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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.3. Official master comprehensive plan - Agreements with City of Oklahoma City.

A. The Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission shall make, adopt, maintain and revise from time to time an official master comprehensive plan for the District for the purpose of bringing about the coordinated physical development in accordance with the present and future needs of the District. The master plan shall be developed so as to conserve the natural resources of the District, to ensure efficient expenditure of public funds, and to promote the safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants and property owners therein. Such master comprehensive plan shall include, among other things, regulations relative to the location, character and extent of highways, railroads, transportation routes, utility services, buildings, parks, and parkways within the District. The Commission may adopt the master comprehensive plan in whole or in part and subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan or portion thereof. After adoption of the master comprehensive plan, or of any extension or amendment thereof, an attested copy thereof shall be filed for record with the county clerk of Oklahoma County. The Commission shall coordinate such master comprehensive plan, to the greatest extent it deems practical, with the master plan of the City of Oklahoma City and that of the Oklahoma County Planning Commission and the eight-year plan of the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission.
B. The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to enter into agreements with the City of Oklahoma City providing for mutual cooperation and joint regulation within the District with respect to:
1. Planning and zoning;
2. Permission to build or to use land;
3. Enforcement of building, health and safety codes and inspection to insure compliance therewith; and
4. Other matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission.
Such agreements may not cede the Commission's final authority and responsibility over the matters entrusted to it by law.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 405, § 5, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 327, § 5, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970; Laws 2013, c. 209, § 12, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.4. Rules and regulations.

The Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission shall have the power and authority to prescribe such rules and regulations concerning procedure before it and concerning the exercise of its duties and functions as it shall deem proper thereto.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 405, § 6, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 327, § 6, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.6. Existing uses, buildings and structures.

A legally existing use, building or structure, existing at the time of the adoption and recording of any regulations authorized hereunder, but not in conformity therewith, may be continued but shall not be extended or structurally altered unless the same be changed to conform to such regulations or changed to a higher or more restrictive use.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 406, § 8, emerg, eff, June 8, 1953.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.7. Notice and hearing before adoption of regulations.

Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations, or any amendment thereto or any other acts which may have an impact on the residents of the District, the Commission shall hold a public hearing on the same after first having given notice by publication of the time and place of said hearing by publication, for not less than ten (10) days prior to said hearing, in a legal publication published in Oklahoma County.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 406, § 9, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 309, § 3, emerg. eff. June 7, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.8. Permit for improvement or change of use.

After the adoption of said master comprehensive plan and of any zoning regulations promulgated by said Commission, no improvement of any nature shall be commenced within said District, nor shall the use of any land be changed therein, without a permit issued by the Director of said Commission.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 406, § 10, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 327, § 7, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.9. Appeals.

Any person aggrieved by any rule, regulation, decision or order of the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission, or of the Director thereof, may appeal to the district court of Oklahoma County by filing a petition in said court and serving a copy thereof on the Director of the Commission. No bond shall be required for such appeal but costs may be required in the district court as in other cases. Filing of such appeal shall in no respect suspend the operation of any such rule, regulation, decision or order; nor shall the district court order any such suspension until full hearing. The district court may require the certification to it, by the Commission, of all papers, records and documents constituting the record of the Commission in respect of such matter. No rule, regulation, decision or order of the Commission, or of the Director thereof, shall be suspended or set aside by the court unless the same, after hearing, shall be determined to be without authority of law. An appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision of the district court shall be allowed as in other cases.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 406, § 11, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 327, § 8, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.10. Expenses.

All expenses of the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission shall be paid from appropriations made to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 407, § 12, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 522, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1957; Laws 1970, c. 327, § 9, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 82, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 668.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.11. Corporate status and powers of Commission.

The Capitol-Medical Center Zoning and Improvement Commission shall constitute a body corporate for purposes of instituting and defending litigation to enforce its rules, regulations, decisions and orders; and it may, in its name, institute or defend actions by and on its own behalf, or in behalf of the owner or owners of any property within said District, to enjoin any breach or violation thereof. No bond shall be required of said Commission in any such action for the issuance of any temporary or permanent order, or an appeal. The Commission shall have the power to hire a Director and professional staff, enter into contracts of any lawful nature, and shall further have the power to do any and all acts necessary to the effectuation of the purposes of this act.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 407, § 13, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 327, § 10, emerg. eff. April 28, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.12. Citizens' Advisory Committee.

