Okla. Stat. tit. 3, § 3-65.16v2: Public purpose, county and municipal purpose

The acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant to the

Municipal Airports Act, the planning, acquisition, establishment,

development, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment,

operation, regulation, protection and policing of airports,

vertiports, and air navigation facilities, including the acquisition

or elimination of airport hazards, and the exercise of any other

powers herein granted to municipalities and other public agencies,

to be severally or jointly exercised, are hereby declared to be

public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose,

and matters of public necessity; and in the case of any county, are

declared to be county functions and purposes as well as public and

governmental; and in the case of any municipality other than a

county, are declared to be municipal functions and purposes as well

as public and governmental. All land and other property and

privileges acquired and used by or on behalf of any municipality or

other public agency in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in

this act shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for

public and governmental purposes and as a matter of public

necessity, and, in the case of a county or municipality, for county

or municipal purposes, respectively.