Oklahoma § 74-63 - General powers and authority of Office of Management and

§ 74-63. General powers and authority of Office of Management and

Enterprise Services.

A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have

power to promulgate rules not inconsistent with the laws of this

state.

B. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have

charge of the construction, repair, maintenance, insurance, and

operation of all buildings owned, used, or occupied by or on behalf

of the state including buildings owned by the Oklahoma Capitol

Improvement Authority where such services are carried out by

contract with the Authority, except as otherwise provided by law.

Whenever feasible, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

may utilize the Construction Division of the Department of

Corrections for the construction and repair of buildings for the

Department of Corrections.

C. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall have authority to purchase all material and perform

all other duties necessary in the construction, repair, and

maintenance of all buildings under its management or control, shall

make all necessary contracts by or on behalf of the state for any

buildings or rooms rented for the use of the state or any of the

officers thereof, and shall have charge of the arrangement and

allotment of space in such buildings among the different state

officers except as otherwise provided by law.

D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not

have any authority or responsibility for buildings, rooms or space

under the management or control of the University Hospitals

Authority.

E. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have

the custody and control of all state property, and all other

property managed or used by the state, except military stores and

such property under the control of the State Banking Department and

the two houses of the State Legislature, shall procure all necessary

insurance thereon against loss and shall allot the use of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

property to the several offices of the state, and prescribe where

the property shall be kept for public use.

F. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall keep

an accurate account of all property purchased for the state or any

of the departments or officers thereof, except that purchased for

and by the two houses of the State Legislature. The two houses

shall have the exclusive use, care, and custody of their respective

chambers, committee rooms, furniture, and property, and shall keep

their respective records of said furniture and property.

G. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not

have any authority or responsibility for property purchased for or

under the management or control of the University Hospitals

Authority except as expressly provided by law.

R.L. 1910, § 8082. Amended by Laws 1935, p. 24, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 10, 1935; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 94, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1993,

c. 330, § 27, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 166, § 3, eff. July

1, 1996; Laws 2008, c. 319, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2009, c.

454, § 15; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 710; Laws 2025, c. 199, § 7, eff.

Nov. 1, 2025.