A. There is hereby created a Citizens' Advisory Committee to the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission, the members of which are selected by the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission pursuant to a procedure established by the said Commission. Such Committee shall consist of not less than ten (10) nor more than fifteen (15) members, all of whom shall reside in the area regulated by the Commission or be property owners therein.
B. One member of such Committee, selected by vote of the Committee, shall be recommended to the Governor to serve as one of the members of the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission. One alternate Committee member, selected by the vote of the Committee, shall be recommended to serve as a designee of the gubernatorial appointee to the Commission.
C. The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Commission in carrying out the duties imposed on the Commission by law.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 309, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 1975. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 169, § 3, operative Oct. 1, 1982.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.13. Complaint - Notice - Hearing - Orders - Service of order, etc.

A. Whenever the Commission determines there are reasonable grounds to believe there has been a violation of any of the provisions of Sections 82.1 through 83.12 of this title or any order of the Commission issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 82.1 through 83.12 of this title, said Commission shall give written notice to the alleged violator specifying the cause of the complaint. Such notice shall require that the matters of which complained be corrected within a specified time or that the alleged violator appear before the Commission at a time and place specified in the notice to answer the charges. The notice shall be delivered to the alleged violator in accordance with the provisions of subsection C of this section not less than ten (10) days before the time set for the hearing.
B. The Commission shall afford the alleged violator an opportunity for a fair hearing in conformity with the Administrative Procedures Act, Sections 301 through 326 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes. On the basis of the evidence produced at the hearing, the Commission shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and enter an order thereon. The Commission shall give written notice of such order to the alleged violator. The order of the Commission shall become final and binding on all parties unless appealed to the district court as provided for in Section 83.9 of this title within thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the parties.
C. Any notice, order, or other instrument issued by the Commission pursuant to this section may be served either personally or by mailing a copy by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the alleged violator at his last-known address as shown by the files or records of the Commission. If such alleged violator cannot be found by either of the methods described in this subsection, service may be accomplished by publishing the notice one time in a newspaper of general circulation.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 169, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 115, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-83.14. Violations of regulations or provisions - Jurisdiction - Injunction - Actions by Attorney General.

A. Complaints for violation of any regulations promulgated by the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission shall be filed with the municipal court of the City of Oklahoma City, which shall exercise jurisdiction over the complaint. Any person found guilty by the court of violating any of the regulations shall be punished by a fine in a sum not to exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) inclusive of costs. Each violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Appeals may be taken in the same manner as appeals from the court in cases involving violations of city ordinances. In such cases the City of Oklahoma City shall receive One Dollar ($1.00) as costs and one-half (1/2) of the fine. The remaining one-half (1/2) of the fine shall be paid to the State Treasurer and shall be placed in a fund which shall be used by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the ongoing operation of the Commission.
B. Any person who violates any of the provisions of Sections 82.1 through 83.12 of this title or who violates any order or determination of the Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 83.13 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition thereto may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Each day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
C. The Attorney General, on the request of the Commission, shall bring an action against any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 82.1 through 83.12 of this title or violating any order or determination of the Board.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 169, § 2, operative Oct. 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 151, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 669.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-92. Payment of liens.

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall pay off and discharge any liens against any lots or land known as capitol building lands owned by this state out of funds appropriated by the Legislature for said purpose.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 624, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1949. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 83, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 670.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-96. Regulation and enforcement.

