{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-3706","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3706","heading":"Board of Regents for Northern Oklahoma College -","body":"Jurisdiction over Northern Oklahoma College - Powers and duties -\n\nInstitution personnel - Fidelity bonds - Federal funds - Gifts -\n\nContracts - Property - Employee benefits.\n\nThe Board of Regents of the Northern Oklahoma College shall have\n\nthe supervision, management and control of the Northern Oklahoma\n\nCollege; and it shall have the following additional powers and\n\nduties:\n\n(a) Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to\n\ngovern the Northern Oklahoma College.\n\n(b) Employ and fix the compensation and duties of such personnel\n\nas it deems necessary, including architects, attorneys, engineers\n\nand other professional and technical persons for its operation and\n\nfor the operation of Northern Oklahoma College. Any of such\n\npersonnel having custody of public funds or other public property\n\nmay be required to furnish corporate surety bonds in such amounts as\n\nmay be deemed necessary by the Board, payable to the State of\n\nOklahoma and conditioned upon a faithful accounting of all such\n\nfunds and property.\n\n(c) Enter into contracts, purchase supplies, materials and\n\nequipment, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to make\n\nany of its powers effective.\n\n(d) Authorize officials at the Northern Oklahoma College to act\n\nin its behalf in the making of contracts, or in carrying out the\n\npowers conferred upon it.\n\n(e) Receive and make disposition of monies, grants and property\n\nfrom federal agencies, and administer the same in accordance with\n\nFederal requirements.\n\n(f) Accept gifts of real and personal property, money and other\n\nthings, and use or dispose of the same in accordance with the\n\ndirections of the donors or grantors thereof.\n\n(g) Direct the disposition of all monies appropriated by the\n\nLegislature or by the Congress or derived from the sale of bonds or\n\nreceived from any other source by Northern Oklahoma College.\n\n(h) Acquire and take title to real and personal property in its\n\nname, on behalf of the Northern Oklahoma College, and convey,\n\nexchange or dispose of, or otherwise manage or control, such\n\nproperty in the interest of such institution, including the granting\n\nof leases, permits, easements and licenses over or upon any such\n\nreal property. The Board shall have the power to institute any\n\nlegal action in the name of the Board before any court having\n\njurisdiction of such actions. The Board shall have custody of\n\nabstracts of title and instruments affecting the ownership of or\n\ntitle to real property belonging to the Northern Oklahoma College.\n\n(i) Have supervision and charge of the construction of all\n\nbuildings at Northern Oklahoma College.\n\n(j) Determine the need for and cause to be constructed\n\ndormitories and other buildings, on a self-liquidating basis, at the\n\nNorthern Oklahoma College.\n\n(k) Establish and maintain plans for tenure and retirement of\n\nemployees at the Northern Oklahoma College, and for payment of\n\ndeferred compensation of such employees; and provide hospital and\n\nmedical benefits, accident, health and life insurance, and annuity\n\ncontracts, for such employees and their dependents. The Board may\n\npay for all or a part of the cost thereof for employees with funds\n\navailable for the operation of the institution. Amounts payable by\n\nan employee for such insurance or annuity contracts may, with the\n\nconsent of the employee be deducted from his salary.\n\n(l) Maintain an inventory of all property belonging to the\n\nNorthern Oklahoma College.\n\n(m) Audit all accounts against the funds allocated to Northern\n\nOklahoma College.\n\n(n) Provide penalties and forfeitures by way of damages and\n\notherwise for the violation of rules and regulations of the Board,\n\nwhich may be sued for and collected in the name of the Board before\n\nany court having jurisdiction of such actions.\ninventory of all property belonging to the\n\nNorthern Oklahoma College.\n\n(m) Audit all accounts against the funds allocated to Northern\n\nOklahoma College.\n\n(n) Provide penalties and forfeitures by way of damages and\n\notherwise for the violation of rules and regulations of the Board,\n\nwhich may be sued for and collected in the name of the Board before\n\nany court having jurisdiction of such actions.\n\n(o) Do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the\n\npowers expressly granted to it, or to make the Northern Oklahoma\n\nCollege effective for the purposes for which it is maintained or\n\noperated.","path":["OK Code","Title 70"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os70.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"30bf7944d3ae4640e737b430641718130ec8ee91428dd73630d61f2a5c211696","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-3705","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-3707"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}