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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-11-91: Definitions

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  2. Title 2

As used in the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act:

1. "Aluminum material" means the metal aluminum or aluminum

alloy or anything made of either aluminum or aluminum alloy, except

aluminum beverage cans;

2. "Copper material" means the metal copper or copper alloy or

anything made of either copper or copper alloy;

3. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry and its employees, officers and divisions;

4. "Digital image" means pixels intended for display on a

computer monitor or for transformation into another format, such as

a printed page. For purposes of this paragraph, "pixels" shall mean

raster-based, two-dimensional, rectangular arrays of static data

elements;

5. "Exempted seller" means any person, firm, business or

governmental entity that produces or otherwise acquires any scrap

metal regulated by the provisions of the Oklahoma Scrap Metal

Dealers Act in the normal course of business , including, but not

limited to:

a. a mechanical, electrical or plumbing contractor

currently licensed to do business in any state,

b. a scrap metal dealer (Standard Industrial

Classification Codes 5051 or 5093), currently licensed

pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Scrap Metal

Dealers Act,

c. a holder of a current farm-use tax permit,

d. a manufacturer,

e. a distributor,

f. a retailer with a current sales tax permit, or

g. any state-recognized business entity including a

corporation, limited liability company, partnership,

limited partnership and sole proprietorship;

6. "License" means a scrap metal dealer license;

7. "Remote storage battery" means a battery commonly used in

telecommunications, the oil industry or infrastructure;

8. "Scrap metal" means any copper material or aluminum material

or any item listed in subsection C of Section 11-93 of this title,

offered for sale or resale or purchased by any person, firm or

business;

9. "Scrap metal dealer" means any person, firm or corporation

being an owner, keeper or proprietor of a retail or wholesale

business which buys, sells, salvages, processes or otherwise handles

scrap metal materials regulated by the provisions of the Oklahoma

Scrap Metal Dealers Act; and

10. "Yard" means the place where any scrap metal dealer stores

scrap metal materials or keeps such materials for purpose of sale.

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