Oklahoma § 61-327.3 - Transfer of certain public buildings to the Board of

§ 61-327.3. Transfer of certain public buildings to the Board of

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 Inpatient Facility in Tulsa through the Communities Helping

Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of

2016 (CHIP IN for Vets Act), effective January 1, 2021, title,

ownership and possession of the Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard

Edmondson State Office Buildings and all real estate and structures,

parking and other improvements attached thereto, located at 440 and

444 S. Houston Street in Tulsa County, are hereby transferred to the

Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical

Colleges. Provided such transfer occurs, related construction shall

commence no later than July 1, 2021.

B. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall take

all actions necessary to reflect such transfer in the land records

of Tulsa County and to transfer all leases for space within the

buildings to the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and

Mechanical Colleges as lessor. Tenants under said leases shall

continue to have quiet enjoyment of the premises until relocation to

new quarters.

C. Beginning July 1, 2021, for state agencies housed within the

Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard Edmondson buildings, up to one hundred

thousand (100,000) square feet shall be made available to tenants,

and such tenants shall pay the monthly rental rate, determined by

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, to the Board of

Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges until

such time as those agencies are relocated. The Office of Management

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 61. Public Buildings and Public Works

and Enterprise Services and tenants of the Robert S. Kerr and J.

Howard Edmondson State Office Buildings may, at their discretion,

remove selected fixtures, furniture and equipment, including

signage, that are not critical to the operation of the buildings.

D. Upon transfer, the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma

Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges shall become solely responsible

for operation and maintenance of the Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard

Edmondson buildings. Operation and maintenance shall include

payment of all utilities, insurance, assessments, agreements and

other expenses. At the discretion of the Board of Regents for the

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, contracts for goods

and services for operation and maintenance of the Robert S. Kerr and

J. Howard Edmondson buildings may be assigned by the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services to the Board.

E. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby

authorized to lease and purchase properties and facilities owned or

purchased by the Commissioners of the Land Office, within the Tulsa

metro area for the relocation of the state agencies currently housed

within the Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard Edmondson buildings. The

Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall make all

reasonable efforts to identify suitable space for the affected

agencies and to relocate the affected agencies as soon as possible.

Under no circumstances shall the affected state agencies be forced

out of the Robert S. Kerr and J. Howard Edmondson State Office

Buildings prior to December 31, 2021, or such later date as agreed

to by the affected state agencies, if such delays arise out of or

are caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond the control of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 131, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020.