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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 73. STATE CAPITAL AND CAPITOL BUILDING

  § 73-15.5. State Capitol Building visitors' center, orientation theater, and gallery - Operation and maintenance - Funding.  

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  • A.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby directed to:

    1.  Provide for the renovation of approximately three thousand two hundred twenty (3,220) square feet of space in the south wing of the first floor in the State Capitol Building so that such space is available to be used as a visitors' center;

    2.  Provide for the renovation of approximately one thousand one hundred (1,100) square feet of space in the northwest corner of the south wing of the first floor in the State Capitol Building so that such space is available to be used as an orientation theater; and

    3.  Provide for the renovation of the central area of the west wing of the first floor in the State Capitol so that such space is available to be used as a gallery in the same manner that corresponding space in the east wing of the first floor is used on the effective date of this act.

    It is the intent of the Legislature that such visitors' center, orientation theater and gallery be open to the public not later than November 16, 2007.  The Department is directed to cooperate with the Capitol Architect and Curator for the design of such renovations, which shall be made in such a manner as to ensure preservation and maintenance of the cultural and historic integrity of the State Capitol Building.

    B.  The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is hereby directed to provide for the operation and maintenance of the visitors' center and orientation theater.

    C.  Interest earned on construction funds with respect to completed projects funded by the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority Series 1999A Bonds to pay for additional land acquisition and other costs associated with the Lincoln Boulevard Renaissance Project shall be used for the purposes specified in subsection A of this section and for the purpose of acquiring additional land, demolition, landscaping, environmental remediation and other costs associated with the Lincoln Boulevard Renaissance Project.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby directed to transfer funds as needed to accomplish the intent of this section.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 324, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 2006.  Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 662.