Oklahoma § 72-440 - Acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants or

§ 72-440. Acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants or

contracts.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may accept and

receive any and all gifts, donations, devices, bequests, grants or

contracts of any kind for money or property, either real or personal

including but not limited to military memorabilia, artifacts or

equipment, whether conditionally or unconditionally given.

B. The Department is directed, authorized and empowered to hold

such funds or property outright or in trust, invest or sell the

property, and to use the principal or interest or proceeds of sale

for the benefit of current or future Veterans programs, facility

construction, repair or improvements or departmental operations.

C. The Department shall utilize its best efforts to comply with

the terms of any conditional gift, devise or bequest in fulfillment

of the donor's stipulations and provisions of applicable laws. Any

real or personal property donated with conditions which are at any

time determined infeasible to meet or continue may be returned to

the donor, or if the donor is no longer living, if a natural person,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors

or no longer a legally organized entity, for organizations, then the

property may be sold and the proceeds of the sale deposited in the

Department's general fund or the property may be further donated in

kind to a veterans' service organization.

D. No administrator shall provide any preferential

consideration to a potential resident of any Oklahoma state veterans

homes in the course of the application and admission process due to

any prior or pledged gift, devise or bequest of any money or

property given or donated by the potential veteran resident or

immediate family member of the potential veteran resident.

Added by Laws 2018, c. 133, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.