A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby authorized to lease for a temporary period of time the surface of any of the lands belonging to the state described in Section 322 of this title, which are not needed or required for the proper maintenance of the institutions or departments in possession thereof.
B. Except as otherwise provided by Section 6201 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, leases shall be for a period of time not exceeding five (5) years and upon such other terms and conditions as the Director may determine to be in the best interests of the state.
C. Except as otherwise provided by Section 6201 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, leases shall provide for a termination of the lease upon reasonable notice in writing whenever the needs of the state or the institution in possession thereof requires the land.
D. The Director may also execute lease contracts for the lands to any institution or agency or department, commission, or municipal subdivision that requires the need of the land in conjunction with cooperation or participation in any city or state project authorized by law, if contracts or agreements will not interfere with or restrict in any manner, the proper use of the lands by the state institution in possession thereof.
E. The Commissioners of the Land Office, the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority, the Midwestern Oklahoma Development Authority, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and the Northeast Oklahoma Public Facilities Authority and their lands shall be exempt from the application of this section.
F. Lands leased to private prison contractors pursuant to Section 561 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt from the application of this section.
Added by Laws 1947, p. 588, § 2. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 304, § 138, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1985, H.J.R. No. 1039, p. 1682, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 245, § 9, emerg. eff. June 12, 1986; Laws 1987, c. 80, § 12, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1992, c. 250, § 8, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 292, § 7, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 203, § 8, emerg. eff. May 11, 1998; Laws 2013, c. 209, § 5, eff. July 1, 2013. Renumbered from § 126.2 of Title 74 by Laws 2013, c. 209, § 35, eff. July 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 286, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.