Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
OKLA. STAT. ANN. TIT. 74 § 1003. Definitions
A. For the purposes of Section 1001 et seq. of this title, the term “public agency” shall mean:
- Any political subdivision of this state;
- Any agency of the state government or of the United States;
- Each and every public trust of this state regardless of whether the beneficiary of such trust is a municipality, a county, or the State of Oklahoma, except the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority;
- Any corporation organized not for profit pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, Section 1001 et seq. of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the primary purpose of developing and providing rural water supply and sewage disposal facilities to serve rural residents or to provide community-based services or assistance to clients of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services as provided in Section 43A-2-106 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
- Any political subdivision of another state.
B. The term “state” shall mean a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.
74 O.S. § 1004. Agreements authorized
A. Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercise by a public agency of this state may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this state, and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United States to the extent that laws of such other state or of the United States permit such joint exercise or enjoyment. Any agency of the state government when acting jointly with any public agency may exercise and enjoy all of the powers, privileges and authority conferred by this act upon a public agency.
B. Any two or more public agencies may enter into agreements with one another for joint or cooperative action pursuant to the provisions of this act.
Appropriate action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise pursuant to law of the governing bodies of the participating public agencies shall be necessary before any such agreement may enter into force.
F. Every agreement made hereunder, except those agreements authorized by Section 601 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes which shall be approved by the district attorney, shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the Attorney General who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this state, including any agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act. The Attorney General shall approve any agreement submitted to the Attorney General hereunder unless the Attorney General shall find that it does not meet the conditions set forth herein and shall detail in writing addressed to the governing bodies of the public agencies concerned the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law. Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within sixty (60) days of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.
G. Financing of joint projects by agreements shall be as provided by law, including any agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Economic Development Pooled Finance Act.
74 O.S. § 1005. Filing of agreements – Status – Actions.
Prior to its entry into force, an agreement made pursuant to this act shall be filed with the county clerk and with the Secretary of State. In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to this act is between or among one or more public agencies of this state and one or more public agencies of another state or of the United States, said agreement shall have the status of an interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the public agencies party thereto shall be real parties in interest and the state may maintain an action to recoup or otherwise make itself whole for any damages or liability which it may incur by reason of being joined as a party therein. Such action shall be maintainable against any public agency or agencies whose default, failure of performance, or other conduct caused or contributed to the incurring of damage or liability by the state.
74 O.S. § 1006. Approval of agreements.
In the event that an agreement made pursuant to this act shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by him or it as to all matters within his or its jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing the action of the Attorney General pursuant to Section 4(f) of this act. This requirement of submission and approval shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the requirement of submission to and approval by the Attorney General