Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2201

systems, etc. - Fees and charges.

Any school district which has established junior college

educational courses above the twelfth grade which complies with the

regulations and standards set up by the State Board of Education and

the State Regents for Higher Education, by its Board of Education,

acting for and in behalf of such school district, subject to and in

accordance with the terms hereof, is hereby authorized from time to

time to set aside such portion of its respective campuses or of the

campuses under the jurisdiction of said Board, or any other land

owned or leased by said Board as may be necessary and suitable for

the construction thereon of dormitories, kitchens, dining halls,

auditoriums, student union buildings, field houses, stadiums, public

utility plants, and systems for the supplying of water, gas, heat,

or power to the junior college or such college or institution, and

other self-liquidating projects and other revenue-producing

buildings deemed necessary by said Board for the comfort,

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convenience, and welfare of its students, and suitable for the

purposes for which said institutions were established, including

additions to existing buildings used for such purposes; to acquire

through construction, purchase, condemnation, or any combination

thereof, such dormitories, kitchens, dining halls, auditoriums,

student union buildings, field houses, stadiums, public utility

plants and systems, and other revenue-producing buildings and

acquire or construct additions, improvements, and extensions to

existing buildings and structures used for such purposes and to

equip, furnish, maintain, and operate all such buildings and

structures; and to acquire through purchase, condemnation or

otherwise, any land, rights-of-way, easements, licenses and permits

needed for the present or future use of such buildings, structures,

plants, and systems; provided, that such Board of Education shall

not construct or acquire, for its respective institution, such

utility plants or systems whose capacity is in excess of the present

or reasonably contemplated future needs of such institution.

When, in the opinion of the Board of Education of any such

institution, any of the buildings, structures, plants, and systems

constructed, acquired, improved, extended, added to, furnished, or

equipped as above authorized are deemed necessary by the said Board

for the comfort, convenience, and welfare of the student body as a

whole, or for any specified class or part thereof, the Board of

Education shall have authority to charge and collect from all

students in attendance at such college, school, or institution, or

from any specified class or part thereof for which such facilities

are so deemed necessary, fees and charges for the use or

availability of such buildings and structures and for the services

or commodities to be made available by such plants, systems, or

facilities. The proceeds of all such fees and charges shall be

considered as revenues within the meaning of Section 3 hereof and

the provisions of said section shall be applicable thereto. Where

the commodities and services supplied by any such plant and system

temporarily shall be found to be in excess of the requirements of

the college, school, or institution, the Board of Education may sell

the surplus to other public or nonprofit consumers, including

incorporated municipalities, and in that connection may enter into

such agreements as it may consider advisable. All revenues received

from the sale of such surplus shall likewise be considered and

treated as other revenues under Section 3 hereof. Such Board of

Education may also enter into agreements for the purchase of water,

electricity, gas, heat, or power to be distributed through the

medium of any such plant or system, provided only that no agreement

entered into under the provisions of this paragraph shall pledge the
from the sale of such surplus shall likewise be considered and

treated as other revenues under Section 3 hereof. Such Board of

Education may also enter into agreements for the purchase of water,

electricity, gas, heat, or power to be distributed through the

medium of any such plant or system, provided only that no agreement

entered into under the provisions of this paragraph shall pledge the

credit of the State of Oklahoma.