. Delegation of authority to airport officer or board.

Any authority vested by this act in a municipality or in the governing body thereof, for the planning, establishment, development, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation, protection and policing of airports or other air navigation facilities established, owned or controlled, or to be established, owned or controlled by the municipality may be vested by resolution of the governing body of the municipality in an officer or board or other municipal agency whose powers and duties shall be prescribed in the resolution; provided, however, that the expense of such planning, establishment, development, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation, protection and policing shall be a responsibility of the municipality.
Laws 1947, p. 18, § 7.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.8. Regulations and jurisdiction.

(a) Scope. A municipality, which has established or acquired or which may hereafter establish or acquire an airport or air navigation facility, is authorized to adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable ordinance, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as it shall deem necessary for the management, government and use of such airport or air navigation facility under its control, whether situated within or without the territorial limits of the municipality. For the enforcement thereof, the municipality, may, by ordinance or resolution, as may by law be appropriate, appoint airport guards or police, with full police powers, and fix penalties, within the limits prescribed by law, for the violation of the aforesaid ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders. Enforcement may also be conducted by airport officers holding a commission from and employed by an airport trust as defined in, and pursuant to and in accordance with, the provisions and requirements of the Oklahoma Campus Security Act, and who, as a result of which, hold full police powers. Said penalties shall be enforced in the same manner in which penalties prescribed by other ordinances, or resolutions of the municipality are enforced. To the extent that an airport or other air navigation facility controlled and operated by a municipality is located outside the territorial limits of the municipality, it shall, subject to federal and state laws, rules and regulations, be under the jurisdiction and control of the municipality controlling or operating it, and no other municipality shall have any authority to charge or exact a license fee or occupation tax for operations thereon.
(b) Conformity to Federal and State Law. All ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations or orders which are issued by the municipality shall be kept in substantial conformity with the laws of this state or any regulations promulgated or standards established pursuant thereto, and, as nearly as may be, with the federal laws governing aeronautics and the rules, regulations and standards duly issued thereunder.
Laws 1947, p. 18, § 8; Laws 2012, c. 48, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.10. Bond issues - Financing acquisitions, costs and improvements.

The cost of planning and acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, enlarging, improving, or equipping, an airport or air navigation facility, or the site therefor, including buildings and other facilities incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, may be paid for wholly or partly from the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes of the municipality, as the governing body of the municipality shall determine. For such purposes a municipality may issue general or special obligation bonds, revenue bonds or other forms of bonds or notes, secured or unsecured, including refunding bonds, in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state or the charter of the municipality for the authorization and issuance of bonds or notes thereof for public purposes generally. Any bonds or notes issued by a municipality pursuant to this act which are payable, as to principal and interest, solely from the revenues of an airport or air navigation facility (and such bonds or notes shall so state on their face) shall not constitute a debt of such municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the security, or the validity or enforceability, of any bond or note issued by a municipality, which bond or note states on its face that it was issued pursuant to the provisions of this act and for a purpose or purposes authorized to be accomplished by this act, such bond or note shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued pursuant to this act for such purpose or purposes.
Laws 1947, p. 19, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.11. Validation of prior acquisitions, actions and bond issues.

Any acquisition of property heretofore made, within or without the limits of any municipality of the state, for the purposes authorized by this act, and any other action heretofore taken by a municipality in furtherance of such purposes, including but not limited to the making of appropriations, the expenditure of money, the incurring of debts, the acceptance and disbursement of federal, state or other grants or loans, the issuance and payment of bonds and notes, the execution of leases and contracts, which acquisition or action would have been authorized had this act been in effect at the time of such acquisition or action, is hereby ratified and made valid. All bonds and notes heretofore issued in furtherance of purposes authorized by this act and actions ratified by this section are confirmed as legal obligations of the municipality, and, without prejudice to the general powers granted to the municipality by this act, such municipality is hereby authorized to issue further bonds and notes for such purposes up to the limit fixed in the original authorization therefor, which bonds and notes shall be legal obligations in accordance with their terms.
Laws 1947, p. 19, § 11.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.12. Application of airport revenues and sale proceeds.

The revenues obtained by a municipality from the ownership, control or operation of any airport or air navigation facility, including proceeds from the sale of any airport or portion thereof of air navigation facility property, shall be deposited in a special fund to be designated the "Airport Fund", which revenues shall be appropriated solely to, and used by the municipality for, the purposes authorized by this act.
Laws 1947, p. 19, § 12.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.13. Federal and state aid.

Acceptance Authorized, Conditions. Every municipality is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal and state monies and other monies, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this act. All federal monies accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the municipality upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are consistent with state law; and all state monies accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the municipality upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the state. Unless otherwise prescribed by the agency from which such monies were received, the chief financial officer of the municipality shall, on its behalf deposit all monies received pursuant to this section and shall keep them, in separate funds designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available, in trust for such purposes.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 19, § 13. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 98, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3. Aircraft and Airports. › §3-65.16. Public purpose, county and municipal purpose.

The acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant to this act, the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, operation, regulation, protection and policing of airports and air navigation facilities, including the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards, and the exercise of any other powers herein granted to municipalities and other public agencies, to be severally or jointly exercised, are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose, and matters of public necessity; and in the case of any county, are declared to be county functions and purposes as well as public and governmental; and in the case of any municipality other than a county, are declared to be municipal functions and purposes as well as public and governmental. All land and other property and privileges acquired and used by or on behalf of any municipality or other public agency in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in this act shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public necessity, and, in the case of a county or municipality, for county or municipal purposes, respectively.
Laws 1947, p. 22, § 16.