Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-4018
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Lease of buildings
Official statutory text
In any instance in which the board shall consider it preferable
to acquire the building or additions to existing buildings or
equipment in the manner authorized in this section rather than
through the issuance of bonds by the board, it may do so by
complying with this section. In each such case the board is
authorized to lease to any nonprofit corporation organized for the
benefit of the college or university affected, or to a public trust
such portion or portions of the campus of the institution as may be
necessary as sites therefor. The lease shall contain such provisions
with respect to the type, construction and operation of any such
building or addition as the board may consider desirable, and the
board may enter into agreements as to the use which will be made of
any such building, addition or equipment, the operation, maintenance
and supervision thereof, the imposition of fees and charges by the
board for the use of the building or addition, and the collection
and disposition to be made of the proceeds of such fees and charges.
The board may agree to make such fees and charges adequate to
provide a sum sufficient to pay the cost of the maintenance and
operation thereof and the amortization of the cost of the building
or any addition to existing buildings or equipment therefor, over a
specified period of years, and when such cost shall have been paid
any obligations issued by any entity to finance such cost shall have
been fully paid as to principal and interest, the lease shall
terminate and title to the building or any addition to existing
buildings or equipment shall vest in the board. The agreements
herein authorized to be entered into by the board may, in the
discretion of the board, include a lease of the buildings, additions
or equipment and the payment of rentals therefor. The board may
furnish without charge, heat, light, water, power and similar
facilities for any building erected under the provisions of this
section and all buildings and additions to existing buildings so
erected and equipment therefor shall be exempt from taxation.
to acquire the building or additions to existing buildings or
equipment in the manner authorized in this section rather than
through the issuance of bonds by the board, it may do so by
complying with this section. In each such case the board is
authorized to lease to any nonprofit corporation organized for the
benefit of the college or university affected, or to a public trust
such portion or portions of the campus of the institution as may be
necessary as sites therefor. The lease shall contain such provisions
with respect to the type, construction and operation of any such
building or addition as the board may consider desirable, and the
board may enter into agreements as to the use which will be made of
any such building, addition or equipment, the operation, maintenance
and supervision thereof, the imposition of fees and charges by the
board for the use of the building or addition, and the collection
and disposition to be made of the proceeds of such fees and charges.
The board may agree to make such fees and charges adequate to
provide a sum sufficient to pay the cost of the maintenance and
operation thereof and the amortization of the cost of the building
or any addition to existing buildings or equipment therefor, over a
specified period of years, and when such cost shall have been paid
any obligations issued by any entity to finance such cost shall have
been fully paid as to principal and interest, the lease shall
terminate and title to the building or any addition to existing
buildings or equipment shall vest in the board. The agreements
herein authorized to be entered into by the board may, in the
discretion of the board, include a lease of the buildings, additions
or equipment and the payment of rentals therefor. The board may
furnish without charge, heat, light, water, power and similar
facilities for any building erected under the provisions of this
section and all buildings and additions to existing buildings so
erected and equipment therefor shall be exempt from taxation.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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