Title 74, Title 74 — State Government

A. There is hereby reestablished the Oklahoma-Israel Exchange Commission, which shall be located in Jerusalem. The Commission shall consist of nine (9) members, to be appointed as follows: 1. Two persons to be appointed by the Governor; 2. Two persons to be appointed by the Speak…

Authorization. A. The purpose of the Oklahoma-Israel Exchange Commission shall be to advance, promote, and encourage business and other mutually beneficial activities between Oklahoma and Israel, including: 1. Bilateral trade and investment; 2. Joint action on policy issues of mu…

Penalty. A. Any property acquired by the state shall be used only in the conduct of the official business of the state. B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Added by Laws 1998, c. 371, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Privatization of State Functions Act". Added by Laws 1999, c. 281, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 595 of Title 74 to provide consistency in numbering.

It is hereby declared that the purpose of the Oklahoma Privatization of State Functions Act is to set guidelines for the privatization of state services in order to ensure that, if approved, the privatization of state services is cost effective and in the best interest of the cit…

As used in the Oklahoma Privatization of State Functions Act: 1. "Agency" means an agency, board, commission or other entity of state government; 2. "Cost analysis" means a study that includes, but is not limited to: a. all direct personnel costs, materials and supplies, equipmen…

A. Before any agency contracts to privatize a function, program, service, unit, or division valued at One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) or more, the agency must perform a cost analysis and provide a copy of the cost analysis report to the Office of Management and Enterprise Ser…

Employee cost-saving recommendations. A. Upon a finding by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to Section 588.1 of this title that the agency has complied with the requirements of the Oklahoma Privatization of State Functions Act, and before any agency can c…

Each agency deciding to privatize an agency function shall certify in writing to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Office of Management and Enterprise Services that: 1. The provisions of the Oklahoma Privatization …

officer by business organization awarded contract. A. Any state officer or employee who exercises discretionary or decision-making authority in awarding a privatization contract shall be prohibited for a period of one (1) year from the date that the privatization contract is awar…

Notwithstanding any other provision or provisions of law to the contrary, all bonds required or authorized by law to be executed by state officers, and their assistants, deputies and employees, conditioned for the faithful performance of duty, or containing such other conditions …

Any person having an interest therein shall have the right to examine any of said bonds filed in the office of the Secretary of State at all reasonable times. The Secretary of State, shall upon request therefor, and upon receipt of the fees therefor, make and furnish certified co…

Premiums. State officers, boards and commissions, subject to the approval of the State Budget Director, shall require bonds of any persons they appoint or employ, when deemed necessary to protect the state against loss or misapplication of public funds. Unless otherwise provided …

special or nonstate funds. Each person employed by any department, institution, or agency of the State of Oklahoma whose duties include custody, supervision or control and authority to expend money from any canteen, revolving, depository or special fund, whose revenue is derived …

The Governor shall have power to employ counsel to protect the rights or interests of the state in any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, which has been, or is about to be commenced, and the counsel so employed by him may, under the direction of the Governor, plead in any c…

Rural Enterprises, Inc. and the Central Industrial Applications Center are hereby designated as technology transfer centers. Added by Laws 1988, c. 330, § 17.

As used in this act, and except as provided in Section 6 of this act: (a) The words "official bond" shall mean any bond which is required to be furnished by or for any officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma or of any department, board, commission, institution, or agency the…

Every official bond in effect on the effective date of this act shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, within ten (10) days after the effective date of this act, and it shall be the duty of any officer, department, board, commission, institution, or agency of the…

Except as to official bonds for which the Governor of the State of Oklahoma is the approving officer, no official bond executed on or after the effective date of this act may be accepted by any State officer, board, commission, institution, or agency, until the said bond has been…

Official bonds filed in the office of the Secretary of State shall not be withdrawn from said office, except pursuant to a valid subpoena of a court or other officer or body authored to issue subpoenas; or in connection with other legal proceedings when the withdrawal is approved…

