Oklahoma Code § 74-63

Title 74. State Government: General powers and authority of Office of Management and
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Enterprise Services.
A.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have
power to promulgate rules not inconsistent with the laws of this
state.
B.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have
charge of the construction, repair, maintenance, insurance, and
operation of all buildings owned, used, or occupied by or on behalf
of the state including buildings owned by the Oklahoma Capitol
Improvement Authority where such services are carried out by
contract with the Authority, except as otherwise provided by law.
Whenever feasible, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
may utilize the Construction Division of the Department of
Corrections for the construction and repair of buildings for the
Department of Corrections.
C.  The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall have authority to purchase all material and perform
all other duties necessary in the construction, repair, and
maintenance of all buildings under its management or control, shall
make all necessary contracts by or on behalf of the state for any
buildings or rooms rented for the use of the state or any of the
officers thereof, and shall have charge of the arrangement and
allotment of space in such buildings among the different state
officers except as otherwise provided by law.
D.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not
have any authority or responsibility for buildings, rooms or space
under the management or control of the University Hospitals
Authority.
E.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have
the custody and control of all state property, and all other
property managed or used by the state, except military stores and
such property under the control of the State Banking Department and
the two houses of the State Legislature, shall procure all necessary
insurance thereon against loss and shall allot the use of the

property to the several offices of the state, and prescribe where
the property shall be kept for public use.
F.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall keep
an accurate account of all property purchased for the state or any
of the departments or officers thereof, except that purchased for
and by the two houses of the State Legislature.  The two houses
shall have the exclusive use, care, and custody of their respective
chambers, committee rooms, furniture, and property, and shall keep
their respective records of said furniture and property.
G.  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall not
have any authority or responsibility for property purchased for or
under the management or control of the University Hospitals
Authority except as expressly provided by law.
R.L. 1910, § 8082.  Amended by Laws 1935, p. 24, § 1, emerg. eff.
May 10, 1935; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 94, eff. July 1, 1983; Laws 1993,
c. 330, § 27, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1996, c. 166, § 3, eff. July
1, 1996; Laws 2008, c. 319, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2009, c.
454, § 15; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 710; Laws 2025, c. 199, § 7, eff.
Nov. 1, 2025.

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