2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-8204. Acquisition and development of property for The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation – Transfer of duties.

A. The Oklahoma Historical Society is hereby authorized to acquire real property for the site for the location of The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation. The site selection shall involve the cooperation of The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation Committee. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, the Society shall assume the performance of all existing and future obligations related to the development, design, operation and maintenance of The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation created in Section 8201.1 of this title.

B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, the Society shall hold and use the land transferred to the Oklahoma Historical Society pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section for the development, design, construction and operation of The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation commemorating the lives of the victims and honoring the survivors of The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. The Society shall erect the memorial pursuant to procedures outlined in Section 8201.1 of this title.

C. Upon the effective date of this act, the Society may transfer all duties and obligations pursuant to subsections A and B of this section, except for those duties and obligations outlined in Section 8201.1 of this title, to the municipal governing body or a public trust of the municipal governing body where The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Memorial of Reconciliation is located.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 36, § 2, emerg. eff. April 6, 2000. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 418, § 23, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 315, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Renumbered from § 4.13 of Title 53 by Laws 2001, c. 315, § 21; Laws 2009, c. 201, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 2009.