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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1038 By: Rosecrants
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to tourism; amending 74 O.S. 2021,
Section 2259, which relates to tourism inf ormation
centers; requiring adult-sized changing tables in
tourism information centers ; providing table
specifications; specifying a deadline for compliance;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 2259, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2259. A. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation
Commission shall prescribe and collect reasonable rates, fees, tolls
or charges for the services, facilities and co mmodities rendered by
all property of the Commission, a portion of which, may be pledged
to the payment of bonds issued pursuant to this act. The Commission
shall revise the rates, fees, tolls or charges from time to time
whenever necessary to ensure that the revenues to be derived
therefrom shall be fully sufficient to pay principal of and interest
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on such bonds. The gross revenues derived by the Commission from
the operation of any part or parts of the properties of the
Commission, but no revenues deriv ed by the Commission through
legislative appropriation or from sources other than operation of
the properties of the Commission, may be pledged to the payment of
principal and interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the Commission may use m oney derived from annual legislative
appropriations on a year-to-year basis, as authorized by the
Legislature, to repay any obligations to the Oklahoma Water
Resources Board pursuant to Sections 1085.51 and 1085.71 et seq. of
Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statu tes.
B. The Commission is hereby authorized to construct
improvements in several parks and authorize the issuance of bonds
for all such improvements, and to pledge for the payment of the
bonds and the interest thereon , revenues derived by the Commission
from the operation of any or all of the parks in which any
consolidated bond issue has been authorized .
C. The Commission is further authorized to construct state -of-
the-art tourism information centers on interstate highways
including, but not limited to, entry points near the borders of the
state and major metropolitan areas, and authorize the issuance o f
bonds for all construction projects, and to pledge for the payment
of such bonds and the interest thereon, revenues derived by the
Commission from the le ase or operation of any or all of the tourism
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information centers for which any such consolidated bon d issue has
been authorized.
D. All tourism information centers ' family or assisted-use
toilets and bathing rooms shall include a universal changing station
for the assistance of persons with d isabilities. The changing
station area must be equipped with a height-adjustable changing
table suitable for use by an adult or a child.
1. The table shall be:
a. at least twenty-four (24) inches in width by seventy
(70) inches in length,
b. adjustable to allow lowering to a height no greater
than eight (8) inches, and raising to a height no less
than thirty-four (34) inches, above finished floor
elevation, and
c. capable of supporting a minimum of three hundred fifty
(350) pounds.
2. Where a building is provided with more than one family or
assisted-use toilet and bathing room, only one such room s hall
require a universal changing station. Where this exception is
utilized, signage shall be provided at all such ro oms indicating the
location of the universal changing station.
3. All tourism information centers shall compl y with paragraph
1 of this subsection by January 1, 2028.
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E. Any revenues which may be received by the Commission for the
use of such buildings or improvements, in w hole or in part, shall be
regarded as all other reven ues of the Commission and shall be
subject to be pledge d to the payment of bonds issued hereun der.
Each bond shall recite in substance that such bond and the interest
thereon is payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment
thereof, and that suc h bond does not constitute a debt of the
Commission or of the state within the meaning of any constitutional
or statutory limitation.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5857 LRB 01/03/23