Okla. Stat. tit. 15 § 777.2

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 777.2 - Definitions

As used in the Emergency Price Stabilization Act:

1. "Dwelling unit" means any structure or part of a structure which is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one or more persons and includes, but is not limited to, lodging establishments, hotels, motels, boarding houses, inns, single-family residences, duplexes, and apartments;

2. "Emergency" means any occasion or instance including, but not limited to, any natural disaster such as a tornado, storm, high water, earthquake, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought, and regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, determined by the Governor of this state or by the President of the United States to require extraordinary measures to save lives, to protect property, or to promote public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. "Emergency" includes a civil defense or disaster emergency as defined by the Oklahoma Civil Defense and Emergency Resources Management Act of 1967 and any emergency or major disaster as defined by any federal disaster relief act;

3. "Emergency area" means the county or counties affected by an emergency, any county or part of a county specifically identified in a declaration of emergency issued by the Governor of this state or by the President of the United States, and all counties contiguous with the affected county;

4. "Goods" means all things which are movable at the time of sale, rental, or lease other than the money with which the price is to be paid and includes any services which are incidental to the sale of the goods; and

5. "Services" means any duty or labor to be rendered by one person to another and includes any goods which are incidental to the performance of the service. "Services" also includes, but is not limited to:

a. the sale of utilities including, but not limited to, electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, and cable television,

b. the sale, rental, or lease of transportation, freight, carriage, moving, and storage, and

c. the rental or lease of vehicles, trailers, and other equipment.

Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 777.2

Added by Laws 1999 , SB 69, c. 154, §2, emerg. eff. 5/13/1999.