As used in Sections 1226 through 1226.16 of this title:
1. "Authority" shall mean the Native American Cultural and Educational Authority, created by Section 1226.2 of this title, or, if such Authority shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to the principal functions hereof or to whom the powers given by Section 1226 et seq. of this title shall be given by law;
2. "Project" or "projects" shall mean any facilities constructed or improvements made under the provisions of this act by the Authority for the purpose of constructing a Native American cultural center, museum and theme park, to also include commercial facilities as herein defined, and shall embrace all buildings, structures, landscaping, infrastructure, utilities, roadways, parking structures, parking lots, sidewalks, personal property and fixtures, equipment and machinery, and other improvements which the Authority may deem necessary for the operation of such projects, together with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the Authority for the construction or the operation of such;
3. “Commercial facilities” shall mean facilities, including, but not limited to, conference centers, hotels, motels, recreational vehicle parks, festival marketplaces, restaurants, retail sales facilities, studios and other facilities for the design, development and manufacture of Native American art, crafts and cultural objects, and uses related thereto and other supporting, complementary and ancillary uses;
4. "Cost" as applied to a project shall include expenditures of the Authority, other governmental agencies, and private entities, to include past, present and future expenditures, and shall embrace the cost of construction, the cost of the acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements and interests acquired by the Authority for such construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, provision for working capital, interest prior to, during, and after construction and a reserve for interest in such amounts as the Authority shall determine, cost of engineering, architecture, planning, legal and accounting expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost, and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing any such project, administrative expense, and such other expense as may be necessary or incident to the construction of the project, the financing of such construction, and the placing of the project in operation, and other expenditures in furtherance of the objectives of Sections 1226 through 1226.16 of this title;
5. "Owner" shall include all individuals, copartnerships, associations, corporations, trusts, and any other person or entity having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements, and interests authorized to be acquired by Sections 1226 through 1226.16 of this title;
6. The phrase "operational services" shall mean services of a maintenance or operational nature, including, but not limited to, grounds maintenance and security services, provided by the Authority, pursuant to an agreement between the Authority and any service recipient; and
7. The phrase "other governmental agencies" shall mean the State of Oklahoma or other agencies thereof, the national government, other states or agencies thereof, public trusts, municipalities, counties and other subdivisions of government.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 388, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 320, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2006, c. 108, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.