Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3305

and duties.

The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma shall have

the supervision, management and control of the University of

Oklahoma and all its integral parts, of Cameron University, and of

Rogers State University and shall have the following additional

powers and duties:

(a) Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to

govern the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and Rogers

State University.

(b) Employ and fix the compensation and duties of such

personnel as it deems necessary, including architects, attorneys,

engineers and other professional and technical persons, for its

operation and for the operation of the University of Oklahoma,

Cameron University, and Rogers State University. Any of such

personnel having custody of public funds or other public property

may be required to furnish corporate surety bonds in such amounts as

may be deemed necessary by the Board, payable to the State of

Oklahoma and conditioned upon a faithful accounting of all such

funds and property.

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(c) Enter into contracts, purchase supplies, materials and

equipment, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to make

any of its powers effective.

(d) Authorize officials of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron

University, and Rogers State University to act in its behalf in the

making of contracts, or in carrying out the powers conferred upon

it.

(e) Receive and make disposition of monies, grants, and

property from federal agencies, and administer the same in

accordance with federal requirements.

(f) Accept gifts of real and personal property, monies and

other things, and use or dispose of the same in accordance with the

directions of the donors or grantors thereof.

(g) Direct the disposition of all monies appropriated by the

Legislature or by the Congress or derived from the sale of bonds or

received from any other source by the University of Oklahoma,

Cameron University, and Rogers State University.

(h) Acquire and take title to real and personal property in its

name, on behalf of the University of Oklahoma or any agency thereof,

on behalf of Cameron University, and on behalf of Rogers State

University and convey, exchange or dispose of, or otherwise manage

or control, such property in the interest of the University of

Oklahoma or agency thereof, Cameron University, and Rogers State

University, including the granting of leases, permits, easements and

licenses over or upon such real property. The Board shall have the

power to institute legal action in the name of the Board before any

court having jurisdiction of such actions. The Board shall have the

custody and control of abstracts of title and instruments affecting

the ownership of or title to real property belonging to the Board,

and being held by the Board on behalf of the University of Oklahoma

or any agency thereof, on behalf of Cameron University, and on

behalf of Rogers State University.

(i) Have supervision and charge of the construction of all

buildings at the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and

Rogers State University.

(j) Determine the need for and cause to be constructed,

dormitories and other buildings, on a self-liquidating basis, at the

University of Oklahoma or any branch or facility thereof, at Cameron

University, and at Rogers State University.
rsity.

(i) Have supervision and charge of the construction of all

buildings at the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University, and

Rogers State University.

(j) Determine the need for and cause to be constructed,

dormitories and other buildings, on a self-liquidating basis, at the

University of Oklahoma or any branch or facility thereof, at Cameron

University, and at Rogers State University.

(k) Establish and maintain plans for tenure and retirement of

employees of the Board and of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron

University, and Rogers State University and for payment of deferred

compensation of such employees; and provide hospital and medical

benefits, accident, health and life insurance, and annuity

contracts, for such employees and their dependents. The Board may

pay for all or a part of the cost thereof for employees, with funds

available for the operation of the institution. Amounts payable by

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an employee for such insurance or annuity contracts may, with the

consent of the employee, be deducted from his salary.

(l) Audit all accounts against the funds appropriated for the

use and maintenance of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron

University, and Rogers State University and the State Treasurer

shall issue his warrant for the amount of all accounts, including

salaries and expenses of said Board, which shall have been audited

and allowed by the Board of Regents and attested by the President

and Secretary of the University of Oklahoma, the President of

Cameron University, and the President of Rogers State University.

(m) Provide penalties and forfeitures by way of damages and

otherwise for the violation of rules and regulations of the Board,

which may be sued for and collected in the name of the Board before

any court having jurisdiction of such actions.

(n) Issue, on behalf of the University of Oklahoma, special and

limited obligations for purposes of such capital projects as the

Regents may deem to be proper.

(o) Do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the

powers expressly granted to it by the Constitution and the laws of

the state, or to make the University of Oklahoma, Cameron

University, and Rogers State University effective for the purposes

for which they are maintained and operated and the enumeration

herein of certain powers and immunities of the Board of Regents of

the University shall not be construed as in derogation or as a

limitation of the powers and immunities properly belonging to the

Board in the government of the University of Oklahoma, Cameron

University, and Rogers State University by virtue of Section 8,

Article XIII of the Constitution.