Oklahoma § 70-3213.1 - University Center at Ponca City

§ 70-3213.1. University Center at Ponca City

A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall make

educational program resources at institutions in The Oklahoma State

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System of Higher Education available to the people in the Ponca City

area. This program shall be known as the University Center at Ponca

City.

B. The State Regents shall draw upon the educational programs

of institutions best suited to provide the kind of educational

programs needed and shall, in pursuance of Article XIII-A of the

Oklahoma Constitution and appropriate statutes, set the standards of

education as they relate to the programs operated to assure that

credits earned by students will be fully accepted at institutions of

higher education to which the students may transfer the credit to

apply toward an educational study objective.

C. The State Regents may establish appropriate funds and

accounts, including a revolving fund, in the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services for servicing the fiscal operations of the

University Center at Ponca City. The funds and accounts shall be

subject to the direct supervision, management, and control of the

board of trustees created by subsection D of this section. The

people locally shall provide suitable physical plant accommodations

for the University Center at Ponca City.

D. There is hereby created a board of nine (9) trustees to be

appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate to

serve as the administrative agency for the University Center at

Ponca City. The board shall be a body corporate and shall adopt and

use an official seal. The board so created shall have the authority

to submit a budget annually to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education, administer monies budgeted by the State Regents, provide

educational facilities, recommend courses and programs to be offered

by participating institutions, select a chief executive officer

whose duties include the general coordination of approved programs

and services and the selection of other appropriate nonteaching

personnel. The board of trustees is authorized to expend all monies

allocated to the University Center at Ponca City as may be necessary

to perform the duties and responsibilities imposed upon the board by

this section. For purposes of acquiring and taking title to real

and personal property from sources other than state appropriations,

the board is authorized to enter into contracts and to adopt rules

and regulations pertaining to such actions. The initial nine (9)

members shall serve their terms for the period to which originally

appointed, in numbered positions having dates of expiration

identical to the dates of expiration of the original appointments:

Position No. 1. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2013, and each nine (9) years thereafter;

Position No. 2. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2014, and each nine (9) years thereafter;

Position No. 3. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2015, and each nine (9) years thereafter;

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Position No. 4. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2016, and each nine (9) years thereafter;

Position No. 5. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2017, and each nine (9) years thereafter;

Position No. 6. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2018, and each nine (9) years thereafter;

Position No. 7. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2019, and each nine (9) years thereafter;

Position No. 8. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2020, and each nine (9) years thereafter; and

Position No. 9. The term of office of one member shall expire

on June 30, 2021, and each nine (9) years thereafter.

The board shall organize and elect a chair, vice-chair, and

secretary annually.

E. The board of trustees may establish and maintain plans for

tenure and retirement of its employees and for payment of deferred

compensation of employees and may provide hospital and medical

benefits, accident, health and life insurance and annuity contracts

for employees and pay for all or part of the cost with funds

available for payment of its operating expenses.

F. The board may establish with the State Treasurer any

accounts as are necessary to operate retirement, deferred

compensation or benefits plans for its employees. The accounts

shall be revolving funds not subject to fiscal year limitations.

Funds deposited in the accounts may be invested in any of the types

of instruments in which the State Treasurer is authorized by law to

invest.

Added by Laws 2012, c. 6, § 1. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 312, § 2,

eff. Nov. 1, 2025.