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby authorized to regulate parking of vehicles on the streets in the vicinity of the State Capitol, the state office building, the State Historical Building, the State Armory, and other public buildings on the State Capitol grounds. Copies of such regulations, 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 Oklahoma City, and copies thereof shall be transmitted to each officer, board or commission having offices in said buildings. A reasonable amount of parking space shall be reserved on the streets immediately adjacent to each of said buildings for citizens, not officers or employees of the state, having business to transact in such buildings. Parking space on the streets and on the public grounds may also be reserved for officers and employees. Such regulations may provide for diagonal or parallel parking of vehicles, the time limit for parking in spaces reserved, when such regulations shall be applicable, the placing of appropriate signs and other markings as to the availability of parking space, the issuance of appropriate stickers identifying vehicles, reservation of space for bus stops, and such other reasonable regulations as are deemed necessary to an orderly system to prevent congestion of traffic and the abuse of parking privileges on said streets. The Attorney General shall assist the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in the preparation of said regulations. Such regulations shall be enforced by the Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety and by the police of the City of Oklahoma City or other peace officers. The authority of the City of Oklahoma City to regulate parking on the streets in the vicinity of the above referred to buildings is hereby withdrawn, and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the city manager of the City of Oklahoma City shall cooperate to the extent necessary in specifically defining the boundary or territorial limits of the respective jurisdictions in respect to the subject matter of this section and Section 97 of this title.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 584, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 84, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2001, c. 131, § 15, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 279, § 10, emerg. eff. May 26, 2003; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 671.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-97. Violation.

Complaints for the violation of any of said regulations promulgated by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be filed with the municipal court of the City of Oklahoma City, and said court shall exercise jurisdiction over the same. Any person found guilty by said court of violating any of said regulations shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding Twenty Dollars ($20.00), inclusive of costs. Each violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Appeals may be taken in the same manner as appeals from said court in cases involving violations of city ordinances. In such cases the City of Oklahoma City shall receive One Dollar ($1.00) as costs, and one-half (1/2) of the fine collected. The remaining one-half (1/2) of the fine shall be paid to the State Treasurer and shall be placed in a fund which shall be used by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in the maintenance and upkeep of the Capitol grounds.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 585, § 2, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 85, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 672.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-98.7. Financial report - Termination of commission, transfer of powers.

A. The Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission shall submit a financial report of the activities of the Commission to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate by March 31, 2008. The financial report shall include a summary and accounting of all centennial projects and activities funded by the Commission, the final budget for the Commission, a list of any outstanding or anticipated obligations, and the anticipated balance of any monies remaining after July 1, 2008, in any funds designated for the Commission.
B. Upon termination of the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission on July 1, 2008, any remaining rights and responsibilities of the Commission, including the rights and responsibilities of the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission Revolving Fund created in Section 98.5 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. The transfer shall include all property, furniture, equipment, supplies, records, current and future liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances, obligations, and indebtedness associated with the Commission on July 1, 2008.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 244, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-99.11. Purpose of act.

The purpose of the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act is to preserve the former state and Native American capitols in Oklahoma on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the celebration of Oklahoma’s statehood centennial. These capitol buildings, many of which still are used for governmental purposes, represent a significant part of the growth and development of Oklahoma and illustrate excellence in public building design and construction in the state. The former state and Native American capitols are worthy of preservation for these qualities, and their appropriate rehabilitation will serve as a lasting symbol and highly visible legacy of the centennial commemoration for future generations.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 102, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-99.12. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act:
1. “Commission” means the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission;
2. “Fund” means the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act Revolving Fund;
3. “Historic capitol building” means a former state capitol or a former or current Native American capitol that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places at the time that an application for a grant from the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Program is submitted;
4. “Preservation” means identification, evaluation, recordation, documentation, curation, acquisition, protection, management, restoration, rehabilitation, stabilization, reconstruction, maintenance, research, conservation, education, and training regarding activities or any combination of the foregoing activities;
5. “Program” means the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Program;
6. “Rehabilitation” means the act or process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions or features of a property which are significant to its historical, architectural, and cultural values;
7. “Society” means the Oklahoma Historical Society; and
8. “Standards” means the “Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation” which are the ten basic principles established by the United States Secretary of the Interior and which are recommended in the planning and execution of projects which alter historic buildings.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 102, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-99.13. Program administration – Grant applications – Award considerations – Rules.

