Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-3-110

– Authority to purchase or lease.

A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, State

Department of Health, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Water

Resources Board, Oklahoma Department of Labor and Department of

Mines, in addition to the other powers and duties vested by Oklahoma

law, shall be authorized to relocate agency offices to a site in

Oklahoma County including but not limited to buildings or units, as

defined by the Unit Ownership Estate Act provided in Section 503 of

Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, owned by the Commissioners of the

Land Office.

B. The new office location or locations shall be occupied by

the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, State Department of

Health, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Water Resources Board,

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Oklahoma Department of Labor and Department of Mines and shall

consist of sufficient square footage to accommodate staff offices,

program areas, staff conference areas, records and computer areas,

general storage areas, security equipment storage areas, main room,

reception areas and other necessary areas for operation of the state

agencies.

C. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, State

Department of Health, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Water

Resources Board, Oklahoma Department of Labor and Department of

Mines are authorized to purchase real estate including but not

limited to buildings or units, for no more than appraised value or,

in the alternative, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Tourism and

Recreation Department, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Water

Resources Board, Commissioner of Labor and Oklahoma Mining

Commission are authorized to enter into a lease-purchase agreement

for the acquisition of such buildings or units from the person or

entity that will develop or build the buildings or units. In order

to maintain the value of the purchased or lease-purchase property,

each state agency identified in this section may establish a Capital

Account Fund for the purpose of paying any proportionate share of

common area maintenance, repair and maintenance of agency unit(s),

fixtures and appliances contained therein, improvements and

betterments for agency unit(s) and all required maintenance and

repair work. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to

fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of monies transferred

from the agency's standard appropriations. All monies accruing to

the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted

and expended by the agency for the purpose described in this

section. For the purposes of the purchase or build-out of the new

office location, the state agencies identified in this section are

hereby exempted from the requirements of the Public Competitive

Bidding Act of 1974 as provided in Sections 101 through 139 of Title

61 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The state agencies identified in this

section shall, either individually or through the Commissioners of

the Land Office, be required to collect multiple bids from qualified

contractors for the build-out of new office locations.