Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-11-80: Creation – Director – Appointment - Powers and duties

A. There is created the Oklahoma Arboretum and Botanical Garden

of Oklahoma, which shall be under the direction and supervision of

the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical

Colleges.

B. The director shall be appointed by the Dean of the Division

of Agriculture of Oklahoma State University and approved by the

Board of Regents.

C. The Oklahoma Arboretum and Botanical Garden director shall:

1. Acquire, archive, process, and disseminate information on

horticultural and botanical resources that is or could be of value

to policy and decision makers in the state;

2. Act as a representative of the state in horticultural

matters as pertains to agriculture, both within and outside the

state, when necessary or appropriate or when requested to do so by

proper authority, which shall include among others the legislative

or executive branches of state government;

3. Conduct research, investigations, and interpretive programs

pertaining to horticultural and botanical resources, including but

not limited to, native woody plant and certain herbaceous plant

species distribution within the state, their relationships to each

other and certain fauna and their environment as it pertains to

agriculture;

4. Maintain plant inventories on or near the OSU campus and the

respective associated sites including but not limited to the Tulsa

Arboretum in natural or contrived ecosystems representing park and

urban sites;

5. Establish a depository for preservation of live, native, and

adaptive plant germplasm and as a distribution source of germplasm

to cooperating affiliated arboretums, involved in plant evaluation,

teaching, and research programs;

6. Maintain as a part of the statewide Arboretum plant

collections representative but not restricted to the flora and plant

communities of Oklahoma, which among other benefits will support

research and investigative programs; and

7. Contract with persons to assist in training of students and

the citizenry with respect to our native and introduced woody and

herbaceous plant material and their importance to Oklahoma.

D. The establishment of the Oklahoma Arboretum and Botanical

Garden shall in no way preclude or limit the research and

educational activities concerning biological and botanical resources

and natural or contrived areas by universities, colleges, or other

government entities.

E. The director is authorized to certify copies as being

authentic reproductions of arboretum resource records held in the

state.

F. The director shall present a report each year to the Board

of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges.