Oklahoma § 15-777.2 - Definitions

§ 15-777.2. 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,

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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.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 154, § 2, emerg. eff. May 13, 1999.

NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 776.2 of this title to avoid

duplication in numbering.