Title 61, Title 61 — Public Buildings and Public Works

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall make or cause to be made a full and complete inventory and appraisal of the property described in Section 324 of this title. Except for lands owned by the Department of Transportation, the Office may offer for sale to the hig…

After payment of all costs incurred in the inventory and appraisal and advertisement and costs of sale, the remaining proceeds therefrom, and any monies derived from leasing the property described in Section 324 of this title, shall be deposited in the Maintenance of State Buildi…

real property. A. Unless procedures for state agency real property transactions are otherwise specifically provided for by law, no state agency shall sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of such real property subject to its jurisdiction, or lease, purchase or otherwise acq…

to disposition. A. When historic significance, location, advancement of the long term capital asset plan or other factors make disposition of state-owned properties under Section 327 of this title not in the best interest of the state, the Office of Management and Enterprise Serv…

A. When the Commissioners of the Land Office determine it is in the best interest of the trust, the Commissioners may invite the presentation of written proposals for the lease, sale, exchange, construction, maintenance, repair, improvement, development or redevelopment of any in…

Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges – Authority to lease and purchase properties and facilities for relocation. A. Provided the United States government provides funding to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the Oklahoma Veterans Inpati…

procure software and implement program. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services may: 1. Research and identify available facilities management software applications and existing facilities management software systems in other state agencies; 2. Procure facilities manageme…

Services. All instruments vesting any right, title or interest in lands or minerals and mineral rights, providing for the passage of title or release of interest to or from the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or any other state agency, whether as grantor or grantee, …

A. As used in this section: 1. "Appropriate authority" means the head of a state agency or other official authority responsible for the operation of a covered public building; 2. "Covered public building" means a building owned or leased by the state where state employees work; a…

A. Any person may forage for nuts and edible plants or fungi on state-owned or state-managed property accessible to the public for personal consumption only except when such nuts and other edible plants or fungi are: 1. From crops certified by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment…

All contracts hereafter made by or on behalf of the state, or by or on behalf of any county, city, township, or other municipality, with any corporation, person or persons, for the performance of any public work, by or on behalf of the state or any county, city, township, or othe…

Any officer of the state, or of any county, city, township, or other municipality, or any person acting under or for such officer, or any contractor with the state, or any county, city, township, or other municipality thereof, or other persons violating any of the provisions of t…

In the construction of all public buildings erected for the state, or for any county thereof, where the expense of construction is borne wholly or in part by the state, or county, by appropriation, by the issuance of bonds, or by taxation, preference shall be given to materials m…

Exceptions. All state agencies, boards, commissions, offices, institutions, and other governmental bodies of this state, and all individuals representing such entities, except the Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher…

As used in Sections 61 through 65 of this title: 1. "Chief administrative officer" means an individual responsible for directing the administration of a state agency. The term does not mean one or all of the individuals that make policy for a state agency; 2. "Construction manage…

selection. A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall maintain a file of all persons and entities interested in and capable of performing construction management and consultant services for state agencies. The file shall include registration forms and information s…

Construction and Planning Act. Except as provided by Sections 61 and 62 of this title and in addition to other statutory requirements, all construction manager, consultant, and construction contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Public Building Construction a…

The Office of Management and Enterprise Services may enter into contracts with construction managers and consultants registered with the Office for the purpose of providing on-call minor services to state agencies. The contracts shall provide for services on an as- needed basis a…

All drawings, plans, specifications, reports, and models made by a construction manager or consultant for a state agency shall be the property of this state and shall be delivered to the state as directed by the terms of the contract. Added by Laws 1974, c. 156, § 3. Amended by L…

Any construction manager or consultant or person doing architectural, surveying or engineering work for the State of Oklahoma, their agents, servants or employees, who shall receive gratuity from any contractor or builder of any public building or works, or solicit, receive or ma…

A. In addition to the conditions prescribed pursuant to subsection C of this section, the provisions of Section 62 of this title shall not apply whenever the Office of Management and Enterprise Services with concurrence of the chief administrative officer of the public agency aff…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act”. The purposes of this act are to provide for the efficient procurement of goods and services by governmental units; to promote the economical, nondiscriminatory, and effic…

As used in the Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act: 1. "Public improvement" means any beneficial or valuable change or addition, betterment, enhancement or amelioration of or upon any real property, or interest therein, belonging to a public agency intended…

improvement projects. A public agency awarding any contract for the construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a public improvement or obligating funds pursuant to such a contract, shall ensure that neither the awarding public agency nor any construction manager acting on…

grants, tax abatements, or tax credits. A public agency shall not award a grant, tax abatement, or tax credit that is conditioned upon a requirement that the awardee include a term described in Section 83 of this title in a contract document for any construction, improvement, mai…

improvement projects. A public agency or a construction manager or other contracting entity acting on behalf of a public agency shall not place any of the terms described in Section 3 of the Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act in bid specifications, project…

A. The requirements of the Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act do not apply to public construction contracts executed before November 1, 2012. B. The Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act does not: 1. Prohibit employers or other parties…