STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 2119	By:	Hickman

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the State Capitol Building; amending 7 O.S. 2001, Section 73, which relates to vending facilities; providing exception for areas of the State Capitol Building under management and control of Legislature; amending 73 O.S. 2001, Section 15.1, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 396, O.S.L. 2010 (73 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 15.1), which relates to management and control of space in State Capitol Building; modifying space under management and control of Legislature; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     7 O.S. 2001, Section 73, is amended to read as follows:
Section 73.  A.  It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county and the governing boards of all state institutions, state agencies and state or county public trust authorities, with regard to the premises of county or state property under their respective jurisdictions or the premises of property leased by them in whole or in part, to give priority to vending facilities operated by licensed blind operators and established by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services.  Governing boards shall observe such priority by entering into an agreement with the Department.  Operators shall be licensed by the Department.
B.  Governing boards shall make available free of any charge, fee, assessment or commission on sales adequate space with sufficient electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilation outlets for the operation of a vending facility on satisfactory sites.  Governing boards shall provide free of any charge, fee, assessment or commission on sales the use of utilities needed to operate a vending facility.
C.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of fairgrounds, exposition centers, trade/consumer show facilities, pari-mutuel horse racing facilities as licensed by the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, parks, golf courses or, hospitals operated by county trust authorities, or areas in the State Capitol Building under the management and control of the Legislature.
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     73 O.S. 2001, Section 15.1, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 396, O.S.L. 2010 (73 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 15.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 15.1  A.  The Legislature shall have management and control of the following space in the State Capitol Building:
1.  The space on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors;
2.  The space in the basement that is occupied by the Legislature on June 1, 1995;
3.  Approximately six thousand nine hundred thirty-nine (6,939) square feet of space in the west wing of the first floor that is occupied by the Department of Libraries on June 1, 1995;
4.  Approximately six thousand six hundred ninety-one (6,691) square feet of space in the west wing of the basement that is occupied by the Department of Libraries and the Department of Central Services on June 1, 1995;
5.  Approximately three thousand seven hundred seventy (3,770) square feet of space in the west wing of the basement that is occupied by the Department of Central Services on June 1, 1995;
6.  Approximately two thousand one hundred (2,100) square feet of space in the center of the basement that is occupied by the Department of Central Services and the Office of State Finance on June 1, 1995;
7.  Approximately six hundred (600) square feet of space in the center of the basement that is occupied by the Department of Central Services on June 1, 1995;
8.  Approximately two thousand three hundred one (2,301) square feet of space in the center of the basement that is occupied by the Department of Central Services on June 1, 1995;
9.  Approximately twelve thousand five hundred sixty (12,560) square feet of space in the west wing of the first floor that is occupied by the Office of the Attorney General on June 1, 2001; provided, upon the Office of the Attorney General vacating such space, any renovations thereto shall be made in such a manner as to ensure preservation and maintenance of the cultural and historic integrity of the Capitol; and
10.  Upon completion of the project authorized in Section 332 of this title, all space in the west wing of the second floor that is occupied by the Supreme Court, all space in the north wing of the second floor that is occupied by the Court of Criminal Appeals and any other space in the State Capitol Building that is occupied by the appellate courts prior to relocation to the Wiley Post Historical Building; provided, the Supreme Court shall continue to have exclusive management and control of the Supreme Court courtroom and designated robing room located in the west wing of the second floor and the Court of Criminal Appeals shall continue to have access to the courtroom and designated robing room located in the north wing of the second floor upon such occasions as the Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals deems necessary and appropriate;
11.  The space in the basement that on June 1, 2010, is located to the east of the women’s restroom and the House of Representatives’ post office and supply room, to the south of the House of Representatives’ media offices, to the west of the men’s restroom and the office of the Building Superintendent, and to the north of the common hallway; and
12.  The space on the fourth floor that on June 1, 2010, is located to the east of Room 432A, to the south of Room 429, to the west of the women’s restroom, and to the north of the rotunda.
B.  The authority of the Legislature to allot space may be delegated to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Each House of the State Legislature shall have the exclusive charge of the purchase, use, allotment, and disposition of its respective chambers, committee rooms, fixtures, furniture, supplies, and apparatus, and shall be responsible for the use and preservation of same.  The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the Legislature from allowing agencies of the executive or judicial departments to use space within the State Capitol Building that is under its management and control.
C.  The Legislative Service Bureau may lease the space specified in paragraphs 11 and 12 of subsection A of this section to a private vendor, but in such event the Legislative Service Bureau shall retain authority of any such lease.  It is the intent of the Legislature that rental income and any other payments due under such a lease shall be paid to the Department of Rehabilitation Services.
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-5953	LRB	12/13/10