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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-5235. Involvement of women, minorities and disadvantaged business enterprises in Authority projects – Legislative intent and public policy.

It is the intent of the Legislature and the public policy of this state that women, minorities, and socially, physically and economically disadvantaged business enterprises be encouraged to participate fully in all phases of economic and community development. Accordingly, to achieve such purpose, the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority shall, in accordance with applicable state and federal law, involve and utilize women, minorities, and socially, physically and economically disadvantaged business enterprises in all phases of the design, development, construction, maintenance, and operation of spaceports developed under this act.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 164, § 35, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-5236. Conflict with other provisions – Act controls.

If any provision of this act is in conflict with any other provision, limitation, or restriction pertaining to areas located within the spaceport territory which is now in effect under a law of this state or an ordinance of a local government, political subdivision, or municipality, or a rule or regulation adopted under such law or ordinance, this act controls.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 164, § 36, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-5301. Oklahoma Military Base Closure Prevention Task Force – Established.

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Military Base Closure Prevention Task Force. The Task Force shall be composed of seventeen (17) members as follows:
1. Four persons to be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;
2. Four persons to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate;
3. One person to be appointed, respectively, by the mayor of each of the following municipalities:
a.
Altus,
b.
Enid,
c.
Lawton,
d.
McAlester,
e.
Oklahoma City,
f.
Del City, and
g.
Midwest City; and
4. Two persons to be appointed by the Governor.
B. The Task Force shall hold its first meeting not later than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this act. The members of the Task Force shall select a person from among its membership to serve as chair. The Task Force is authorized to meet as often as required in order to perform the duties imposed upon it.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 238, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-5302. Oklahoma Military Base Closure Prevention Task Force – Purpose – Recommendations for change – Prevention or mitigation of reduction – Relocation – Report.

A. The purpose of the Oklahoma Military Base Closure Prevention Task Force shall be to analyze state policies affecting military facilities currently in use by the United States Department of Defense located within the state and by their related communities. In addition, the Task Force shall also examine methods for improving the potential private sector market value or potential for such military facilities.
B. The Task Force shall develop recommendations for changes in state policies which would:
1. Prevent Oklahoma’s military facilities from being targeted for closing or downsizing;
2. Maximize Oklahoma’s input into the federal base closing and realignment process;
3. Protect, to the greatest extent possible, the interests of the communities and residents of areas located within and adjacent to such military facilities in connection with such process;
4. Mitigate the effect of a reduction in military personnel housed or assigned to such facilities, reduction in military activity associated with such facilities, or other changes in either civilian or military activity which have the potential to reduce employment, business activity, personal income or other economic growth in the affected areas; and
5. Encourage and facilitate the relocation of mission responsibilities and resources to Oklahoma military facilities from military bases located outside Oklahoma.
C. The Task Force shall submit a written report of its findings, conclusions and recommendations to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Governor not later than December 31, 2002.
D. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and other agencies of state government shall provide such assistance to the Task Force as the Task Force may require in order to perform the duties imposed upon it.
E. The Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma State Senate shall provide such staff assistance to the Task Force as may be required.
F. Members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed by their appointing authority, except that members appointed from the municipalities shall be reimbursed by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, for travel to meetings of the Task Force pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act. Legislators who serve as members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for travel to meetings pursuant to Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 238, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-5401. Creation – Members – Meetings – Sunset – Authority of members.

A. There is hereby re-created the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission.
B. The Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission shall consist of nine (9) members as follows:
1. Five persons to be appointed by the Governor, each of whom shall represent, respectively, the interests of communities that would be affected by realignment or closure of the following military installations:
a.
Altus Air Force Base,
b.
Vance Air Force Base,
c.
Fort Sill,
d.
the Army Ammunition Plant located near McAlester, and
e.
Tinker Air Force Base;
2. One person to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the House and one person to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from the membership of the Senate. The members appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be ex officio and nonvoting members of the Commission; and
3. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or successor member of the Governor's Executive Cabinet who has responsibility for Veterans Affairs, and the Adjutant General of the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard. The members appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be ex officio and nonvoting members of the Commission.
C. The members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The members of the Commission shall select from among their membership a chair and vice-chair. The chair and vice-chair shall serve for a period of one (1) year and may succeed themselves in office.
D. The Commission shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
E. The Commission shall be authorized to meet at such times as may be required in order to fulfill the duties and responsibilities imposed upon it by law.
F. The provisions of this section shall cease to have the force and effect of law and the Commission shall be dissolved by operation of law on December 31, 2025.
G. The members of the Commission shall not be deemed to be officers or to hold public office for purposes of Section 6 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 303, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2003. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 359, § 2; Laws 2011, c. 209, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2014, c. 58, § 1; Laws 2021, c. 7, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6105. Red River Boundary Compact – Adoption of compact..

