Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.54: Requirements for professional service contracts to

support basic or applied plant science research projects.

No professional service contract shall be awarded by the

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology

(OCAST) to support a basic or applied plant science research project

unless:

1. The investigators are residents of this state or become

residents of this state before the ninetieth day after a

professional service contract, pursuant to which they will be

functioning as an investigator, has been funded by OCAST;

2. The institutions that administer the professional service

contracts are primarily located in this state and are able to assume

financial responsibility for professional service contracts; and

3. The professional service contract will not be transferred to

any other institutions within the state without the approval of

OCAST and will not be transferred to an institution outside of the

State of Oklahoma at any time.