Oklahoma § 74-1811.4 - State Capitol Park - Definition - Maintenance and

§ 74-1811.4. State Capitol Park - Definition - Maintenance and

operation.

A. "State Capitol Park" shall consist of all portions of the

State Capitol grounds and within such boundaries as are located in

the State Capitol Complex, including the Governor's Mansion and all

properties within the public right-of-way along Lincoln Boulevard

north from the north boundary line of Northeast 13th Street to the

south boundary line of Northeast 28th Street and along Business

Route 66, known as Northeast 23rd Street, from the east edge of

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

Santa Fe Street east to the west edge of Kelley Avenue in Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma, as designated on the amended plat filed in the

office of the Secretary of State as File Number 155 in the State

Property Records.

B. The Department of Central Services shall be responsible for

the maintenance and operation of the State Capitol Park.

C. The Department of Central Services may contract with the

Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority, the Oklahoma Department of

Transportation, the City of Oklahoma City, or any other entity for

the purpose of landscaping, beautification, capital improvement,

operation, and maintenance of the State Capitol Park.

Added by Laws 1976, c. 247, § 23, emerg. eff. June 17, 1976.

Amended by Laws 1981, c. 280, § 3, emerg. eff. June 26, 1981; Laws

1983, c. 304, § 148, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 1, § 212,

emerg. eff. Jan. 30, 1984; Laws 2001, c. 347, § 4, eff. July 1,

2001.

§74-1811.4A. Cowboy Hall of Fame Park - Acquisition of land Designation - Operation and maintenance.

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission is hereby

authorized to lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire the land between

Kelley Avenue and Eastern Avenue within the boundary of Northeast

63rd Street on the north and Deep Fork Creek on the south and

extending along the public right-of-way of Interstate Highway Number

240 to the junction of Interstate Highway Number 35, three-quarters

(3/4) of a mile east of Eastern Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Such land shall be used to establish a state park to be designated

and known as the "Cowboy Hall of Fame Park". The Commission shall

be responsible for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of

such park.

B. The Commission may contract with the Oklahoma Capitol

Improvement Authority, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation,

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the City of

Oklahoma City, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Foundation, or any

other entity for the purpose of landscaping, beautification, capital

improvement, operation, and maintenance of the "State Capitol Park"

and the "Cowboy Hall of Fame Park".

Added by Laws 1981, c. 280, § 4, emerg. eff. June 26, 1981. Amended

by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 149, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, §

987.

§74-1811.4B.

Repealed by Laws 2002, c. 481, § 5.

§74-1811.4C. State Capitol Park and State Capitol Complex Provisions of Title 47 applicable to streets and highways - Primary

law enforcement agency - Application of administrative rules.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

A. The provisions of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be

applicable to all streets and highways within the State Capitol Park

in Oklahoma City and the State Capitol Complex in Tulsa. The

Department of Public Safety shall be the primary law enforcement

agency within the State Capitol Park and within the State Capitol

Complex, upon its establishment, and shall enforce and supervise the

enforcement of all parking, traffic and criminal laws therein.

B. The rules for the "Use of Public Areas of Capitol and

Plazas" and for the "Use of State Capitol Park", as promulgated by

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and set out in

Subchapters 3 and 5 of Chapter 60 of Title 260 of the Oklahoma

Administrative Code, are applicable to the State Capitol Park and

State Capitol Complex. The Department of Public Safety shall have

the exclusive authority to enforce these rules. A violation of a

rule shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be

punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1)

year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or

by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. This section shall not be construed to divest the Cities of

Oklahoma City or Tulsa of jurisdiction relating to the enforcement

of any law or ordinance within said parks except the enforcement of

laws regarding vehicle parking which shall be vested exclusively in

the Department of Public Safety.

Added by Laws 1981, c. 280, § 6, emerg. eff. June 26, 1981. Amended

by Laws 1982, c. 117, § 3, eff. July 1, 1982; Laws 2003, c. 279, §

12, emerg. eff. May 26, 2003; Laws 2007, c. 62, § 22, emerg. eff.

April 30, 2007; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 988; Laws 2023, c. 75, § 1,

emerg. eff. April 26, 2023.

§74-1811.4E.

Renumbered as § 2-140 of Title 47 by Laws 1998, c. 32,

§ 4, emerg. eff. April 1, 1998 and Repealed by Laws 1998, c. 245, §

11, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.

§74-1811.5A.

2005.

Repealed by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 90, eff. Nov. 1,