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 to be effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year, contingent upon the approval of the proposed transfer by the Legislature.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.