Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3415

Pecan research.

(a) The fund now existing in the State Treasury and known as the

Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science,

Agricultural Research Greenhouse Fund shall continue in operation

with the same name. Said fund shall continue to consist of all

revenues, gifts, donations and endowments accruing to the credit of

Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science from

the wheat and small grains industry or other private endowments.

Revenue deposited in said fund is hereby appropriated and the fund

shall be of a continuing nature and not subject to fiscal year

limitations.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the fund specified

in this section shall be used by Oklahoma State University of

Agriculture and Applied Science for the payment of all necessary

expenses including personal services, purchase of equipment and

other capital outlay necessary in sponsoring, erecting, constructing

and maintaining an agricultural research greenhouse on the farm of

the Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.

(c) Upon certification by the director of said agricultural

experiment station that Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) has been

made available by the wheat and small grains industry of Oklahoma or

by private endowment, the State Budget Director is hereby authorized

to cause to be made a transfer of funds from the General Revenue

Fund to the Oklahoma State University Agricultural Research

Greenhouse Fund created by Section 415(a) of this act.

(d) The fund previously created for the use of the Oklahoma

Agricultural Research Station and known as the Oklahoma Agricultural

Products Research Fund shall continue in operation and shall consist

of any monies appropriated by the Legislature and any funds received

by gift or from the federal government to be used for the purpose

specified herein.

The proceeds of the fund authorized to be appropriated by the

provisions of this act, and any funds received by gift or from the

federal government to be used for the purpose provided in this

section shall be expended by the Oklahoma State University

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Agricultural Experiment Station for research and development of new,

additional, and improved uses for agricultural products. The

experiment station shall have power and authority, within the limits

of the funds available to it, to coordinate and expedite activities

toward research.

The Director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station is

hereby authorized and empowered to acquire title on behalf of the

State of Oklahoma to any patent or patents resulting from research

projects conducted with funds of the Oklahoma Agricultural Products

Research Fund, as herein provided.

The Director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station,

with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and

empowered to grant licenses or otherwise dispose of any patents

resulting from research conducted with funds of the Oklahoma

Agricultural Products Research Fund on a basis deemed by him to be

most favorable to the State of Oklahoma.

Any royalties or other income derived from the licensing, sale,

or use of any patent or patents resulting from research projects

conducted with funds of the Oklahoma Agricultural Products Research

Fund shall be paid into the Oklahoma Agricultural Products Research

Fund to be used for the purposes of the Oklahoma Agricultural

Products Research Fund.
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most favorable to the State of Oklahoma.

Any royalties or other income derived from the licensing, sale,

or use of any patent or patents resulting from research projects

conducted with funds of the Oklahoma Agricultural Products Research

Fund shall be paid into the Oklahoma Agricultural Products Research

Fund to be used for the purposes of the Oklahoma Agricultural

Products Research Fund.

(e) The pecan experiment station previously established in

Lincoln County, Oklahoma, shall continue in operation and be known

by the same name. It shall be devoted to the improvement of the

grade and amount of production of pecans in Oklahoma.

Said experiment station shall continue to be operated under the

direction and supervision of the Oklahoma State University of

Agriculture and Applied Science. Authorization is granted to the

Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical

Colleges for the acquisition or improvement of lands, or the

acquisition of any other property necessary for the station.