A. The Oklahoma Historical Society is authorized to charge at its discretion an entry fee at all of its museums and historical sites.
B. The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society shall establish an entry fee schedule to charge the public for admission to the participating sites. The entry fee schedule shall include special rates for families, school groups and any other group or category of persons the Board designates. Residents and nonresidents of this state seventeen (17) years of age and younger shall not be charged an entry fee at least one (1) day per week. The day of the week shall be designated by the Board.
C. The Oklahoma Historical Society shall separately account for and report the revenue which is generated from the collection of the entry fee for the participating sites. After the collected fees are deposited in the Oklahoma Historical Society Revolving Fund, the Oklahoma Historical Society shall separately track the fee revenue generated from each site to ensure that all revenue accruing to the credit of each site is budgeted and expended for that site. The revenue shall be used at each site to enhance, improve, market and pay for expenses associated with the site including, but not limited to, site personnel, utilities, conservation supplies, site promotion and marketing, equipment, professional services and capital improvements.
D. The Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society shall evaluate the overall effectiveness of charging an entry fee at the participating sites, including the impact on educational outreach, public opinion and operational efficiency.
E. The amount of money appropriated to the Oklahoma Historical Society shall not be reduced to offset the amount of revenue generated and collected through the charging of entry fees.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 71, § 3, emerg. eff. April 12, 1995. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 289, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2007, c. 187, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
Title 53. Oklahoma Historical Societies and Associations
§53-1.4. Additional powers and duties - Exchanges of duplicates.
§53-1.4a. Office of Tribal Relations.
§53-1.5. Arts and crafts programs, exhibits and shows on state property.
§53-1.6. Board of Directors - Membership - Succession - Agents of state.
§53-1.7. Accounts and reports.
§53-1.9. Title to locally-owned historical or recreational site - Approval of funding.
§53-1.10. Historical Society Revolving Fund.
§53-1.10a. Oklahoma Historical Society Capital Improvement and Operations Revolving Fund.
§53-1.15. Certified copies of records, papers and documents - Fees for certificates.
§53-1.16. Union soldiers' room - Purpose - Custodian - Agreements as to contents.
§53-1.17. Confederate soldiers' room - Purpose - Custodian - Agreements as to contents.
§53-1.18. Dispensation of funds - Limitations.
§53-1.20. Donation receptacles.
§53-1.21. Entry fees at museums and historical sites.
§53-1.22. Endowment to trade, sell or barter collection items.
§53-2.1. Violations - Penalties.
§53-4.7. Wiley Post Building - Public access.
§53-4.9. Property transferred to state.
§53-4.12. Robert S. Kerr Museum - Operation and management.
§53-5.1. Oklahoma Museum of History - Designation.
§53-5.2a. Sale of surplus property.
§53-5.2b. Authorization to transfer ownership of historic properties
§53-5.3. Participation in National History Day competition.
§53-6.1. Gravesite markers for deceased Governors of state.
§53-7.2. Administration - Public-private partnership - Geographic area.
§53-7.4. Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Corridor Fund.
§53-45.1. Transfer of property to Oklahoma Historical Society
§53-47. Amount - Procedures - Reimbursement.
§53-47.2. Powers of the Oklahoma Historical Society
§53-47.3. Preservation of property.
§53-47.4. Research library - Sales - Revolving fund.
§53-47.4A. Will Rogers Memorial Revolving Fund
§53-47.5. Inventory of material on exhibit and in storage.
§53-47.6. Maintenance - Director and other employees – Purchases - Manager - Admission charges.
§53-47.8. Will Rogers Homesite - Transfer of operation.
§53-47.9. Museum Collection - Transfers - Surplus Property
§53-81. Official Theater of the State of Oklahoma.
§53-82. Historical Society as official depository.
§53-163. Council - Membership - Tenure - Name change.
§53-167. Gifts, grants or bequests - Disposition.
§53-168. Expenditure - Personnel.
§53-169.1. Irrevocable endowment for nonconforming collection items.
§53-170. Filing of reports, studies, etc.
§53-171. Dispensation of funds - Contracts for goods and services.
§53-172. Scholarships for Summer Arts Institute.
§53-174. Visual arts programs in schools - Incentive grants.
§53-175. Oklahoma Arts Council Arts Education Revolving Fund.
§53-201A. Membership - Compensation.
§53-201B. Commission authority.
§53-201D. J.M. Davis Memorial Commission Revolving Fund.
§53-201F. Burial grounds for J.M. and Genevieve Davis.
§53-201H. J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum Endowment Fund.
§53-231. Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Board.
§53-232. Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Revolving Fund.
§53-353. Oklahoma Historic Preservation Review Committee.
§53-354. State Historic Preservation Officer.
§53-355. State Register of Historic Places.
§53-361. Anthropological and archaeological projects.
§53-411. Short title - Heritage Preservation Act.
§53-412. Heritage Preservation Grant Program.
§53-413. Adoption of rules--Application evaluation.
§53-414. Entities eligible for grants.
§53-415. Permissible grant uses.