The Commission shall have the authority to exercise the following powers, rights and privileges related to state parks:

1. Have the exclusive possession and control of, and to operate and maintain for the benefit of the people of the State of Oklahoma all state parks and all lands and other properties now or hereafter owned or leased by the state or Commission for park or recreational purposes;

2. Acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, condemnation, or in any other manner and to maintain, use and operate any and all property, real, personal or mixed, necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges and functions conferred upon it by the Oklahoma Tourism, Parks and Recreation Enhancement Act. Title to all such property shall be vested in the State of Oklahoma, although such property is sometimes herein referred to as property "of the Commission". The power of condemnation herein granted shall be exercised in the manner provided by the general laws of the state for the condemnation of property by the state;

3. Subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Tourism, Parks and Recreation Enhancement Act, from time to time lease, without restriction as to term, any property which the Commission shall determine to be necessary or convenient to more fully carry into effect the duties and powers of said Commission; and

4. Acquire, conserve, protect, construct, extend, reduce, improve, maintain and operate any and all facilities of all kinds which in the judgment of the Commission will provide recreational or other facilities for the benefit of the public, or which are necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the Commission.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.