Okla. Stat. tit. 64, § 64-1081: Lease for oil and gas development

Any county, township, school district, city or town that now

owns or may hereafter acquire any land under control of the board of

county commissioners, board of town trustees, directors of school

districts, boards of education or the governing body of any city

acting by and through its duly constituted officers is hereby

authorized and empowered to enter, from time to time, into valid oil

and gas mining lease or leases of such land to any person, firm,

association, or corporation for oil and gas development for a

primary term not to exceed ten (10) years and as long thereafter as

oil or gas is or can be produced, and any such oil and gas lease may

provide that the lessee therein shall have the right and power to

consolidate the land covered by said lease with other adjoining land

for the purpose of joint development and operation of the entire

consolidated premises as a unit, in which event, the lessor in such

lease shall share in the royalty on oil and gas produced from said

consolidated tract in the proportion that the area of the land

covered by such lease bears to the total area of said consolidated

tract, or for the purpose of constructing permanent improvements

thereon for a term not to exceed ten (10) years. This law does not

apply to agricultural purposes.