Oklahoma Code § 60-300.16

Title 60. Property: Release or modification of restrictions on management,
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investment, or purpose.
RELEASE OR MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON MANAGEMENT,
INVESTMENT, OR PURPOSE.
(a)  If the donor consents in a record, an institution may
release or modify, in whole or in part, a restriction contained in a
gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an
institutional fund.  A release or modification may not allow a fund
to be used for a purpose other than a charitable purpose of the
institution.
(b)  The court, upon application of an institution, may modify a
restriction contained in a gift instrument regarding the management
or investment of an institutional fund if the restriction has become
impracticable or wasteful, if it impairs the management or
investment of the fund, or if, because of circumstances not
anticipated by the donor, a modification of a restriction will
further the purposes of the fund.  The institution shall notify the
Attorney General of the application, and the Attorney General must
be given an opportunity to be heard.  To the extent practicable, any
modification must be made in accordance with the donor’s probable
intention.
(c)  If a particular charitable purpose or a restriction
contained in a gift instrument on the use of an institutional fund
becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve, or wasteful,
the court, upon application of an institution, may modify the
purpose of the fund or the restriction on the use of the fund in a
manner consistent with the charitable purposes expressed in the gift
instrument.  The institution shall notify the Attorney General of
the application, and the Attorney General must be given an
opportunity to be heard.
(d)  If an institution determines that a restriction contained
in a gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an
institutional fund is unlawful, impracticable, impossible to
achieve, or wasteful, the institution, sixty (60) days after
notification to the Attorney General, may release or modify the
restriction, in whole or part, if:
(1)  The institutional fund subject to the restriction has a
total value of less than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00);

(2)  More than twenty (20) years have elapsed since the fund was
established; and
(3)  The institution uses the property in a manner consistent
with the charitable purposes expressed in the gift instrument.

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