Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB1525: Tourism; allowing the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to enter into certain contracts and agreements; establishing certain conditions for contracts and agreements. Emergency.
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to tourism; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 2232, which relates to the annual statewide tourism and recreation industry conference; permitting the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to enter certain agreements to promote the tourism and recreation industry; permitting the Department to enter contracts or agreements not to exceed Seventy-five Thousand Dollars; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
From the enrolled text, May 4, 2026:
An Act relating to tourism; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 2232, which relates to the annual statewide tourism and recreation industry conference; permitting the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to enter certain agreements to promote the tourism and recreation industry; permitting the Department to enter contracts or agreements not to exceed Seventy-five Thousand Dollars; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 2232, is amended to read as follows: Section 2232. The Commission, through the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, may sponsor, promote, and implement an annual statewide tourism and recreation industry conference to promote the tourism and recreation industry. The Department is authorized to may partner with private entities for the administration and execution of the conference. The Department may enter into contracts or agreements pursuant to this section on a fair and reasonable basis in compliance with paragraph 10 of subsection C of Section 85.5 of this title in an amount not to exceed Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00). The Department is hereby authorized to may charge registration and exhibit space fees necessary to cover the costs of the conference and shall deposit the fees plus any other conference proceeds, including donated funds, into an agency special account to be created by the Special Agency Account Board. Expenditure of monies …