Court Opinion

ID: 9783586
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 19:49:52.081211+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:35:26.408595
License: Public Domain

SUMMERS, J.,
dissents and writes separately.
*119APPENDIX
73 O.S.Supp.2000, § 301, now codified at 73 O.S.2001, § 301, provides in part:
A. The Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority is authorized to acquire real property, together with improvements located thereon, and personal property, to construct buildings and other improvements to real property and to provide funding for repairs, refurbishments and improvements to real and personal property and for funding for the following capital projects in the following amounts:
16. The following capital projects to be funded by the obligations authorized herein in the amounts to be allocated and expended by the following entities and in the following amounts: 1:
a. the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission $ 2,990,000.00
b. the State Department of Agriculture $ 5,044,194.00
c. the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation $ 300,000.00
d. the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commission $ 5,470,101.00
e. the Department of Central Services $ 975,000.00
f. the Oklahoma Department of Commerce $ 1,250,000,00
g. the Oklahoma Conservation Commission $ 100,000.00
h. the Oklahoma Department of Corrections $ 260,101.00
i. the State Department of Education $ 700,000.00
j. the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority $ . 250,000.00
k. the Grand River Dam Authority $ 220,000.00
l. the State Department of Health $ 735,000.00
m. the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education $ 30,617,909.00
n. the Oklahoma Historical Society $ 10,456,303.00
o. the Oklahoma House of Representatives $ 46,434.00
p. the Department of Human Services $ 2,010,101.00
q. the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities $ 485,101.00
r. the Office of Juvenile Affairs $ 1,227,601.00
s. the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services $ 2,075,000.00
t. the Oklahoma Military Department $ 5,700,101.00
u. the Department of Public Safety $ 1,194,000.00
v. the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation $ 10,565,005.00
w. the Oklahoma Department of Transportation $ 5,241,412.00
x. the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs $ 1,450,000.00
y. the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education $ 13,845,303.00
z.the Oklahoma Water Resources Board ' $ 1,850,000.00
aa. the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation 3 608,000.00
bb. the Department of Central Services $ 51,833,333.00
GRAND TOTAL $ 157,499,999.00
The funds allocated in subparagraph bb of this paragraph shall be spent for capital projects which are important to the furtherance of state functions, as directed by the Governor.
C. For the purpose of paying the costs for acquisition and construction of the real property and improvements and personal property and making the repairs, refurbishments, and improvements to real and personal property, and providing funding for the projects authorized in subsection A of this section, and for the purpose authorized in subsection D of this section, the Authority is hereby authorized to borrow monies on the credit of the income and revenues to be derived from the leasing of such real and personal property and improvements and, in anticipation of the collection of such income and revenues, to issue negotiable obligations in a total amount not to exceed Three Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($325,000,000.00) whether issued in one or more series. The Department of Central Services is authorized and directed to expend funds from the Capitol Improvement Revolving Fund in amounts sufficient to make required payments pursuant to such obligations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. For subsequent fiscal years, it is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate to the indicated state agencies sufficient monies to make rental payments for the purposes of retiring the obligations created pursuant to this section. Provided, the Authority shall not issue any obligations *120pursuant to this section for the purpose of providing funding for the projects authorized in paragraph 16 of subsection A of this section prior to January 1, 2001. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and thereafter, it is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate to the agencies administering the projects sufficient monies to make rental payments for the purpose of retiring the obligations created pursuant to this section.
J. Insofar as they are not in conflict with the provisions of this section, the provisions of Section 151 et seq. of this title shall apply to this section.
K. To the extent that the provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection K of Section 85.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes would otherwise be applicable, such provisions shall be inapplicable to assets acquired, for ownership or for use, through the proceeds from the obligations authorized by paragraph 16 of subsection A of this section.
L. The Legislature finds that several functions of state government are properly performed through the delivery of state services by use of political subdivisions. In order to facilitate the delivery of essential state services and in furtherance of state governmental functions by the construction, acquisition or improvement of assets which may be located within the corporate limits of a municipality of the State of Oklahoma or which may be located in unincorporated areas of the state and subject to the jurisdiction of a board of county commissioners, but which nonetheless serve an important function of state government, the State of Oklahoma finds that the use of the proceeds from the issuance of obligations pursuant to this section effectuates the performance of essential state governmental functions, including, but not limited to:
1. Fire protection services;
2. Roads, bridges and highways located either partially within or completely within the corporate limits of a municipality or in an unincorporated area of the state;
3. Historic preservation;
4. Recreational facilities;
5. Air transportation infrastructure;
6. Facilities for the housing and care of the elderly;
7. Juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment facilities;
8. Agricultural and horticultural event facilities;
9. Health care facilities, including, but not limited to facilities the primary purpose of which is the treatment or prevention of communicable diseases or illness;
10. Promotion of tourism;
11. Promotion of economic development and business site selection; and
12. Public safety.
M.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each and every agency, board, commission, department or other entity of state government as identified in paragraph 16 of subsection A of this section shall have the authority to acquire or to transfer such property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, as may be required to fully fund the projects and to acquire or improve the assets for which the proceeds from the obligations authorized by this section are available.