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Okla. Stat. tit. 3, § 3-514

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Powers of Authority

Official statutory text

Subject to the requirements of Section 5206 of this title, the

Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority is hereby granted,

has, and may exercise all powers necessary to carry out and

effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development

Act, including, but not limited to, the following:

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1. Sue and be sued by its name in any court of competent

jurisdiction;

2. Adopt and use an official seal and alter the same at

pleasure;

3. Make and execute any and all contracts and other instruments

necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers;

4. Issue revenue bonds or other obligations as authorized by

the provisions of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Act or any

other law, or any combination of the foregoing, to pay all or part

of the cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,

extension, repair, improvement, maintenance or operation of any

project or combination of projects, to provide for any facility,

service or other activity of the Authority and to provide for the

retirement or refunding of any bonds or obligations of the

Authority, or for any combination of the foregoing purposes;

5. Acquire property, real, personal, intangible, tangible, or

mixed, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase,

gift, devise, or lease, on such terms and conditions as the

Authority may deem necessary or desirable, and sell or otherwise

dispose of the same and of any of the assets and properties of the

Authority;

6. Lease as lessor or lessee to or from any person, public or

private, any facilities or property of any nature for the use of the

Authority and to carry out any of the purposes of the Authority;

7. Subject to the limitations prescribed by Section 5210 of

this title, acquire by condemnation land and such interest therein

as may be necessary in its determination for the purpose of

establishing, constructing, maintaining, or operating a spaceport;

8. Own, acquire, construct, develop, create, reconstruct,

equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve launch pads, landing

areas, ranges, payload assembly buildings, payload processing

facilities, laboratories, space business incubators, launch

vehicles, payloads, space flight hardware, facilities and equipment

for the construction of payloads, space flight hardware, rockets,

and other launch vehicles, and spaceport facilities and systems,

including educational, recreational, cultural, and other space-

related initiatives;

9. Undertake a program of advertising to the public and

promoting the businesses, facilities, and attractions within any

spaceport territory or at any spaceport and the projects of the

Authority, and expend monies and undertake such activities to carry

out such advertising and promotional programs as the Board of

Directors from time to time may determine;

10. Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate,

maintain, extend, and improve transportation facilities appropriate

to meet the transportation requirements of the Authority and

activities conducted within a spaceport territory;

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11. Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate,

maintain, collect fees for services provided, extend, and improve

public utilities within a spaceport territory, including the

following: electric power plants, transmission lines and related

facilities, gas mains and facilities of any nature for the

production or distribution of natural gas or hydrogen, telephone

lines and related plants and systems, other communication systems of

any nature including closed-circuit, cable television and computer

systems, transmission lines and related facilities and plants, and

facilities for the generation and transmission of power; and

purchase electric power, natural gas, and other sources of power for

distribution within any spaceport territory;
rogen, telephone

lines and related plants and systems, other communication systems of

any nature including closed-circuit, cable television and computer

systems, transmission lines and related facilities and plants, and

facilities for the generation and transmission of power; and

purchase electric power, natural gas, and other sources of power for

distribution within any spaceport territory;

12. Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate,

maintain, collect fees for services provided, extend, and improve

within any spaceport territory water systems and sewer systems or

combined water and sewer systems; regulate the use of sewers, septic

tanks and other sanitary structures and appliances, and the supply

of water within any spaceport; and regulate the pretreatment of

waste and sell or otherwise dispose of the effluent, sludge, or

other by-products as a result of sewage treatment;

13. Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate,

maintain, collect fees for services provided, extend, and improve

waste collection, recycling and disposal systems, and to sell,

recycle or otherwise dispose of any effluent, residue or other by-

products of such systems consistent with the laws of the state;

14. Adopt a plan of reclamation, and own, acquire, construct,

reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve canals,

ditches, drains, dikes, levees, pumps, plants and pumping systems,

and other works for drainage purposes, and irrigation works,

machinery and plants;

15. Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate,

maintain, extend, and improve water and flood control facilities and

regulate the supply and level of water within any spaceport

territory which may include diverting waters from one area or body

of water to another, regulating, controlling or restricting the

development and use of natural and artificial streams or bodies of

water, lakes or ponds, and taking all measures determined by the

Authority to be necessary or desirable to prevent or alleviate land

erosion; provided, in exercising any of its powers pertaining to the

use, control, or diversion of water, the Authority is subject to all

permitting requirements and procedures of the Oklahoma Water

Resources Board as set forth by law or by rule of the Board; and

16. Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, operate,

maintain, collect fees for services provided, extend, and improve

public safety facilities for any spaceport, including police

stations, police vehicles, medical facilities, fire stations, water

mains and plugs, fire trucks, and other vehicles and equipment; hire

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employees, police officers, and fire fighters; and undertake such

works and construct such facilities determined by the Board to be

necessary or desirable to promote and ensure public safety within

any spaceport territory.

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