RED RIVER BOUNDARY COMPACT
ADOPTION OF COMPACT
This state enacts the Red River Boundary Compact into law and enters into the compact with the State of Texas if that state legally joins in the compact in substantially the form provided by Section 2 of this act.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 316, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6107. Negotiations to resolve differences.

NEGOTIATIONS TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES
A. If the State of Texas enters into the Red River Boundary Compact in substantially the form provided in Section 2 of this act, the designee of the Oklahoma Red River Boundary Commission has the authority to negotiate with the appropriate Texas representative to resolve any differences between the States of Oklahoma and Texas regarding matters covered by the compact. The designee shall conduct the negotiations in cooperation with the Oklahoma Red River Boundary Commission.
B. The designee shall report annually to the Governor of this state, or more frequently if necessary, on the status of the negotiations.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 316, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6108. Implementation of compact.

IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPACT
A. If the State of Texas enters into the Red River Boundary Compact in substantially the form provided by Section 2 of this act, the designee of the Oklahoma Red River Boundary Commission has the authority to negotiate with the appropriate Texas representative to establish procedures for implementing the compact’s provisions. The designee shall conduct the negotiations in cooperation with the Oklahoma Red River Boundary Commission.
B. The designee shall report annually to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or more frequently if necessary, on the status of the negotiations.
C. A procedure for implementing a provision of the compact must be approved by the Governor of this state.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 316, § 4, emerg. eff. June 4, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6109. Relation to other law and litigation.

RELATION TO OTHER LAW AND LITIGATION
The Red River Boundary Compact does not affect:
1. The Red River Compact, the text of which is set out in Section 1431 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. The riparian rights, if any, of adjacent landowners to access and use the waters of the Red River; or
3. Litigation pending in either state involving title to land or boundaries of rivers or water bodies of that state.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 316, § 5, emerg. eff. June 4, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6110. Red River Boundary Commission.

A. A Red River Boundary Commission is hereby re-created.
B. The Commission shall consist of the following persons:
1. The Governor or his or her designee;
2. The Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee;
3. The Attorney General or his or her designee;
4. The President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate or his or her designee; and
5. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives or his or her designee.
C. Members of the Commission shall serve without additional compensation, each of whom may from time to time serve by and through a person designated by the member in writing for that purpose. Legislative members shall receive reimbursement from the house in which they serve pursuant to the provisions of Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Other members of the Commission who are state employees shall receive reimbursement pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act from the funds of their employing agency.
D. Staffing for the Commission shall be provided by the Legislative Service Bureau.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 327, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6111. Appointment of chairperson.

The chairperson of the Red River Boundary Commission shall be jointly appointed by the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the Commission members identified in Section 1 of this act no later than thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act. The first meeting of the Red River Boundary Commission, as re-created in Section 1 of this act, shall be held at the call of the chairperson but no later than December 31, 2021.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 327, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6112. Coordination with representatives from Texas – Report concerning joint action.

