Oklahoma § 63-4201 - Definitions

§ 63-4201. Definitions

In addition to the terms defined by the Oklahoma Vessel and

Motor Registration Act, for the purposes of the Oklahoma Boating

Safety Regulation Act:

1. "Buoy" means an anchored marker for marking a position on

the water, or a hazard, shoal or mooring, or any other prohibitive

activity area;

2. "Capacity plate" means a sign posted in view of the

operator's station on a vessel which designates the maximum weight

capacity and horsepower restrictions of a vessel for safe operation;

3. "Diver's flag" means a red flag not less than twenty (20)

inches by twenty-four (24) inches with a four-inch white stripe

running from one upper corner to a diagonal lower corner, and such

flag is used to indicate a submerged diver;

4. "Emergency vessel" means any law enforcement vessel which is

legally authorized to operate in the emergency mode;

5. "Law enforcement vessel" means any vessel legally authorized

to operate under the color of law;

6. “Lienholder” means a person holding a security interest in a

vessel, as shown on the vessel title;

7. "Manipulate" means to guide, steer or otherwise control;

8. "Marine sewage" means any substance, treated or untreated,

that contains any of the waste products of humans or animals or

foodstuffs;

9. "Marine toilet" means any latrine, head, lavatory or toilet

intended to receive marine sewage and which is located on or in any

vessel;

10. "Operator" means the person who operates, has actual

physical control, or has charge of the navigation or use of a

vessel;

11. "Parasail" means any device which, when airborne, is used

or capable of being used for lifting or suspending a person who is

being or will be towed by a vessel;

12. “Passenger” means any person riding in or upon any vessel

or being towed for recreation on water skis, an inner tube,

kneeboard, parasail or any similar device;

13. "Personal flotation device" means only a United States

Coast Guard approved flotation device;

14. "Personal watercraft" means a vessel which uses an inboard

motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive

power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting,

standing or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the conventional

manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel, or a vessel which

is similar in appearance and operation to a personal watercraft but

which is powered by an outboard or propeller driven motor, or a

vessel less than sixteen (16) feet in length which travels across

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the water above or on a cushion of air provided by engines,

propellers or other means of propulsion;

15. "Sanctioned event" means any organized event on the waters

of this state, including but not limited to regattas, motorboat or

other boat races, marine parades, tournaments and exhibitions, which

is approved and permitted by an authorizing agency;

16. "Under way" means the movement of a vessel whether by

mechanical or nonmechanical means which is other than incidental to

the force of wind, waves or current; and

17. "Wake" means the track of waves left by a vessel or other

object moving through the water, and such waves are greater than the

natural waves in the immediate area of the vessel, or are cresting

and showing white water, or may cause injury or damage to any person

or property.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 346, § 53, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989. Amended

by Laws 1992, c. 284, § 29, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Laws 2002, c. 66, §

2; Laws 2008, c. 95, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.