A. The Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission shall administer the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Program. The Commission shall coordinate its activities with the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer at the Oklahoma Historical Society for those rehabilitation or preservation projects involving historic capitol buildings.
B. All entities that have jurisdiction over an historic capitol building may apply to the Commission for a grant for an historic capitol building project. The application for a project must:
1. State the location of the historic capitol building;
2. State whether the historic capitol building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places;
3. State the amount of monies or in-kind contributions that the applicant promises to contribute to the project and the methods by which they will be provided;
4. State in what capacity the historic capitol building is currently functioning;
5. Include any plans, including but not limited to a master preservation plan, that the applicant may have for the project; and
6. Include any other information that the Commission by rule may require.
C. The Commission may award a grant to an applicant that has jurisdiction over a historic capitol building for the purpose of preserving or rehabilitating the historic capitol building, if the application meets the standards of the program. In considering whether to award a grant, the Commission shall consider the factors listed in this section and any other factors that the Commission may adopt by rule. In considering whether to award a grant, the Commission shall consider the following factors:
1. Historic capitol buildings which still function as governmental buildings;
2. The cost to preserve or rehabilitate the historic capitol building; and
3. Other factors that the Commission may by rule adopt.
D. The Commission, by rule, may set a limit on the grant amount for a project. These amounts may be expressed as a dollar amount or as a percentage of the total amount appropriated for implementing the program during a fiscal year.
E. The Commission shall adopt rules regarding the application and grant process and the way in which the Commission will consider the contribution of an applicant to project costs pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 102, § 4, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-99.14. Project work standards – Eligible expenses – Oversight.

A. Before an applicant may spend any monies awarded by the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission for an historic capitol building project, the Commission shall adopt minimum standards for the description of project work in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer at the Oklahoma Historical Society.
1. An applicant that receives a grant for the preservation or rehabilitation of an historic capitol building pursuant to the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Program must use the United States Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation for work on the project.
2. An applicant that receives a grant for the preservation or rehabilitation of an historic capitol building pursuant to the program may use the money only for eligible preservation and rehabilitation expenses that the Commission in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer at the Oklahoma Historical Society prescribes by rule. Eligible expenses may include, but are not limited to:
a.
structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and weather protection and emergency public safety issues not covered by insurance,
b.
code and environmental compliance, including, but not limited to, complying with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its subsequent amendments and other federal or state laws relating to accessibility standards, hazardous materials mitigation rules and other similar concerns,
c.
replication of a missing architectural feature,
d.
removal of an inappropriate addition or modification, and
e.
rehabilitation of a courtroom or other significant public space in a functional and historically appropriate manner.
B. The Commission in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer at the Oklahoma Historical Society by rule shall provide for oversight procedures on a project. These rules shall provide for reasonable inspections by the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer or staff assigned by the Officer to inspect projects and periodic reports by an applicant on the progress of a project.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 102, § 5, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-99.15. Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act Revolving Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission to be designated as the "Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act Revolving Fund".
B. The fund shall consist of all monies that are received by the Commission from appropriations or donations for historic capitol building projects pursuant to the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act.
C. The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to fiscal year limitations. Expenditures from the fund shall be for expenses related to any authorized activity of the Commission pursuant to the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act and shall be made pursuant to law and without legislative appropriation. Warrants for the expenditures from the fund shall be issued by the State Treasurer against claims signed by an authorized employee of the Commission and approved for payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
D. The Commission may use monies in the fund to provide matching grants to applicants that have jurisdiction over an historic capitol building for an historic capitol building project or to provide the State Historic Preservation Officer, created by Section 354 of Title 53 of the Oklahoma Statutes, funds to assist the Commission in administering the program.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 102, § 6, eff. July 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 675.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-151. Purpose.

The purpose of this act is to provide adequate and suitable space for offices and other necessary uses for all departments and agencies of the state, particularly the ones now paying or which hereafter may be required to pay rent, and for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of the operation of state departments and agencies, and to eventually cause the State of Oklahoma to receive all the benefit of the rents now being paid by state departments and agencies. It shall also be the purpose of this act to provide an improved and expanded highway infrastructure for the health, safety, and welfare of the traveling public in this state and for the continued economic development of this state.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 249, § 1, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 329, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-152. Authority created - Membership - Officers - Quorum - Bond.

A. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic to be known as the "Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority" and by that name the Authority may sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded. The Authority is hereby constituted an instrumentality of the state and the exercise by the Authority of the powers conferred by Sections 151 through 214 of this title, in the construction, equipping, operation, and maintenance of the state building or buildings hereinafter referred to as the "building", and in the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of the highway infrastructure in this state, shall be deemed and shall be held to be an essential governmental function of the state.
B. The Authority shall consist of eight (8) members, including the Governor of the state, who shall be Chairman of the Authority, the State Treasurer, the Lieutenant Governor, who shall be Vice Chairman of the Authority, the Director of Central Services, the Director of Human Services, the Secretary-Member of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation, and the Director of Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
C. The Authority shall elect one of its members as Secretary. Four members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum and the vote of four members shall be necessary for any action taken by the Authority. No vacancy in the membership of the Authority shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise and perform all of the rights and duties of the Authority. The members of the Authority shall not be entitled to compensation for their services, but each member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.
D. Before the issuance of any revenue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Sections 151 through 214 of this title, each member of the Authority shall execute a surety bond in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), each such bond to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office, as such member, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the State of Oklahoma, as surety, and to be approved by the Governor and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 249, § 2, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 241, § 8, operative July 1, 1979; Laws 1982, c. 318, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 86, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1997, c. 329, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 472, § 26.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-153-A. Buildings for Department of Public Safety - Location - Financing.

(a) The Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority is hereby authorized to erect, operate and maintain a building or buildings for the use of the State Department of Public Safety, the place of erection to be upon the state-owned land at Northeast 36th Street and Eastern Avenue in Oklahoma City.
(b) For the purpose of paying the costs of the projects authorized in subsection (a) above, the Authority is hereby authorized to borrow money on the credit of the income and revenues to be derived from such projects and, in anticipation of the collection of such income and revenues, to issue negotiable bonds not to exceed the sum of One Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,300,000.00) as may, in the opinion of the Authority, be necessary for such purposes, and is authorized to provide for the payment of such bonds and the rights of the holders thereof, as provided in 73 O.S.1961, Section 153, for other bonds issued by the Authority; provided that the bonds issued hereunder, the income and revenues from the projects herein authorized, and the expenses of operating such projects shall not be commingled with the bonds heretofore issued or the income and revenues of the buildings heretofore built or the expenses of operating such existing buildings.
(c) The provisions of 73 O.S.1961, Sections 151 through 166, both inclusive, insofar as the same are not in conflict herewith, shall apply to and govern this act, and the execution of the authorization herein contained. All mandates, authorizations and conditions therein prescribed shall be applicable to this act.
(d) It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to represent the Authority in the execution of the provisions of this act, and such Authority shall not employ or pay any sums of money to any private attorney or attorneys.
(e) The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to purchase from the Authority, and the Authority is hereby authorized and directed to sell to the State Treasurer, at private sale, at par, all of the bonds issued under this act, as an investment of the public monies in his possession. The State Treasurer shall not sell or otherwise dispose of such bonds or any of them without the express authority, direction and approval of the Legislature.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 528, § 1, emerg. eff. July 23, 1965. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 38, § 1, emerg. eff. Mar. 1, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-153-C. Transfer of property to Department of Public Safety.

Any building or buildings erected, operated and maintained by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority, for the State Department of Public Safety, from the proceeds of the sale of bonds pursuant to Title 73, Oklahoma Statutes 1971, Section 153-A, shall upon the redemption of said bonds as provided by this act be transferred from the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority to the State of Oklahoma. Thereafter, the management, maintenance and operation of the transferred property shall become the responsibility and be under the control of the State Department of Public Safety. Provided, the title to the buildings constructed by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority for warehousing and storage, and the land on which said buildings are constructed, shall be vested in the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority, until such time as all bonds issued by the Authority for the construction of state office buildings in Oklahoma City have been redeemed.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 278, § 4, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-155. Sale of bonds to public - Bids - Deposit.

