{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1226.21","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1226.21","heading":"American Indian Cultural Center and Museum Trust","body":"Authority – Declaration of trust - Termination.\n\nA. Upon the effective date of this act, the state expressly\n\napproves the creation of a public trust to be named the \"American\n\nIndian Cultural Center and Museum Trust Authority\", also known as\n\n\"AICCMTA\", of which the state shall be the beneficiary and the\n\nprovisions of this act, as passed by the Legislature and approved by\n\naction of the Governor, shall constitute the acceptance of the\n\nbeneficial interest in such public trust pursuant to the provisions\n\nof Section 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\nprovided, however, such approval shall be contingent upon\n\nsatisfaction of the following conditions:\n\n1. Finalizing the declaration of trust; and\n\n2. Adoption of the declaration of trust by an official action\n\nof the trustees of the AICCMTA.\n\nB. The approved declaration of trust shall:\n\n1. Specify that the AICCMTA shall be created as a public trust\n\npursuant to Section 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nand shall have the same rights, responsibilities and attributes as\n\nany public trust created under such laws;\n\n2. Specify that the primary purpose of the AICCMTA shall be to\n\ncarry out the functions, duties and responsibilities pursuant to\n\nSection 1226 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the\n\nprovisions of this act; and\n\n3. To the extent required by law, specify the adoption of\n\nbylaws and rules for the due and orderly administration and\n\nregulation of affairs of the AICCMTA, which shall require approval\n\nin accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures\n\nAct.\n\nC. 1. The AICCMTA shall have eleven (11) trustees, seven of\n\nwhich shall be members of a federally recognized American Indian\n\nTribe located within this state and of those seven trustees three\n\nshall be appointed by the Governor, two shall be appointed by the\n\nPresident Pro Tempore of the Senate, and two shall be appointed by\n\nthe Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such tribal membership\n\nshall be determined by the respective tribes. Appointments shall be\n\nmade from names provided by tribal governments, councils or other\n\nrecognized tribal entities. Appointments shall be restricted to not\n\nmore than one representative of any tribe. Such appointed members\n\ninitially appointed shall continue in office for terms of from three\n\n(3) to seven (7) years, respectively, from the date of their\n\nappointment, with the term of each initially appointed member to be\n\ndesignated by the Governor at the time of the appointment, with one\n\nmember to be appointed to a three-year term, two members to be\n\nappointed to a four-year term, one member to be appointed to a five-\n\nyear term, one member to be appointed to a six-year term, and two\n\nmembers to be appointed to a seven-year term. Any person appointed\n\nto fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term.\n\nSucceeding terms shall be for a term of four (4) years.\n\n2. The other four appointed trustees shall be from the business\n\ncommunity and shall be chosen as follows: two members shall be\n\nappointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the\n\nPresident Pro Tempore of the Senate, and one member shall be\n\nappointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Each\n\nmember shall have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in\n\nbusiness, banking, finance or corporate law and shall have\n\ndemonstrated outstanding ability in business or industry. However,\n\nin lieu of appointing a member with such experience, one of the two\n\nmembers appointed by the Governor may be a person who has exhibited\n\nat least three (3) years of outstanding leadership and involvement\n\nin recognized Native American organizations and activities. The\n\ninitial terms of the trustees appointed by the Governor shall be for\n\none (1) year, the trustee appointed by the President Pro Tempore of\n\nthe Senate shall be for two (2) years and the trustee appointed by\nappointed by the Governor may be a person who has exhibited\n\nat least three (3) years of outstanding leadership and involvement\n\nin recognized Native American organizations and activities. The\n\ninitial terms of the trustees appointed by the Governor shall be for\n\none (1) year, the trustee appointed by the President Pro Tempore of\n\nthe Senate shall be for two (2) years and the trustee appointed by\n\nthe Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be for three (3)\n\nyears. Upon the expiration of a term any succeeding term shall be\n\nfor four (4) years. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall\n\nserve only for the unexpired term.\n\n3. None of the appointments otherwise authorized by this\n\nsubsection shall be effective until title to the real property and\n\nimprovements constituting the AICCM has been transferred to the\n\nAICCMTA as provided by Section 1226.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes.\n\nD. The provisions of The Governmental Tort Claims Act shall\n\napply to the AICCMTA as a state-beneficiary public trust created\n\npursuant to state law.\n\nE. Members of the AICCMTA shall be exempt from the provisions\n\nof Section 6 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nF. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the AICCMTA\n\nshall have the authority to transfer title of the American Indian\n\nCultural Center and Museum (AICCM), and the real property upon which\n\nit is located (as more fully described in Section 2 of this act),\n\nand any intellectual property or personal property (including\n\nexhibits) still held by the AICCMTA, less and except monies held by\n\nthe AICCMTA, to the City of Oklahoma City (City) within five (5)\n\nyears after the date on which all outstanding bonds issued for the\n\nAICCM have been retired, including any bonds or other obligations\n\nissued by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority (OCIA) pursuant\n\nto Section 3 of this act, pursuant to the agreements provided in\n\nparagraph 5 of subsection B of Section 1226.2 of Title 74 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes; and in connection therewith, the Legislature\n\nfinds and hereby declares that the commitments entered into by the\n\nCity as contemplated by paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section\n\n1226.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be adequate\n\nconsideration. Such transfer shall not occur until after all\n\noutstanding bonds issued for the AICCM have been retired including\n\nany bonds or other obligations issued by the Oklahoma Capitol\n\nImprovement Authority (OCIA) pursuant to Section 3 of this act.\n\nG. The AICCMTA created by this section shall be terminated and\n\nabolished upon the transfer contemplated by subsection F of this\n\nsection. Upon such termination, any remaining monies held by the\n\nAICCMTA shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the\n\nState Treasury, all then-existing funds of the AICCMTA shall be\n\nabolished, and any remaining rights of the AICCMTA shall be\n\ntransferred to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ad145ad6ef176606fafe2080a67fa11f2ec98876810131dd4206176bf7393e36","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1226.20","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1226.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}