2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 73. State Capital and Capitol Building
§73-99.5. Prerequisites for expenditure of grant awards – Standards for description of project work – Eligible expenses.

A. Before a county may spend any monies awarded by the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission for a historic county courthouse project, the Commission shall adopt minimum standards for the description of project work in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer at the Oklahoma Historical Society.

1. A county that receives a grant for the preservation or rehabilitation of a historic county courthouse pursuant to the Oklahoma Centennial County Courthouses Preservation Program must use the United States Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation for work on the project.

2. A county that receives a grant for the preservation or rehabilitation of a historic county courthouse pursuant to the program may use the money only for eligible preservation and rehabilitation expenses that the Commission in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer at the Oklahoma Historical Society prescribes by rule. Eligible expenses may include, but are not limited to:

a.structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and weather protection and emergency public safety issues not covered by insurance,

b.code and environmental compliance, including, but not limited to, complying with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its subsequent amendments and other federal or state laws relating to accessibility standards, hazardous materials mitigation rules and other similar concerns,

c.replication of a missing architectural feature,

d.removal of an inappropriate addition or modification, and

e.rehabilitation of a courtroom or other significant public space in a functional and historically appropriate manner.

B. The Commission in cooperation with the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer at the Oklahoma Historical Society by rule shall provide for oversight procedures on a project. These rules shall provide for reasonable inspections by the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Officer or staff assigned by the Officer to inspect projects and periodic reports by a county on a project’s progress.

C. All grants awarded by the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission for the preservation or rehabilitation of county courthouses not on the National Register of Historic Places shall be administered by the Commission. These projects shall not be subject to the provisions of subsections A and B of this section.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 294, § 5, eff. July 1, 2000.