A. The Red River Boundary Commission shall confer and act in conjunction with the representatives to be appointed on behalf of the State of Texas for the following purposes:
1. To evaluate the methods, surveys, historical maps, and other information used to establish the boundary line between this state and the State of Texas in the Texoma Area, as such area is defined in the Texoma Area Boundary Agreement;
2. To determine the location of the south bank of the Red River as the bank was located and marked by the United States Army Corps of Engineers before the beginning of construction of Lake Texoma, in accordance with subsection C of Article II of Section 6106 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. To redraw the boundary line between this state and the State of Texas on any real property for which the United States Army Corps of Engineers granted an easement, prior to August 31, 2000, to at least two districts or authorities created under Section 59 of Article XVI of the Texas Constitution for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a water pipeline and related facilities in the Texoma Area in order to negate any effects the boundary as it is currently drawn has on property interests associated with such easements in the Texoma Area, and to redraw the boundary on such real property so that there is no net loss of property between either state so as to ensure that the redrawn boundary does not increase the political power or influence of either state, in accordance with:
a.
the Lake Texoma preconstruction survey of the south bank of the Red River prepared by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or
b.
other historical records or documentation of the United States Army Corps of Engineers identifying the location of the south bank of the Red River, if the survey described by subparagraph a of this paragraph is unavailable;
4. To hold hearings and conferences in this state and in the State of Texas as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act; and
5. To take other action, alone or in cooperation with the State of Texas or the United States, necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act.
B. No later than January 15, 2022, the Commission shall report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and appropriate committees of the Legislature the Commission's findings and recommendations concerning joint action by this state and the State of Texas regarding the amendment of the Texoma Area Boundary Agreement to incorporate the boundary between this state and the State of Texas in the Texoma Area as redrawn. No later than July 30, 2025, the Commission shall issue a final report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and appropriate committees of the Legislature.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 327, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6113. Termination of Commission.

The Red River Boundary Commission shall terminate upon the date mutually agreed upon by a majority of the members of the Commission pursuant to a formal motion for dissolution of the Commission after its business has concluded. The provisions of Section 3921 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not apply to the Red River Boundary Commission and the Commission may be dissolved only as provided by this section.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 327, § 4, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6114. Request to Texas to appoint representatives.

The Governor of the State of Oklahoma is empowered and requested to forward a copy of this act to the Governor of the State of Texas and to request that the Governor or legislature of that state appoint representatives of the State of Texas to confer and act in conjunction with the Commission for the purposes specified in this act, with the understanding that each state will pay all expenses of its respective representatives.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 327, § 5, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6203. Hissom Memorial Treatment Center Surplus Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to be designated the "Hissom Memorial Treatment Center Surplus Fund". The fund shall be subject to legislative appropriation and shall consist of all monies deposited into the fund by law.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 292, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1047.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-6204. Lease-purchase agreement authority - Funding.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have the authority to enter into a lease-purchase agreement for a period not to exceed twenty (20) years for the purposes of providing funding in the amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) for additional repairs, construction, and remediation to the land and improvements formerly known as the Hissom Memorial Treatment Center. The Legislature shall appropriate sufficient funds each year to the Hissom Memorial Treatment Center Surplus Fund to satisfy the obligations under the lease-purchase agreement authorized pursuant to this section. Upon the sale of the land or improvements funded through the lease-purchase agreement, the proceeds of the sale shall be used first to satisfy the remaining payments under the lease-purchase agreement, and then the balance of the proceeds shall be applied as otherwise provided by law.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 450, § 1. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1048.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7001. Short title.

This act, Section 7001 et seq. of this title, shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma State Employee Charitable Contribution Act".
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 103, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7002. State Charitable Campaign.

In an effort to provide the employees of the State of Oklahoma with a convenient and responsible system which will allow them to contribute through payroll deduction to several fully accountable private nonprofit social, health and welfare organizations on a voluntary basis, there is hereby created a combined charitable solicitation to be called the “State Charitable Campaign”.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 2, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 103, § 2, eff. Jan 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 13, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7003. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma State Employee Charitable Contribution Act:
1. “Federation” means a legally constituted grouping of at least five health and social service agencies that are bound together to raise and distribute charitable contributions;
2. “State presence” means a test to determine whether the agency actually provides service to people in the State of Oklahoma;
3. “Local advisory review committee” means a group of state employees in a facility or agency assisting in the local involvement of state employees in the campaign;
4. “Principal combined fund raising organization” means the organization in the State of Oklahoma responsible for the charitable contribution campaign; and
5. “Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable Contributions” means a group of state employees responsible for overseeing at the state level the conducting of the State Charitable Campaign.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 3, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 103, § 3, eff. Jan 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 14, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 121, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7004. Administration of Campaign - Legal compliance.

