Oklahoma § 3-531 - Charges and penalties — Contracts — Default — Shutting off

§ 3-531. Charges and penalties — Contracts — Default — Shutting off

and discontinuance of services and facilities.

A. 1. To recover the costs of a spaceport facility or system,

the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority shall have the

power to prescribe, fix, establish, and collect rates, fees,

rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges, hereinafter referred to as

“revenues”, and to revise the same from time to time, for the

facilities and service furnished or to be furnished by the Authority

and a spaceport, including, but not limited to, launch pads, ranges,

payload assembly and processing facilities, visitor and tourist

facilities, transportation facilities, and parking and other related

facilities, and shall have the power to provide for reasonable

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penalties against any user or property for any such rates, fees,

rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges that are delinquent.

2. The Authority shall have the power to enter into contracts

for the use of the projects of the Authority and for the services

and facilities furnished or to be furnished by the Authority,

including, but not limited to, launch services, payload assembly and

processing, and other space-related services, for such consideration

and on such other terms and conditions as the Authority may approve.

Such contracts, and revenues or service charges received or to be

received by the Authority thereunder, may be pledged as security for

any of the bonds of the Authority.

B. In the event that the rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or

other charges, or delinquent penalties shall not be paid as and when

due and shall be in default for thirty (30) days or more, the unpaid

balance thereof and all interest accrued thereon, together with

attorney fees and costs, may be recovered by the Authority in a

civil action.

C. In the event that the rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or

other charges for the services and facilities of any project are not

paid when due, the Authority shall have the power to discontinue and

shut off the same until such rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or

other charges, including interest, penalties, and charges for the

shutting off and discontinuance and the restoration of such services

and facilities, are fully paid. Such delinquent rates, fees,

rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges, together with interest,

penalties, and charges for the shutting off and discontinuance and

the restoration of such services and facilities, and reasonable

attorney fees and other expenses, may be recovered by the Authority

by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Authority may

also enforce payment of such delinquent rates, fees, rentals, tolls,

fares, or other charges by any other lawful method of enforcement.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 164, § 21, eff. July 1, 1999. Renumbered

from § 5221 of Title 74 by Laws 2025, c. 274, § 38, eff. July 1,

2025.