2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 62. Public Finance
§62-908. Oklahoma State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program.

A. There is hereby established the Oklahoma State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program.

B. No later than December 31 each year, the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall publish a comprehensive report detailing state-owned properties.

C. The report mandated in accordance with the provisions of this section shall list the five percent (5%) most underutilized state-owned properties. The report shall describe the value of properties falling within the description in this subsection, assess the potential for purchase should the properties be offered for sale and describe the impact on local-level tax rolls in the event the properties are purchased by a nongovernmental entity.

D. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules establishing procedures by which each state agency, board, commission and public trust having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary, excluding those otherwise exempted under Section 327 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall submit the necessary data to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for the development of this report.

E. State agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall comply with procedures promulgated pursuant to the terms of this section.

F. The report and data collected pursuant to this section shall be published as a data feed on the data.ok.gov website.

G. In addition to the requirements of subsection C of this section, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services may make recommendations for the sale of other state-owned properties based upon the value of the property and the potential for net gain for the state based upon the data obtained for the Oklahoma State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program.

H. There is hereby created the Maintenance of State Buildings Revolving Fund. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations and shall serve as the depository for proceeds from the sale of state-owned properties pursuant to the Oklahoma State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program. The fund shall further consist of monies appropriated thereto and other funds designated for deposit therein. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be expended exclusively for maintaining and repairing state-owned properties and buildings pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 901.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes and for acquisition of information technology tools or resources that state agencies, boards, commissions and public trusts having the State of Oklahoma as a beneficiary shall use in carrying out their obligations in accordance with this act. The total expenditure for information technology resources shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. Expenditures from the Maintenance of State Buildings Revolving Fund shall be detailed in a data feed and made available through the data.ok.gov web portal.

I. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall notify entities found by the Office to be out of compliance with the reporting provisions of this section in writing.

J. This section shall not be applicable to the following or their lands, properties, buildings, funds or revenue:

1. The Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority; and

2. The Commissioners of the Land Office.

K. The report required in subsection B of this section shall include an indication of whether a property is owned by the Oklahoma Historical Society, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places or with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, or is potentially of historical significance. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall notify the Oklahoma Historical Society and obtain its approval prior to the sale of any such property.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 115, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 121, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 705; Laws 2013, c. 209, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013. Renumbered from § 61.7 of Title 74 by Laws 2013, c. 209, § 17, eff. July 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 248, § 2; Laws 2015, c. 128, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.