The State Charitable Campaign shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma State Employee Charitable Contribution Act and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local statutes and ordinances.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 4, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 103, § 4, eff. Jan 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 15, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7007. State principal combined fund raising organization - Definition - Duties and responsibilities.

A. The state principal combined fund raising organization shall be a local federation in the State of Oklahoma that provides, through one specific annual public solicitation for funds, substantial voluntary financial support for charitable agencies that depend on public subscription for support in the state and that has the necessary staff and volunteer support to administer the charitable contribution campaign.
B. The state principal combined fund raising organization shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
1. Work with the Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable Contributions to develop the charitable contribution campaign plan for the State Charitable Campaign;
2. Develop the charitable contribution campaign materials and publicity for the State Charitable Campaign;
3. Recruit and train the volunteers, departmental coordinators and solicitors in a bipartisan manner; develop and keep records on all the accounts to be solicited; and cultivate the accounts to encourage participation in the charitable contribution campaign;
4. Keep all fiscal and financial records of the activities and submit to the Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable Contributions a separate accounting of all proceeds of the State Charitable Campaign;
5. Submit to the participating federations a detailed accounting of the amount of money designated to the federation and to each of its member agencies; and
6. Disperse the allocation checks to the participating agencies.
C. Each state employee shall receive from the state principal combined fund raising organization general information material with each federation listed and each of its member agencies listed under the federation. Each agency and federation shall be identified by a code number. If descriptions of each agency are used in the general information material, they shall be provided to the state principal combined fund raising organization by the federations.
D. Each state employee shall be given the option to designate his or her gifts. Undesignated gifts shall be allocated pursuant to the provisions of subsection E of this section.
E. Undesignated money shall be distributed in the same proportion as designated dollars within the State of Oklahoma.
F. Allocations shall be distributed quarterly; provided, for campaigns of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or less, allocations shall be distributed semiannually. Any interest earned from funds held prior to distribution will be distributed proportionally to the distribution of undesignated funds.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 7, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 291, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 103, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 17, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 121, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7008. Reimbursement cost of administration of local campaigns - Limit.

The reimbursement cost for developing the charitable contribution campaign materials, training the solicitors and the overall administration of the campaign by the state principal combined fund organization shall be no greater than ten percent (10%) of the charitable contribution campaign proceeds or actual cost, whichever is less. The cost shall be borne by each of the federations or organizations proportionally. A charitable campaign budget shall be presented to the Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable Contributions by the state principal combined fund raising organization.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 8, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 103, § 7, eff. Jan 1, 1995; Laws 2006, c. 121, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7009. Participating agencies - Qualifications - Criteria - Applications.

A. Participation in the State Charitable Campaign shall be limited to voluntary, charitable, health and welfare agencies that provide or support direct health and welfare services to individuals or their families and meet the criteria set out in this section. The health and welfare services shall be available to state employees, unless they are rendered to needy persons overseas. The services shall directly benefit human beings, whether children, youth, adults, the aged, the ill and infirm, or the mentally or physically handicapped. The services shall consist of care, research, or education in the fields of human health or social adjustment and rehabilitation; relief for victims of natural disasters and other emergencies; or assistance to those who are impoverished and, therefore, in need of food, shelter, clothing, and basic human welfare services.
B. For the purposes of the State Charitable Campaign, basic human welfare service shall not include:
1. Organizations whose primary purpose is the direct or indirect support of institutions of higher education;
2. Lobbying; and
3. Religious activities.
C. To be included in the State Charitable Campaign, a voluntary charitable agency, in addition to meeting the other requirements set forth in this section, shall:
1. Be a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization and submit to the participating federation a 501(c)(3) exemption from the Internal Revenue Service;
2. Be incorporated or authorized to do business in this state as a private, nonprofit organization;
3. Register, annually, with the Secretary of State to solicit or accept contributions in this state;
4. Submit to the participating federation an audit of the agency, conducted by an accounting firm or individual holding a permit to practice public accounting in this state according to the generally accepted standards of accounting for nonprofit organizations; and
5. Submit to the participating federation a copy of the annual form 990.
D. Applications to the State Charitable Campaign shall be submitted to the Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable Contributions from local federations which shall include United Ways, United Funds, Combined Health Appeals, International Social Service Agencies and any other local federation consisting of at least five local agencies which meet the requirements of this section. Each federation shall certify the application for its member agencies and shall give state charitable agencies precedence over national agencies if both qualify for the charitable contribution campaign. Applications from individual agencies shall not be accepted.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 9, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 291, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 68, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 103, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Laws 1999, c. 421, § 42, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 18, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 121, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7009.1. Voluntary charitable agencies with budget of less than $50,000 - No audit required.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7009 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, if the annual budget of a voluntary charitable agency is less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), no annual audit shall be required.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 103, § 9, emerg. eff. April 23, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-7010. Admission of agencies to campaign - State presence test - Exemptions.

