STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 669	By:	Aldridge

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to state government; amending 74 O.S. 2001, Section 63, as amended by Section 7, Chapter 319, O.S.L. 2008 (74 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 63), which relates to powers and authority of the Department of Central Services; authorizing the Department of Central Services to acquire certain property under certain circumstances; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     74 O.S. 2001, Section 63, as amended by Section 7, Chapter 319, O.S.L. 2008 (74 O.S. Supp. 2008, Section 63), is amended to read as follows:
Section 63.  A.  The Department of Central Services shall have power to promulgate rules not inconsistent with the laws of this state.
B.  The Department of Central Services shall have charge of the construction, repair, maintenance, insurance, and operation of all buildings owned, used, or occupied by or on behalf of the state including buildings owned by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority where such services are carried out by contract with the Authority, except as otherwise provided by law.  Whenever feasible, the Department of Central Services may utilize the Construction Division of the Department of Corrections for the construction and repair of buildings for the Department of Corrections.
C.  The Director of the Department of Central Services shall have authority to purchase all material and perform all other duties necessary in the construction, repair, and maintenance of all buildings under its management or control, shall make all necessary contracts by or on behalf of the state for any buildings or rooms rented for the use of the state or any of the officers thereof, and shall have charge of the arrangement and allotment of space in such buildings among the different state officers except as otherwise provided by law.
D.  The Department of Central Services shall not have any authority or responsibility for buildings, rooms or space under the management or control of the University Hospitals Authority.
E.  The Department of Central Services shall have the custody and control of all state property, and all other property managed or used by the state, except military stores and such property under the control of the State Banking Department and the two houses of the State Legislature, and shall procure all necessary insurance thereon against loss and shall allot the use of the property to the several offices of the state, and prescribe where the property shall be kept for public use.
F.  The Department of Central Services shall keep an accurate account of all property purchased for the state or any of the departments or officers thereof, except that purchased for and by the two houses of the State Legislature.  The two houses shall have the exclusive use, care, and custody of their respective chambers, committee rooms, furniture, and property, and shall keep their respective records of said furniture and property.
G.  The Department of Central Services shall not have any authority or responsibility for property purchased for or under the management or control of the University Hospitals Authority except as expressly provided by law.
H.  The Department of Central Services shall have the authority to acquire real property when it is in the best interest of the state.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.

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