If for any lawful reason the obligation represented by an official bond be terminated sooner than is provided by the terms thereof, there may be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, to be attached to said bond, the instrument terminating such obligation, as made or appr…

The provisions of this act shall not apply to notaries public, and shall not apply to officers or employees of the following agencies or institutions: the Grand River Dam Authority; the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority; or The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Laws 1953, p. 4…

"Department of Central Services" to mean "Office of Management and Enterprise Services". Whenever the terms "Board of Affairs", "State Board of Public Affairs", "Board" when used in reference to the Board Of Public Affairs, "Office of Public Affairs", or "Department of Central Se…

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, with the approval of the Governor, shall employ and make the appointment of such experts and assistants as may be necessary in the performance of the Director's duties as required by law. No appointments to positio…

The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall employ an attorney and one assistant attorney to serve as legal counsel for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The attorney and one assistant attorney shall be authorized to appear for and repre…

with personnel laws and rules and regulations. A. Effective July 1, 1988, the following positions of the Office of Public Affairs shall become subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration: 1. Accounting Division: a. Accountant I; 2. Administration Div…

A. The Long-Range Capital Planning Commission shall work to decrease the amount of property owned by Oklahoma state government, return state-owned property to private sector ownership, better maintain and utilize the state’s needed capital assets, and, whenever possible, eliminat…

A. All state agencies shall report to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services the number of contract employees within its agency by July 1, 2026, and each year thereafter. B. Reports shall include the pay of each contract employee and the conditions of each employee's co…

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,…

TEXT OF COMPACT The Red River Boundary Compact reads as follows: RED RIVER BOUNDARY COMPACT ARTICLE I. PURPOSE A. The States of Oklahoma and Texas recognize that: 1. There are actual and potential disputes, controversies, criminal proceedings, and litigation arising, or that may …

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 Texa…

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 represen…

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…

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 Tempo…

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 …

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 …

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 Ok…

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 t…

Sections 1 through 6 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Surplus Property Act". Added by Laws 1995, c. 342, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1995.

For purposes of the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act: 1. "Authorized entity" means a political subdivision, school, a multipurpose senior citizen center, as such term is defined in the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, group or organization eligible to acquire surplus property fr…

OS 74-62.3v1 (SB 494, Laws 2025, c. 199, § 6) OS 74-62.3v2 (HB 2724, Laws 2025, c. 384, § 1)

of surplus property to political subdivisions, school districts, and nonprofit entities - Donation of property to law enforcement agency. A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules for use by state agencies and the Office of Managem…

of surplus property to political subdivisions, school districts, and nonprofit entities - Donation of property to law enforcement agency. A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules for use by state agencies and the Office of Managem…

Discard or transfer – Disposal for a state agency. A. Pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director of Central Services, proceeds from the sale of the surplus property shall be credited to a special cash fund created by Section 62.5 of this title. B. Any surplus property determin…

A. There is hereby created a special cash fund in the State Treasury for each state agency which requests that the Director sell, trade, or redistribute to other state agencies any surplus property. B. All proceeds received from such transaction, and the proceeds of any insurance…

or redistribute. A. 1. Each chief administrative officer of a state agency, except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this section, shall maintain a current list of all surplus property held and disposed of by that state agency. 2. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph …

of availability - Offer for sale to public entities. A. When the Department of Transportation determines that any equipment or vehicle becomes excess, obsolete, antiquated, unused or otherwise surplus, the Department shall notify the Office of Management and Enterprise Services i…

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall be authorized to acquire equipment or vehicles for the purpose of offering the equipment or vehicles to fire departments located in this state at no cost to the fire departments for use in improving local fire capab…

disposal - Use of federal funds or grants for training and equipment. Unless otherwise prohibited, as funds become available from appropriations approved by the United States Congress or grants awarded by federal agencies to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, or from the…

Authority. A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall enter into a lease agreement with the Greater Sand Springs Trust Authority for a term of ninety-nine (99) years with respect to the real property and improvements constituting the former Hissom Memorial Treatmen…