A. A charitable agency wishing to be admitted to the State Charitable Campaign shall be required to demonstrate state presence. The agency must comply with all of the following criteria in order to meet the state presence test:
1. The agency must provide or procure direct human care services for persons residing in the state in which the charitable contribution campaign will be conducted;
2. The agency shall have a board of directors that serves without compensation;
3. A majority of the members of the board of directors shall be residents of the state;
4. Consumers of service from the state shall be represented within the membership of the board of directors; and
5. A substantial portion of the agency’s annual budget shall be derived from public solicitations in the State of Oklahoma.
B. Agencies whose primary focus is the providing of services to the needy overseas and Combined Health Agencies operating in this state shall be exempt from complying with the criteria set out in subsection A of this section and need not demonstrate state presence.
C. The Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation shall be exempt from the provisions of this section and shall be authorized to participate in the State Charitable Campaign.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 10, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 291, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 103, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 19, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8101. Legislative findings and declarations.

A. The Oklahoma State Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
1. Statistical studies chronicling the status of African-American males in American society reveal startling and disturbing conditions and trends;
2. By every indicia measuring achievement, success and quality of life in American society, African-American males are facing a prodigious struggle for survival while fighting formidable opponents;
3. African-American males make up only three and two-tenths percent (3.2%) of the population of Oklahoma, but are victims of twenty-one and eight-tenths percent (21.8%) of the state's homicides and comprise twenty-one and five-tenths percent (21.5%) of all persons under the control of the State Department of Corrections;
4. National statistics indicate that one of every twenty-two African-American males will die as a result of homicide and that one of every six African-American males will be arrested by the age of nineteen years;
5. African-American males make up only three percent (3%) of Oklahoma's total college and university enrollment;
6. African-American males suffer from more debilitating health problems, a higher death rate and a lower life expectancy than males in other ethnic and racial groups;
7. Between the years 1973 and 1988, the average real annual income for African-American males in the United States between the ages of twenty and twenty-four years fell by more than fifty percent (50%); and
8. There is no statewide repository of data available on the status of African-American males.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 96, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8104. Duties and responsibilities.

A. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Oklahoma Task Force on the Status of African-American Males to:
1. Appoint advisory committees with recognized expertise in the targeted areas listed in paragraph 2 of this section;
2. Conduct research to determine the nature and extent of the problems concerning African-American males in targeted areas which shall include, but not be limited to, employment, education, criminal justice, social services, health, economic empowerment and the media;
3. Hold public hearings for the purpose of collecting data;
4. Identify existing federal, state and local programs that address problems and solutions relevant to the targeted areas of study;
5. Develop community education and public awareness programs especially designed for African-American males; and
6. Develop strategies to improve the social condition of African-American males.
B. Staffing for the Task Force shall be provided by the staffs of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
C. The Task Force may meet or consult with any persons as may be able to assist the Task Force in carrying out its duties pursuant to this act.
D. The Task Force shall report its findings to the Legislature and the Governor, upon request, beginning January 31, 1994, and annually thereafter, through January 31, 1996.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 96, § 4, emerg. eff. April 18, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8206. Operation and maintenance of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation.

