Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-2224

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Transfer of property to cities, counties or agencies

Official statutory text

The Commission may transfer to any city, county, or other agency

of government, which is a willing recipient, its interest in real

and personal property owned by the State of Oklahoma or the

Department and operated and maintained under the jurisdiction of the

Commission. Such real estate transfers shall not be subject to

Section 456.7 or 129.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any

provision of state law relative to disposition of real estate. Such

real estate transfers shall be subject to the following provisions:

1. The city, county or other agency recipient shall agree to

accept the interest transferred by the state, accept responsibility

for the property, and use the real estate for public recreation

purposes in accordance with the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act

of 1965, Public Law 88-578, 78 U.S.C., Section 897;

2. The city, county or other agency recipient shall not dispose

of the property unless substitute property is provided that is

equivalent in value and usefulness;

3. The Commission shall transfer the property to the recipient

by quit claim deed or other instrument as may be appropriate;

4. The consideration for the property transfer shall be the

agreement of the recipient to continue public recreation use of the

property and to manage the property without an operating subsidy

from the Department or Commission;

5. The real estate transfer shall be subject to all existing

easements and reservations of record; and

6. The Commission shall provide written notice to the President

Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

Representatives detailing any such proposed transfer agreement to be

entered into pursuant to this section no later than thirty (30) days

prior to the first day of the legislative session. The Commission

shall approve such proposed transfer during the legislative session

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 896

to be effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year, contingent

upon the approval of the proposed transfer by the Legislature.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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