ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1756	By:	Coffee of the Senate

			and

		Benge and Hickman of the House

An Act relating to the State Capitol Building; amending 73 O.S. 2001, Sections 15.1, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 317, O.S.L. 2009 and 98.6 (73 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 15.1), which relate to management and control of space in State Capitol Building; modifying space under management and control of Legislature; providing that certain provisions not prohibit certain use of space in State Capitol; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     73 O.S. 2001, Section 15.1, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 317, O.S.L. 2009 (73 O.S. Supp. 2009, 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 courtrooms courtroom and designated robing rooms room located in the west and north wings wing of the second floor upon such occasions as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals deems necessary and appropriate.

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.

SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     73 O.S. 2001, Section 98.6, is amended to read as follows:

Section 98.6  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission Legislature shall have the management and control of the following space in the State Capitol Building:

The four offices and all space in the approximately one thousand (1,000) square feet of space on the first floor in the area designated as room 105, using January 1, 2001, as the reference point.

SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.

Passed the Senate the 28th day of May, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 28th day of May, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer	of the House
	of Representatives