Oklahoma § 3-65.5 - See the following versions:

§ 3-65.5. See the following versions:

OS 3-65.5v1 (HB 3672, Laws 2024, c. 18, § 4).

OS 3-65.5v2 (SB 1912, Laws 2024, c. 135, § 4).

§3-65.5v1. Operation and use privileges.

A. Under Municipal Operation. In operating an airport,

vertiport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or

manufacturing facility owned, leased or controlled by a

municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the

terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to

Section 65.13 of this title, enter into contracts, leases and other

arrangements for a primary term not exceeding fifty (50) years with

any persons:

1. Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport,

vertiport, air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or

manufacturing facility or any portion or facility thereof, or space

therein for commercial purposes;

2. Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities,

things, services or facilities at such airport, vertiport, air

navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing

facility; or

3. Making available services to be furnished by the

municipality or its agents at such airport, vertiport, air

navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing

facility. In each case the municipality may establish the terms and

conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges

or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same

class of privilege or service and shall be established with due

regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of

operation to the municipality.

B. Under Other Operation. Except as may be limited by the

terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to

Section 65.13 of this title, a municipality may by contract, lease

or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any

qualified person for a term not to exceed five (5) years the

privilege of operating, as agent of the municipality or otherwise,

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any airport or vertiport owned or controlled by the municipality;

provided, that no such person shall be granted any authority to

operate such airport or vertiport other than as a public facility or

to enter into any contracts, leases, or other arrangements in

connection with the operation of the airport or vertiport which the

municipality might not have undertaken under subsection A of this

section.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 17, § 5. Amended by Laws 1991, 1st Ex.

Sess., c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Jan. 18, 1991; Laws 2019, c. 156, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2024, c. 18, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

§3-65.5v2. Operation and use privileges.

A. Under Municipal Operation. In operating an airport,

vertiport, or air navigation facility or aircraft maintenance or

manufacturing facility owned, leased or controlled by a

municipality, such municipality may, except as may be limited by the

terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to

Section 65.13 of this title, enter into contracts, leases and other

arrangements for a primary term not exceeding fifty (50) years with

any persons:

1. Granting the privilege of using or improving such airport,

vertiport, air navigation facility, or aircraft maintenance or

manufacturing facility or any portion or facility thereof, or space

therein for commercial purposes;

2. Conferring the privilege of supplying goods, commodities,

things, services or facilities at such airport, vertiport, air

navigation facility, or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing

facility; or

3. Making available services to be furnished by the

municipality or its agents at such airport, vertiport, air

navigation facility, or aircraft maintenance or manufacturing

facility. In each case the municipality may establish the terms and

conditions and fix the charges, rentals or fees for the privileges

or services, which shall be reasonable and uniform for the same

class of privilege or service and shall be established with due

regard to the property and improvements used and the expenses of

operation to the municipality.

B. Under Other Operation. Except as may be limited by the

terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement pursuant to

Section 65.13 of this title, a municipality may by contract, lease

or other arrangement, upon a consideration fixed by it, grant to any

qualified person for a term not to exceed five (5) years the

privilege of operating, as agent of the municipality or otherwise,

any airport or vertiport owned or controlled by the municipality;

provided, that no such person shall be granted any authority to

operate such airport or vertiport other than as a public facility or

to enter into any contracts, leases, or other arrangements in

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connection with the operation of the airport or vertiport which the

municipality might not have undertaken under subsection A of this

section.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 17, § 5. Amended by Laws 1991, 1st Ex.

Sess., c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Jan. 18, 1991; Laws 2019, c. 156, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2024, c. 135, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.