Oklahoma § 63-3288 - Regulation of traffic and parking on Oklahoma State

§ 63-3288. Regulation of traffic and parking on Oklahoma State

University Medical Authority property - Appointment of campus police

officers and guards.

A. The Oklahoma State University Medical Authority may regulate

traffic and the parking of vehicles on property used by or for the

Oklahoma State University Medical Authority. Such regulations shall

be in writing, and copies thereof, including amendments thereto,

shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the

office of the city clerk of the City of Tulsa. The municipal court

of the City of Tulsa shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine

prosecutions for violations of such regulations, which may be

prosecuted and shall be punishable as violations of ordinances of

the City of Tulsa. The Authority may cause to be removed, and may

enter into contracts for such purpose, any vehicle parked in

violation of such regulations.

B. The Authority may appoint campus police officers and guards

for buildings and grounds of the Oklahoma State University Medical

Authority in the same manner and with the same powers as campus

police appointed by governing boards of state institutions for

higher education under the provisions of Section 360.15 et seq. of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and who may prevent or stop

improper conduct and trespass in and upon such buildings and

grounds, and make arrests and prosecute any and all persons arrested

for such improper conduct and trespassing. Employees of the

Authority serving as police officers shall be certified as provided

for in Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. The Authority and the City of Tulsa may enter into a

cooperative agreement to effectuate the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 287, § 18, emerg. eff. June 7, 2006.