{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-4001","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4001","heading":"Acquisition, construction and equipment of buildings,","body":"additions, public utilities, etc. - Fees and charges - Sale of\n\nsurplus commodities and services - Cooperative agreements.\n\nA. Subject to and in accordance with the terms hereof, the\n\nboards of regents for all state educational institutions for and in\n\nbehalf of any university, college, school or institution under the\n\njurisdiction of each of the said boards are hereby authorized from\n\ntime to time to set aside such portion of their respective campuses\n\nor of the campuses under the jurisdiction of said boards, or any\n\nother land owned or leased by said boards, as may be necessary and\n\nsuitable for the construction thereon of dormitories, student\n\nhousing, cooperative group housing, parking facilities, adult\n\neducation facilities, kitchens, dining halls, auditoriums, student\n\nunion buildings, field houses, stadiums, public utility plants and\n\nsystems for the supplying of water, gas, heat or power and other\n\nself-liquidating projects and other revenue-producing buildings for\n\nthe university, college or institution or related institution, which\n\nmay include public, nonprofit or private entities, deemed necessary\n\nby said boards for the comfort, convenience and welfare of their\n\nstudents, and suitable for the purposes for which said institutions\n\nwere established, including additions to existing buildings used for\n\nsuch purposes; to acquire through construction, purchase,\n\ncondemnation or any combination thereof such dormitories, student\n\nhousing, cooperative group housing, parking facilities, adult\n\neducation facilities, kitchens, dining halls, auditoriums, student\n\nunion buildings, field houses, stadiums, public utility plants and\n\nsystems and other revenue-producing buildings and acquire or\n\nconstruct additions, improvements and extensions to existing\n\nbuildings and structures used for such purposes and to equip,\n\nfurnish, maintain and operate all such buildings and structures; and\n\nto acquire through purchase, condemnation or otherwise any land,\n\nrights-of-way, easements, licenses and permits needed for the\n\npresent or future use of such buildings, structures, plants and\n\nsystems; provided, that such boards of regents shall not construct\n\nor acquire, for their respective institutions, such utility plants\n\nor systems whose capacity is in excess of the present or reasonably\n\ncontemplated future needs of such institutions or related\n\ninstitutions, except as provided in subsection C hereof.\n\nB. When in the opinion of the board of regents of any such\n\ninstitution any of the buildings, structures, plants and systems\n\nconstructed, acquired, improved, extended, added to, furnished or\n\nequipped as above authorized are deemed necessary by the said board\n\nfor the comfort, convenience and welfare of the student body as a\n\nwhole, or for any specified class or part thereof, the board of\n\nregents shall have authority to charge and collect from all students\n\nin attendance at the university, college, school or institution, or\n\nrelated institutions, or from any specified class or part thereof\n\nfor which such facilities are so deemed necessary, fees and charges\n\nfor the use or availability of such buildings and structures and for\n\nthe services or commodities to be made available by such plants,\n\nsystems or facilities. The proceeds of all such fees and charges\n\nshall be considered as revenues within the meaning of Section 4004\n\nof this title and the provisions of said section shall be applicable\n\nthereto. Where the commodities and services supplied by any such\n\nplant and system temporarily shall be found to be in excess of the\n\nrequirements of the university, college, school or institution, or\n\nrelated institutions, the board of regents may sell the surplus to\n\nother public or nonprofit consumers, including incorporated\n\nmunicipalities, and in that connection may enter into such\n\nagreements as it may consider advisable. All revenues received from\ny such\n\nplant and system temporarily shall be found to be in excess of the\n\nrequirements of the university, college, school or institution, or\n\nrelated institutions, the board of regents may sell the surplus to\n\nother public or nonprofit consumers, including incorporated\n\nmunicipalities, and in that connection may enter into such\n\nagreements as it may consider advisable. All revenues received from\n\nthe sale of such surplus shall likewise be considered and treated as\n\nother revenues under Section 4004 of this title. Such board of\n\nregents may also enter into agreements for the purchase of water,\n\nelectricity, gas, heat, or power to be distributed through the\n\nmedium of any such plant or systems, provided only that no agreement\n\nentered into under the provisions of this paragraph shall pledge the\n\ncredit of the State of Oklahoma.\n\nC. Other state agencies or subdivisions of the state may enter\n\ninto cooperative agreements with the regents of the universities or\n\ncolleges on projects for the primary benefit of such university or\n\ncollege, and make use of facilities and services financed by bonds\n\nissued by the university or college, as authorized herein and under\n\nthe terms and conditions of this section.\n\nD. It is the intent of the Legislature that no additional\n\npublic trusts having the state as beneficiary be created to finance\n\nthe purchase of land or facilities or the construction of facilities\n\nat institutions of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or\n\ntheir agencies and that no beneficial interest in a public trust be\n\naccepted on behalf of the State of Oklahoma or any agency thereof\n\ninvolving an institution of higher learning; and that no additional\n\nprojects be authorized for existing public trusts having the state\n\nas beneficiary now operating for the direct or indirect benefit of\n\nany institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or\n\nits agencies, except that the heating-cooling plant at the Oklahoma\n\nHealth Sciences Center may be repaired or expanded, if approved by\n\nthe Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and except as\n\nprovided in Section 4017 of this title.","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":"eeaaf215704087a4cc4661cbb071ab95bab711fd4860628ff542d26232c4239c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-4-201","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-4002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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