Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2212

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 887

The Commission shall have the authority to exercise the

following powers, rights and privileges related to state parks:

1. Have the exclusive possession and control of, and to operate

and maintain for the benefit of the people of the State of Oklahoma

all state parks and all lands and other properties now or hereafter

owned or leased by the state or Commission for park or recreational

purposes;

2. Acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, condemnation, or

in any other manner and to maintain, use and operate any and all

property, real, personal or mixed, necessary or convenient to the

exercise of the powers, rights, privileges and functions conferred

upon it by the Oklahoma Tourism, Parks and Recreation Enhancement

Act. Title to all such property shall be vested in the State of

Oklahoma, although such property is sometimes herein referred to as

property "of the Commission". The power of condemnation herein

granted shall be exercised in the manner provided by the general

laws of the state for the condemnation of property by the state;

3. Subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Tourism, Parks and

Recreation Enhancement Act, from time to time lease, without

restriction as to term, any property which the Commission shall

determine to be necessary or convenient to more fully carry into

effect the duties and powers of said Commission; and

4. Acquire, conserve, protect, construct, extend, reduce,

improve, maintain and operate any and all facilities of all kinds

which in the judgment of the Commission will provide recreational or

other facilities for the benefit of the public, or which are

necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the

Commission.