§ 1106. Powers
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 82. Waters and Water Rights
82 Okl.St.Ann. § 1106
§ 1106. Powers
A port authority established pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of this title shall have full power and authority to:
1. Purchase, construct, reconstruct, sell, lease, operate, and otherwise contract concerning docks, wharves, warehouses, piers, and other port, terminal, industrial, or transportation facilities within its jurisdiction consistent with the purposes of the port authority, and to make charges for the use thereof;
2. Borrow money from either public or private financial institutions, sources or any agency of the State of Oklahoma or of the United States of America, and to issue therefor such notes or other evidence of indebtedness as may be required and to mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber the assets of the authority as security therefor;
8. Exercise the right of eminent domain to appropriate any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, or other property, necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any facility of the port authority and included in its official plan, pursuant to the procedure provided by law for railroad companies, if funds equal to the appraised value of the property to be acquired as the result of such proceedings shall be on hand and available for such purposes, except that nothing contained in Sections 1101 to 1114, inclusive, of this title shall authorize a port authority to take or disturb property or facilities belonging to any public corporation, public utility, or common carrier, which property or facilities are necessary and convenient in the operation of the public corporation, public utility, or common carrier, unless provision is made for the restoration, relocating, or duplication of such property or facilities, or upon the election of such public corporation, public utility, or common carrier for the payment of compensation, if any, at the sole cost of the port authority; provided that:
a. if any restoration or duplication proposed to be made hereunder shall involve a relocation of property or facilities, the new facilities and location shall be of at least comparable utilitarian value and effectiveness and relocation shall not impair the ability of the public utility or common carrier to compete in its original area of operation,
b. if any restoration or duplication made hereunder shall involve a relocation of such property or facilities, the port authority shall acquire no interest or right in or to the appropriated property or facilities, except as provided in paragraph 3 of this section, until the relocated property or facilities are available for use and until marketable title thereto has been transferred to the public utility or common carrier, and
10. Direct its agents or employees, when properly identified in writing, and after at least five (5) days' written notice, to enter upon lands within the confines of its jurisdiction in order to make surveys and examinations preliminary to location and construction of works for the purposes of the port authority, without liability of the port authority or its agents or employees except for actual damage done;
Credits
Laws 1959, p. 392, § 6, eff. July 15, 1959. Laws 1963, c. 305, § 3; Laws 1971, c. 335, § 1, eff. June 17, 1971; Laws 1997, c. 394, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Laws 2011, c. 263, § 1.
82 Okl. St. Ann. § 1106, OK ST T. 82 § 1106
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 182 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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