1. A. The Adjutant General or a representative of the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts in the name of the state for the purpose of this title and shall:

   1. 1. Result in contracts awarded to the lowest and best bidder, approved by the Department of the Army or other representative federal agency, and that any contractor, to whom a contract may be awarded hereunder, shall execute with a qualified surety company, doing business in this state, as surety, bonds in such amounts and with such conditions as prescribed by law and by the Department of the Army or other representative federal agency. Such bonds shall be upon a form with such conditions and in such amounts as may meet the requirements of the representative federal agency and in such further amounts as willfully protect and cover the construction contributions of the state;
   2. 2. Assure that any contracts requiring federal funds are awarded in the same federal fiscal year of appropriation by Congress;
   3. 3. Result in full compliance with federal military construction standards; and
   4. 4. Result in full compliance with all state building codes.

2. B. The Adjutant General is authorized to sell or dispose of property and improvements thereon. The Adjutant General is authorized to demolish structures owned or controlled by the Military Department. The Adjutant General may transfer title to any property and improvements thereon to a municipality, county, state agency, or other public or non-profit entity. The Oklahoma Military Department shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Surplus Property Act for purposes of selling surplus property. Necessary deeds and other conveyances shall be executed by the Adjutant General in the name of the State of Oklahoma.

   Proceeds of the sale or other disposition of such property shall be deposited in a revolving fund in the State Treasury designated as the Surplus Property Revolving Fund of the Oklahoma Military Department. Monies deposited in such revolving fund may be expended by the Adjutant General, for construction, repairs, and maintenance, or equipment for facilities of the Oklahoma National Guard.

Laws 1953, SB 233, p. 177, § 3, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953; Amended by Laws 1985, SB 107, c. 147, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 2004, HB 2317, c. 138, § 1, eff. November 1, 2004 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2005, HB 1545, c. 130, § 4, eff. November 1, 2005 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2008, SB 1970, c. 172, § 4, eff. November 1, 2008 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2011, SB 633, c. 124, § 10, eff. November 1, 2011 (superseded document available).