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29		-	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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35	28		ENGROSSED SENATE
36	29		BILL NO. 36 By: Bergstrom of the Senate
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45	38		An Act relating to state government; amending 74 O.S.
46	39		2021, Section 61.8, which relates to the Long -Range
47	40		Capital Planning Commission; exempting certain entity
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49	42		statutory language; and declaring an emergency .
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55	48		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
56	49		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 61.8, is
57	50		amended to read as follows:
58	51		Section 61.8. A. The Long -Range Capital Planning Commission
59	52		shall work to decrease the amount of property owned by Oklahoma
60	53		state government, return state -owned property to private sector
61	54		ownership, better maintain and utilize the state ’s needed capital
62	55		assets, and, whenever possible, eliminate the practice of state
63	56		agencies leasing real pro perty not owned by the state.
64	57		B. Each year, the Director of the Office of Management and
65	58		Enterprise Services, at the direction of the Long -Range Capital
	59	+	Planning Commission, shall take action to approve the privatization
	60	+	of state-owned real property as identified pursuant to the Oklahoma
	61	+	State Government Asset Reduction and Cost Savings Program. Proceeds
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94		-	of state-owned real property as identified pursuant to the Oklahoma
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96	88		from the liquidation of real properties shall be de posited into the
97	89		Maintenance of State Buildings Revolving Fund.
98	90		C. Prior to entering into or renewing a lease for real
99	91		property, each state agency, board, commission, and public trust
100	92		having the State of Oklahoma state as a beneficiary shall receive
101	93		approval for entering into the lease from the Office of Management
102	94		and Enterprise Services.
103	95		D. Prior to making a purchase of real property or constructing
104	96		a building, each state agency, board, commission, and public trust
105	97		having the State of Oklahoma state as a beneficiary shall receive
106	98		approval for the purchase or construction from the Director of the
107	99		Office of Management and Enterprise Services; provided, if such
108	100		purchase or construction is deemed by the Director of the Office of
109	101		Management and Enterprise Ser vices to be within the authority of the
110	102		Long-Range Capital Planning Commission, the Director shall not
111	103		approve the purchase or construction and shall refer the request to
112	104		the Commission for action.
113	105		E. Prior to approval or referral pursuant to subsection C or D
114	106		of this section, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
115	107		shall determine if the applica nt entity can utilize already existing
116	108		state-owned real property as an alternative to leasing non -state-
	109	+	owned real property or purchasing or constructing new real property.
	110	+	If such existing state -owned real property is owned by the Oklahoma
	111	+	Historical Society, is listed on the National Register of Historic
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144		-	owned real property or purchasing or constructing new real property.
145		-	If such existing state -owned real property is owned by the Oklahoma
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147	138		Places or with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, or is
148	139		potentially of historical signific ance, the Office of Management and
149	140		Enterprise Services shall notify the Oklahoma Historical Society an d
150	141		obtain its approval prior to approving an application for its reuse.
151	142		F. No state agency, board, commission , or public trust having
152	143		the state as its ben eficiary shall transfer any real property owned
153	144		by the agency, board, commission , or trust to any other state
154	145		agency, board, commission, state beneficiary trust , or any public or
155	146		private entity unless the transfer is first approved by the Long -
156	147		Range Capital Planning Commission. Any transfer made without the
157	148		prior approval of the Long -Range Capital Plannin g Commission as
158	149		required by this subsection may be reversed by the Long -Range
159	150		Capital Planning Commission and if a transfer is reversed the
160	151		agency, board, commission, state beneficiary trust , or other state
161	152		government entity to which the real property has been impermissibly
162	153		transferred shall take such actions to convey the subject property
163	154		to the entity from which the asset was acquired not later than
164	155		thirty (30) days from the date an order for such transfer is entered
165	156		by the Long-Range Capital Planning Com mission. The Commission shall
166	157		not approve any transfer unless proceeds from the sale shall be
	158	+	deposited within the Maintenance of State Buildings Revolvi ng Fund
	159	+	as established by Section 908 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
	160	+	G. By February 1 of each year, the Office of Management and
	161	+	Enterprise Services shall publish a report for the preceding
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194		-	deposited within the Maintenance of State Buildings Revolvi ng Fund
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196		-	G. By February 1 of each year, the Office of Management and
197		-	Enterprise Services shall publish a report for the preceding
198	188		calendar year listing the parcels of previously state -owned property
199	189		sold, detailing the reduction in the amount of space leased by the
200	190		state, describing the so urce of funds and expenditures from the
201	191		Maintenance of State Buildings Revolving Fund , and showing the
202	192		manner in which deferred maintenance needs are bein g met. The
203	193		report shall be provided to the Governor, Speaker of the House of
204	194		Representatives, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate and placed
205	195		on the documents.ok.gov web portal.
206	196		H. This section shall not be applicable to the following or
207	197		their lands, properties, buildings, funds , or revenue:
208	198		1. The Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority;
209	199		2. The Commissioners of the Land Office;
210	200		3. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation; and
211	201		4. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority ; and
212	202		5. The Grand River Dam Authority .
213	203		I. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
214	204		Services may make recommendations to the Long -Range Capital Planning
215	205		Commission for liquidation of underutilized properties that have
216	206		environmental issues, create a liability for the state, or creat e
217	207		expenses that make the continued ownership of the underutilized
	208	+	property undesirable and the propert y has been offered through two
	209	+	public auctions or sealed bids and no viable bids were received. If
	210	+	the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission approves th e liquidation
	211	+	of the property, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
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245		-	property undesirable and the property has been offered through two
246		-	public auctions or sealed bids and no viable bids were received. If
247		-	the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission approves th e liquidation
248		-	of the property, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
249	238		may accept a bid of less than ninety percent (90%) of the appraised
250	239		value in accordance with Section 327 of Title 61 of the Oklahoma
251	240		Statutes.
252	241		SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
253	242		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
254	243		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
255	244		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
	245	+	Passed the Senate the 26th day of March, 2025.
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257		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT, dated 04/17/2025 – DO
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	252	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	257	+	Presiding Officer of the House
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