Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 181 - Construction of office building in Carter CountyA. The Department of Human Services shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing an office building in Carter County to house state agencies located in that county.B. In the event the Office of Management and Enterprise Services determines that it is feasible to construct such office building, the following actions are hereby authorized:1. The Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority shall provide the funding for the construction of an office building in Carter County to house state agencies located in that county, and may hold title to or a leasehold interest in the facilities until such time as the indebtedness created pursuant to this section shall be retired or defeased and shall lease such facilities to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, with the Department of Human Services as the lead tenant. Upon the retirement of the indebtedness created pursuant to this section, the title to the land and improvements thereon shall be transferred from the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;2. For the purpose of paying the costs of construction authorized by 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 the building and, in anticipation of collection of such income and revenues, to issue negotiable or competitive bonds not to exceed the sum of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00). The maximum term for such bonds shall be twenty (20) years. It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate to the respective agencies of the state who are tenants of the office building sufficient monies to make rental payments to the Authority for purposes of retiring the debt created pursuant to this section.Okla. Stat. tit. 73, § 181
Added by Laws 1995, SB 538, c. 334, § 4, emerg. eff. 6/8/1995; Amended by Laws 2012 , HB 3079, c. 304, §684.