Oklahoma § 74-110.5 - Jim Thorpe Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee

§ 74-110.5. Jim Thorpe Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee

A. There is hereby continued a Jim Thorpe Repair Expenditure

Oversight Committee originally created in Section 382 of Title 73 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. The authorized distributions from the Legacy

Capital Financing Fund as described in Enrolled House Bill No. 1011

of the 1st Extraordinary Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature

that are needed for repairs to the interior and exterior of the Jim

Thorpe Office Building shall be subject to the approval of the Jim

Thorpe Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee; provided, however,

the expenditure of those proceeds shall be subject to a Request for

Proposal process.

The Committee shall be composed of nine (9) members as follows:

1. Three persons to be appointed by the Governor, one of whom

shall serve as chair of the Committee;

2. Three legislators to be appointed by the Speaker of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives, two of whom shall be members of

the majority political party and one of whom shall be a member of

the minority political party; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

3. Three legislators to be appointed by the President Pro

Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, two of whom shall be members

of the majority political party and one of whom shall be a member of

the minority political party. Five members of the Committee shall

constitute a quorum and the vote of five members shall be necessary

for any action taken by the Committee. The Committee shall be

staffed by employees of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services. The Committee shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open

Meeting Act.

B. The Committee shall deliver a preliminary plan for the

renovation, repair, and remodeling of the Jim Thorpe Office Building

to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

no later than December 31, 2022. The preliminary plan shall include

the following components:

1. Establishment of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services' goal and criteria for use by the vendor; and

2. Selection criteria for the design-build team vendor to be

selected through a Request for Proposal process.

C. Following receipt of the preliminary plan as approved by the

Committee, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall

solicit Requests for Proposals to select the vendor for the project.

D. The Committee shall deliver a final plan to the Director of

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services no later than June

30, 2023. The final plan shall include the following components:

1. Approval of the final scope of work developed by the vendor;

and

2. Approval of the project phasing developed by the vendor.

E. Following delivery of the final plan, the Committee shall

continue to oversee the expenditure of proceeds from the sale of

obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of this section until

completion of the renovation, repair, and remodeling of the Jim

Thorpe Office Building. The Committee may also propose and approve

amendments to the plan as it deems appropriate.

F. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall have responsibility to substantially implement the

plan as presented by the Committee.

G. The continuation of the Committee, as provided in this act,

shall be interpreted to result in no disruption to the current

operations and structure of the Committee.

Added by Laws 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2,

2023.