In the event said bonds, or some portion thereof, are not sold to the State Treasurer or other state funds, departments and agencies as authorized in Section 4 hereof, then the Authority is authorized to advertise said bonds, or the unsold portion thereof, for sale to other bidders and to sell said bonds, or the unsold portion thereof, in the manner hereinafter provided. Notice of such sale shall be published at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for such sale. Such notice shall be published for at least two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the State of Oklahoma, and at least once in a financial periodical or newspaper known to have general circulation among bond dealers and bond purchasers. Such notice shall state the time and place where and when the Authority will receive written bids for the purchase of the bonds so offered for sale and shall also state that the bonds will be sold to the bidder bidding the lowest interest rate to the State of Oklahoma, stating also, however, that the Authority may, in its discretion, reject all bids submitted and readvertise the bonds for sale. Such notice may contain such other conditions, information and details as the Authority deems appropriate and desirable to secure understanding of the offer and to assure maximum competition between bidders. Upon acceptance of the low bid, the bonds shall be issued in accordance therewith and shall be delivered to said purchaser upon payment of the purchase price thereof, which shall be not less than par plus accrued interest to date of delivery. Provided, however, no tender of the bonds shall be valid until after the expiration of the period of contestability provided for herein. All bidders shall be required to submit with their bids such good faith deposit as may to the Authority seem appropriate. Upon the acceptance of a bid, the Authority shall return to all of the unsuccessful bidders the deposits so made by them. All such deposits shall be made upon the agreement that the deposit made by the successful bidder shall become the property of the Authority, and shall be credited upon the purchase price of the bonds so sold and with the further agreement that if the purchaser shall fail for five (5) days after tender of the bonds to pay the balance of the purchase price, said sale shall be thereby annulled and the deposit shall in such event be retained by the Authority and credited to the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority Fund.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 251, § 5, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-156. Interim bonds.

The Authority is authorized to issue one or more interim bonds, representative of the bonds so sold, which said interim bonds may be in any denomination, shall have all of the qualities and be secured by all of the covenants and pledges made to secure the bonds so sold, but said interim bonds shall represent the bonded debt only until such time as the definitive bonds are printed, executed and delivered to the purchaser thereof. No tender of any such interim bonds shall be valid until the expiration of the period of contestability provided in this act. Simultaneously with delivery of the definitive bonds, any such interim bonds shall be surrendered for cancellation and canceled by the State Treasurer of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 252, § 6, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-157. Bonds as legal investment for bank, trust or insurance companies.

Any bank, trust or insurance company organized under the laws of Oklahoma may invest its capital, surplus and reserve funds and other funds under its control in bonds issued under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 252, § 7, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-158.1. Article X, § 29 certificate required for bonds – Prima facie evidence.

All bonds issued hereunder shall have on the backs thereof the certificate required by Section 29 of Article X of the Constitution of Oklahoma. Such bonds and any bonds or other obligations issued by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority shall be submitted to the Attorney General of Oklahoma for examination; and such bonds, when having been examined and certified as legal obligations by the Attorney General in accordance with such requirements as he or she may make, shall be incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma unless suit thereon shall be brought in a court having jurisdiction thereof within thirty (30) days from the date of such approval. Bonds so approved by the Attorney General shall be prima facie valid and binding obligations according to their terms, and the only defense which may be offered thereto in any suit instituted after such thirty-day period shall have expired shall be forgery, fraud or violation of the Constitution.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 249, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-159. Delivery of bonds upon payment - Deposit and investment of proceeds.

The bonds shall be delivered to the purchaser thereof only upon payment of par and accrued interest to the date of delivery thereof, together with any premium bid, if any. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be deposited in the State Treasury of the State of Oklahoma, in a fund which is hereby created and designated the "Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority Fund", where they shall remain subject to disposition to be provided for by the Authority, provided that the State Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma shall invest said monies in interest bearing direct obligations of the United States of America, or of the State of Oklahoma, and provided further that all such investments of said monies must be so made that the same may be liquidated in time to enable the Authority to pay, in due course, the valid indebtedness incurred by the Authority for the purposes set forth in this act.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 252, § 9, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 343, § 39, operative July 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-159.1. Payment of funds in advance of bond issuance - Deposit and use of funds.

