Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1411

funds - Superintendents and other personnel - Expenditure of funds.

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(a) The Director of Human Services is authorized and directed

to promulgate and adopt all rules and regulations necessary to carry

out the provisions of Section 1406 et seq. of this title.

(b) The Director shall establish and maintain such methods of

administration (including methods relating to the establishment and

maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis) as are

necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the

programs and institutions named in Section 1406 of this title; shall

maintain records and prepare reports; shall prescribe a uniform

accounting system; and shall exercise any other powers necessary to

carry out the provisions of Section 1406 et seq. of this title.

(c) The Director may provide for the repair, alterations, or

remodeling of any existing building at the above-named institutions,

or at any other institution under its jurisdiction, necessary for

the proper and efficient administration and to conserve the

properties and the state's investment in such properties. Funds

available for operating expenses and revolving funds of institutions

under the control of the Department may be used for such purposes,

and may also be expended for land and other capital outlay, whenever

the Department finds the same is needed for the proper discharge of

its responsibilities. Any county may convey to the State of

Oklahoma, for the use of any such institution, land owned but not

needed by the county; and such conveyance may be made without

consideration, appraisal, advertisement for bids, or offer to the

highest bidder, if the board of county commissioners determines that

the same will not be to the detriment of the county.

(d) The Department is authorized to receive grants of federal

funds for the purpose of combating or preventing intellectual

disabilities, including but not limited to funds for the treatment,

care, rehabilitation, or training of individuals with intellectual

disabilities, or for the establishment or expansion of any programs

or facilities or research projects relating to individuals with

intellectual disabilities, or for construction of research centers

and facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and

is authorized to cooperate in any reasonable manner with the federal

agency or agencies granting such federal funds for such purposes,

including compliance with any conditions prescribed by federal

authorities for the granting of such funds. The Department may

serve as the sole designated state agency for receiving, disbursing,

or administering federal funds for any of the aforesaid purposes,

provided federal law requires such an agency and the Department is

eligible to be such an agency under federal law. Provided, however,

that this section shall not prevent any other agency from receiving,

disbursing, or administering federal grants for any of the aforesaid

purposes, if authorized or required by federal law.

(e) The Department shall establish the duties and fix the

compensation of the superintendent and other personnel needed at

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each of the institutions referred to in Section 1406 of this title.

Appointments to all such positions shall be made by the Director.

(f) The Director shall have authority to provide for the

expenditure of all funds for the administration and operations of

the institutions specified in Section 1406 of this title and for a

compliance with the provisions of Section 1406 et seq. of this

title.