Oklahoma § 74-130.2 - Definitions

§ 74-130.2. Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act:

1. "Alternative fuels" means natural gas and liquid fuels

produced from natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, ethanol,

methanol, electricity, biodiesel, coal-derived liquid fuels,

hydrogen and fuels derived from biological materials;

2. "Charge station" means the physical device that provides a

connection from a power source to an electric vehicle;

3. "Conversion kit" means the equipment installed to modify a

motor vehicle which is propelled by gasoline or diesel fuel so that

the vehicle may be propelled by an alternative fuel;

4. "Diesel fuel" means diesel engine fuel, and all other

liquids suitable for the generation of power for the propulsion of

motor vehicles except gasoline;

5. "Fill station" means the equipment and conveyance property

that provides the delivery and, if required, compression of an

alternative fuel other than electricity;

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6. "Gallon" means the quantity of fluid or liquid at a

temperature of sixty degrees (60°) Fahrenheit necessary to

completely fill a United States standard gallon liquid measure;

7. "Gasoline" means the same as motor fuel and means every

liquid petroleum product, or any combination thereof, other than

solvents as herein defined, having an A.P.I. gravity of forty-six

degrees (46°) or above at a temperature of sixty degrees (60°)

Fahrenheit and at atmospheric pressure, and includes drip,

casinghead or natural gasoline. The term gasoline also includes any

liquid of less than forty-six degrees (46°) A.P.I. gravity at a

temperature of sixty degrees (60°) Fahrenheit compounded, blended,

manufactured or otherwise produced by mixing or blending gasoline or

solvents with any blending materials, as hereinafter defined, when

the blended product can be used for generating power in internal

combustion engines, regardless of how such liquid is made,

compounded, manufactured or recovered and regardless of the name by

which such liquid may be known or sold;

8. "Government vehicle" means all motor vehicles, including,

but not limited to, transit vehicles operated by any entity pursuant

to Section 4031 et seq. of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

designated as public transit by the Department of Transportation,

buses, trucks, law enforcement vehicles and emergency vehicles,

owned and operated by the State of Oklahoma, any public trust

authority, county, municipality, town or city within this state;

9. "Sale" means sales, barters, exchanges, and every other

manner, method, and form of transferring the ownership of personal

property from one person to another, and also includes the use or

consumption in this state in the first instance of gasoline received

from without the state or of any other gasoline upon which the

surcharge has not been paid;

10. "School vehicle" means all buses and multi-passenger motor

vehicles owned and approved to operate by the State Department of

Education or any school district within this state; and

11. "Solvents" means especially prepared commercial and

industrial solvents, cleaners' and painters' naphthas, and raw

petroleum materials or petrochemical intermediates when used as or

sold for use in production or manufacture of plastics, detergents,

synthetic rubber, herbicides, insecticides and other chemicals or

products which are not prepared, advertised, offered for sale, or

sold for use or suitable for use as fuel for generating power in

internal combustion engines.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 336, § 2, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by

Laws 1991, c. 235, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991. Renumbered from § 602 of

Title 17 by Laws 1991, c. 235, § 23, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by

Laws 1993, c. 224, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 379, § 2,

eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1998, c. 160, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws

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2005, c. 287, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2009, c. 371, § 4, emerg.

eff. May 29, 2009.

NOTE: Section was editorially renumbered from § 402 of Title 17 to

§ 602 of Title 17 to avoid a duplication in numbering.