A. The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation created pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sections 8201.1 through 8204 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and all real property acquired and held for construction and operation of the Memorial, which is owned by the State of Oklahoma and developed and operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society may be transferred to the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
B. The City of Tulsa shall operate and maintain the Memorial as provided for in Section 8204 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 243, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8207. Tulsa Race Riot Centennial Memorial Revolving Fund

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Historical Society to be designated the "1921 Tulsa Race Riot Centennial Memorial 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 Historical Society from appropriations, donations or any other source and designated for the purpose set forth in this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Historical Society for the purpose of commemoration of the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. Expenditures from the 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. Any funds in the revolving fund created in Section 8201.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes on the effective date of this act shall be transferred to the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Centennial Memorial Revolving Fund.
Added by Laws 2017, c. 185, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 328, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8221. Short title.

Sections 8221 through 8226 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Greenwood Area Redevelopment Authority Act".
Added by Laws 2001, c. 315, § 8. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 395, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8222. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. “Authority” means the Greenwood Area Redevelopment Authority; and
2. "Greenwood Area" means those portions of the City of Tulsa sustaining significant damage during the period of civil unrest occurring during the months of May and June 1921, and further identified as follows:
That area of the City of Tulsa bordered on the west by the Tulsa County-Osage County line, on the south by Archer Street, on the east by Lewis Avenue, and on the north the boundary extended beyond Pine Street to approximately 56th Street.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 315, § 9. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 74, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8223. Greenwood Area Redevelopment Authority – Board of Trustees.

A. There is hereby created the Greenwood Area Redevelopment Authority. The Authority shall be an instrumentality of the state.
B. The Authority is created in order to provide a method to facilitate the redevelopment of the Greenwood Area.
C. In addition to other responsibilities imposed pursuant to the Greenwood Area Redevelopment Authority Act, the mission of the Authority shall be to assist in finding methods for other entities, both in the private sector and public sector, to promote the investment, reinvestment, development and revitalization of qualified metropolitan areas.
D. The Authority shall be governed by a board of trustees which shall consist of twenty (20) members to be appointed or who shall serve on the board of trustees for the Authority as follows:
1. Two members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a legislator from the area of the City of Tulsa;
2. Two members to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, one of whom shall be a legislator from the area of the City of Tulsa;
3. Two members to be appointed by the Governor;
4. Five members to be appointed by the mayor of the City of Tulsa;
5. The executive director, or a designee, of the Tulsa Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce;
6. The executive director, or a designee, of the Chamber of Commerce serving the Greenwood Area;
7. The executive director, or a designee, of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce;
8. The executive director, or a designee, of the Oklahoma Bankers’ Association;
9. Two persons to be selected by the Oklahoma Municipal League with the following qualifications:
a.
a person with experience in the use of venture capital or seed capital to promote investment or reinvestment in metropolitan areas, and
b.
a person with qualifications deemed suitable for the purposes of the Authority as determined by the Oklahoma Municipal League;
10. Two persons to be appointed by the board of county commissioners of Tulsa County; and
11. The President of Oklahoma State University – Tulsa, or a designee.
E. The Authority shall be authorized to conduct its meetings as required in order to perform the duties imposed upon the Authority pursuant to law. The Authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
F. A simple majority of the members present shall be required to approve any actions taken by the Authority.
G. No person appointed to or otherwise serving on the board of trustees of the Authority shall be required to vacate any public office otherwise subject to the requirements of Section 6 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes and for purposes of such requirements, the position of trustee shall not be considered a public office.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 315, § 10. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 395, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8224. Powers of Authority.

A. The Authority shall have the power to:
1. Adopt a seal for its official use;
2. Contract;
3. Own property;
4. Accept gifts and donations;
5. Invest funds under its control; and
6. Such other powers as are not inconsistent with the duties and responsibilities imposed upon the Authority.
B. The Authority shall not have the power to:
1. Acquire property through the use of eminent domain;
2. Become indebted in any manner; or
3. Take any action in derogation of the rights, whether based on contract or otherwise, established pursuant to any agreements entered into between private entities, between public entities or by one or more private and one or more public entities.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 315, § 11.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8226. Assistance to Authority by other entities.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and all other state agencies, boards, commissions, departments and other entities shall provide such assistance to the Authority as may be required in order for the Authority to perform the duties imposed upon it pursuant to law.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 315, § 13.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8301. Contributions for construction of World War II memorial in Washington, D.C.

