2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 62. Public Finance
§62-430.1. Counties, cities, towns and school districts authorized to rent real or personal property - Definition of personal property.

A. The governing board of any county, city or town, or school district is authorized to rent on a monthly basis real or personal property as authorized by the governing board and to pay the rental charges thereon for usage during any fiscal period, or portion thereof, out of appropriations made and approved for such purposes for, or during, such fiscal year. Any such rental contract extending beyond June 30 of the fiscal year shall contain provisions for mutual ratification of renewal under the conditions provided in this section.

B. As used in this section, the term “personal property” shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Portable, or otherwise moveable, buildings and structures;

2. Prefabricated metal buildings and structures, along with necessary utility services for such buildings or structures;

3. Roofs placed over existing roof structures; provided, lease-purchase of retrofit metal roofs shall be awarded by competitive bids and the governing board of any county, city or town, or school district shall comply with the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 where total payments of principle and interest provided by the lease-purchase contract are anticipated to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00); and

4. Other structures or property that can be disassembled after installation and removed without permanent physical damage to existing property.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, such personal property shall retain its status as personal property and shall not be deemed to become attached to the real estate for the duration of the lease-purchase agreement.

C. It is the purpose of this section to authorize such governing boards to enter into lease and lease-purchase contracts but not to incur any obligation upon the part of their respective municipal or governmental subdivisions in excess of the income and revenue thereof provided for such purposes for the fiscal year in which the lease contract is effectively operative.

D. Any agreement to lease and purchase real or personal property, where title is to be acquired by the municipal or governmental subdivision, shall state the purchase price of the real or personal property so leased and in no event shall the lease be extended so as to cause payment of more than the stated purchase price of the real or personal property plus interest not to exceed ten percent (10%) simple interest on the unpaid balance due as of each payment date. When the purchase price plus interest has been paid, the property shall belong to the lessee and the lessor shall deliver a bill of sale to the property to the lessee. Any lease-purchase agreement may include an option to purchase, transfer and acquire title during the term of the lease upon payment of the balance of the agreed purchase price, and each agreement shall include a provision to transfer title to the lessee at the end of the completed lease term for nominal or no additional consideration.

E. The payment for the lease or rental of real or personal property shall be made only from annual and supplemental appropriations specifically designated for such purpose, and no appropriation for the purpose of paying rentals on real or personal property shall be transferred or diverted to any other purpose, except as may be authorized by the terms of the agreement or by law.

F. When any real or personal property has been leased or rented during any fiscal year under any contract which permits continuance of such rental for the remainder of the fiscal year, the renting or leasing thereof shall be continued for the remainder of the fiscal year unless the governing body renting or leasing the same, by proper resolution entered in the minutes of the governing body, shall certify that the continuance of such rental is unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. However, to affect a contract termination of lease or lease-purchase equipment, written notice shall be sent by certified mail to the vendor thirty (30) days prior to the termination of the contract. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of all sums then owed up to the date of the termination of the contract and shall certify that the canceled equipment is not being replaced by equipment performing similar functions. All equipment covered by such contract termination shall be returned to the vendor at the expense of the governmental agency terminating such contract. Such equipment shall be returned in good condition to a location designated by the vendor and the equipment, when returned, shall be free of all liens and encumbrances. Satisfaction of all of the requirements of this section shall release the governmental agency terminating such contract from any further obligation to make any further payments to the vendor.

Added by Laws 1945, p. 154, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1945. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 417, § 1, emerg. eff May 31, 1949; Laws 1951, p. 169, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951; Laws 1953, p. 32, § 5, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953; Laws 1968, c. 146, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1968; Laws 1980, c. 126, § 5, emerg. eff. April 10, 1980; Laws 1980, c. 339, § 4, emerg. eff. June 25, 1980; Laws 1990, c. 305, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 124, § 24, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 149, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 328, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 483, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 433, § 8, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 97, § 2, emerg. eff. April 14, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 472, § 3, eff. July 1, 2005.