Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3412

Mechanical Colleges - Powers and duties.

The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and

Mechanical Colleges shall have the supervision, management and

control of Oklahoma State University, Panhandle State University,

Langston University, Connors State College, and Northeastern

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College; and shall have the

following additional powers and duties:

1. Adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to

govern each of the institutions under its jurisdiction;

2. Employ and fix the compensation and duties of such personnel

as it deems necessary, including architects, attorneys, engineers,

and other professional and technical persons deemed necessary by the

Board, for its operation and for the operation of the institutions

under its jurisdiction. 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

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the Board, payable to the State of Oklahoma and conditioned upon a

faithful accounting of all such funds and property;

3. Enter into contracts, purchase supplies, materials and

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

any of its powers effective;

4. Authorize officials at the several institutions under its

jurisdiction to act in its behalf in the making of contracts, or in

carrying out the powers conferred upon it;

5. Receive and make disposition of monies, grants and property

from federal agencies, and administer the same in accordance with

federal requirements;

6. Accept gifts of real and personal property, money and other

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

directions of the donors or grantors thereof;

7. 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 institutions under its

jurisdiction;

8. Acquire and take title to real and personal property in its

name, on behalf of any of the institutions under its jurisdiction,

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

such property in the interest of such institutions, including the

granting of leases, permits, easements and licenses over or upon any

such real property. The Board shall have the power to institute any

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 a particular state educational

institution;

9. Have supervision and charge of the construction of all

buildings at the institutions under its jurisdiction;

10. Determine the need for and cause to be constructed,

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

institution under its jurisdiction;

11. Establish and maintain plans for tenure and retirement of

employees of the Board and of the institutions under its

jurisdiction, 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 for employees thereof with funds available for the operation of

the institution. Amounts payable by an employee for such insurance

or annuity contracts may, with the consent of the employee, be

deducted from the employee’s salary;

12. The Board shall cause a complete inventory to be made of

all properties belonging to each of the agricultural colleges or

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universities within the State of Oklahoma before the last Monday in

December, next preceding each biennial session of the State
ity contracts may, with the consent of the employee, be

deducted from the employee’s salary;

12. The Board shall cause a complete inventory to be made of

all properties belonging to each of the agricultural colleges or

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universities within the State of Oklahoma before the last Monday in

December, next preceding each biennial session of the State

Legislature, and accompanying the inventories shall be a financial

statement showing in detail the condition of all funds appropriated

for the use of the agricultural colleges and experimental stations,

also the money expended and the purposes for which the same were

expended and the condition of the institution; and, the results of

experiments carried on, together with their recommendations

concerning remedial legislation or rules for the betterment of the

institution;

13. The Board shall audit all accounts against the funds

appropriated for the use and maintenance of the Oklahoma State

University and the other state agricultural colleges, including

experimental stations, and the State Treasurer shall issue a warrant

for the amount of all accounts, including salaries and expenses;

14. Provide penalties and forfeitures by way of damages and

otherwise for the violation of rules of the Board, which may be sued

for and collected in the name of the Board before any court having

jurisdiction of such actions;

15. The Legislature further recognizes and confirms, that the

Oklahoma State University is an institution corporate under the

constitution and statutes of Oklahoma with full power and authority,

acting through its constitutional Board of Regents, to do all things

necessary or convenient to accomplish the corporate objects of the

institution, and the institution, acting through its constitutional

Board of Regents, is hereby recognized to be such public corporation

and to have such powers; and

16. Issue, on behalf of Oklahoma State University, special and

limited obligations for purposes of such capital projects as the

Regents may deem to be proper.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers of

the board of regents to control and use monies accruing to the

institutions under their jurisdiction and control, from nontax

sources, including institutional earnings, and proceeds of sales of

surplus properties heretofore authorized to be sold, and revenues

derived by way of bonuses and rentals from oil and gas leases, for

any lawful institutional purpose, is hereby specifically confirmed.

The enumeration herein of certain powers and immunities of the

Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical

Colleges shall not be construed as in derogation or as a limitation

of other powers and immunities properly belonging to the Board by

virtue of any provisions of the Constitution of Oklahoma or of any

provision of law. The Board, is hereby, expressly granted every

power necessary or convenient to make institutions under its

jurisdiction effective for the purposes for which they were created

and are maintained and operated.

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Nothing in this section shall be construed as in derogation of

the constitutional powers and responsibilities of the Board of

Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges,

acting as the Board of Regents for Connors State College,

Northeastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Panhandle

State University, and Langston University.