A. It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to honor all individuals and specifically Oklahomans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II, the many who died, and those who supported the war effort from home by committing to contribute to the construction of a World War II memorial to be located in Washington, D.C.
B. If funds are made available for such purpose, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide an amount of not less than Two Hundred Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($265,000.00) to the World War II memorial, which represents approximately One Dollar ($1.00) for every person from Oklahoma who served in the war.
C. The Department may accept contributions of money on behalf of Oklahoma World War II veterans from veterans’ organizations or other private organizations, entities, or persons to meet the state’s commitment as set forth in subsection B of this section for the construction of the World War II memorial. The Department may request contributions from the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the State Regents for Higher Education, the Department of Human Services, and any other state agency or public entity the Department deems appropriate.
D. The Department shall pay the money collected or credited for the purpose of the World War II memorial to the American Battle Monuments Commission for the construction of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in World War II.
Added by Laws 2000, c. 284, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8304. Rural Action Partnership Program – Advisory team.

A. There shall be an Advisory Team for the Rural Action Partnership Program.
B. The Advisory Team shall not have any direct control or policy making authority with respect to the Rural Action Partnership Program. The Rural Action Partnership Program shall be the responsibility of the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
C. The Advisory Team shall consist of:
1. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce or a designee;
2. A person to be selected by action of the Board of Directors of Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.;
3. A person to be selected by action of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Association of Regional Councils;
4. A person to be selected by the governing entity for the Oklahoma Small Business Development Centers;
5. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma Association of R.C. and D. Councils;
6. A person to be designated by the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
7. A person to be designated by the Governor’s Council of Workforce and Economic Development;
8. A person to be selected by the Board of the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence;
9. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education;
10. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education;
11. A person to be selected by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation; and
12. Three persons to be selected by the Governor to represent rural businesses and rural communities.
D. For purposes of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Advisory Team shall be deemed a public body, but shall be authorized to conduct its meetings by teleconference.
E. The Advisory Team shall be authorized to meet as often as may be required to assist in the development of the Rural Action Partnership Program and may request assistance from the Rural Area Development Task Force for such purpose.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 471, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-8402. Korean War Veterans Memorial.

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby authorized to negotiate with an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation for the purpose of designating a site within the State Capitol Complex Park for the Korean War Veterans Memorial.
B. Any contract, pursuant to this section, must be approved by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 380, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 1053.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-9030.1. Legislative findings - Purpose - Administering agency.

A. The Legislature recognizes the responsibility of Oklahoma to foster culture and the arts and declares that a portion of expenditures for capital projects including, but not limited to, bond issues for state construction be set aside for the acquisition of works of art to be placed in public construction or on public lands.
B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act is to enhance public construction and encourage state cultural development.
C. The administering agency shall be the Oklahoma Arts Council which is authorized to promulgate rules to administer the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 254, § 2. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 196, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 74. State Government › §74-9030.4. Site committee - Capitol and Governor's Mansion - Recommendations to oversight committee - Division Directors - Art to be property of state.

A. 1. A site committee shall be appointed by the appointing authority of the project agency, except for art projects on higher education campuses, for each project and, if the project involves a facility with more than one agency, a representative from each agency shall be appointed.
2. The site committee for the Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion shall be the State Capitol Preservation Commission. The Commission shall be exempt from oversight provisions of the Public Places Oversight Committee.
3. The site committee is charged with making recommendations to the Oversight Committee, selection of the location for the artwork, media for the artwork, artist selection, development of a project-specific educational program for tourism and public school curriculum, and coordination of the dedication ceremony. The site committee shall report back to the Oversight Committee which has final approval authority.
4. Each site committee shall include the Art in Public Places Division Director, the project agency appointing authority or designee, and the project architect. The site committee shall also be comprised of not less than one local arts professional, one local artist, two community representatives, and one art educator who will be appointed by the project agency director.
5. The committee is limited to the duration of the project.
B. Upon completion of installation and final acceptance, any work of art commissioned shall become property of the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 254, § 5.