In the event a state agency has or receives appropriated or other funds to be applied to a project subject to a bond issuance, the agency may pay the funds to the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority in advance of the bond issuance. The Authority shall deposit the funds in an interest-bearing account with the Office of the State Treasurer and use the funds and the interest on the funds to:
1. Pay other bond expenses of the issuance;
2. Pay for expenses related to the bond project;
3. Reduce the total bond debt service; or
4. Reduce the size of the required issuance.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 379, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-160. Approval of bonds by Supreme Court.

The Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority may file an application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of bonds issued hereunder, and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine each application. The court shall give the applications precedence over the other business of the court and consider and pass upon the applications and any protests which may be filed thereto as speedily as possible. Notice of the hearing on each application shall be given by notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the state that on a day named the Authority will ask the court to hear its application and approve the bonds. The notice shall inform all persons interested that they may file protests against the issuance of the bonds and be present at the hearing and contest the legality thereof. The 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 shall be satisfied that the bonds or any portions thereof have been properly authorized in accordance with this act and the Constitution of Oklahoma, and that when issued they 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 a 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, the State of Oklahoma, its officers, agents and instrumentalities, and all other persons, and thereafter the bonds so approved and the rents and revenues pledged to their payment shall be incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 253, § 10, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 481, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-162. Transaction of business for profit by members or employees prohibited - Penalty.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any member or employee of the Authority to transact with the Authority, either directly or indirectly, any business for profit of such member or employee; and any person, firm, or corporation knowingly participating therein shall be equally liable for violation of this provision.
(b) The term “business for profit” shall include, but not be limited to, the acceptance or payment of any fee, commission, gift or consideration to such member or employee.
(c) Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a felony and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year and not more than five (5) years or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 254, § 12, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 583, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 423, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 583 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-163. State departments and agencies to pay rents.

In order to prevent any defaults or threatened defaults in the payment of said bonds, the Authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in cooperation with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, to require state departments and agencies to be housed in a building and to pay rent for the use and occupancy of said building. Rents paid by state departments and agencies and all other revenues received by the Authority shall be placed in the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority Fund for the purpose of maintenance of said buildings and retiring said bonds. When all bonds issued for the construction of any building constructed pursuant to Sections 151 through 214 of this title have been paid in full, the building shall become the property of the State of Oklahoma and shall thereafter be under the full and exclusive supervision of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 254, § 13, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 87, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 676.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-163.2. Deposit of funds.

Monies collected from private tenants in the State Office Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, through June 30, 1976, or monies collected from lease agreement with state agencies entered into subsequent to the date of this act, except the State Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, the Supreme Court, the Commissioner of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Indian Affairs Commission, the Water Resources Board, the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Department of Labor, the University of Oklahoma and the board of county commissioners of Tulsa County, shall be paid to the State Treasurer for deposit to the General Revenue Fund. Monies collected from any agency or institution of the government of the United States are exempted from payment to the State Treasurer for deposit to the General Revenue Fund.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 144, § 4, emerg. eff. May 20, 1975. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 158, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 1976; Laws 1979, c. 223, § 4, emerg. eff. May 30, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 301, § 4, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981; Laws 1986, c. 207, § 64, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1990, c. 51, § 143, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Laws 2013, c. 214, § 29, emerg. eff. May 7, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-163.3. Predesign services and consultation required for facilities financed by Authority.

A. State agencies and institutions whose facilities are proposed to be financed by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority shall be required to obtain predesign services and consultation from the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Construction and Properties Division, for assistance in planning the construction or acquisition of such facilities and estimating the cost thereof as a condition to consideration by the Authority of such financing.
B. State agencies and institutions may apply to the Authority for reimbursement of predesign costs required in subsection A of this section subsequent to the bond issuance associated with the predesign services.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 379, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 677.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building › §73-165. Funds for payment of rent.

The agencies and departments occupying space in the building shall pay rent from the funds provided by law for the administrative expenses of such departments or agencies, or as may be otherwise provided by law governing such departments or agencies or duly authorized contracts between such departments or agencies and the Authority and/or the federal government.
Added by Laws 1959, p. 255, § 15, emerg. eff. June 27, 1959.