Okla. Stat. tit. 73, § 73-99.12: Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act:

1. “Commission” means the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and

Centennial Commemoration Commission;

2. “Fund” means the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Act

Revolving Fund;

3. “Historic capitol building” means a former state capitol or

a former or current Native American capitol that is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places at the time that an application

for a grant from the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Preservation Program

is submitted;

4. “Preservation” means identification, evaluation,

recordation, documentation, curation, acquisition, protection,

management, restoration, rehabilitation, stabilization,

reconstruction, maintenance, research, conservation, education, and

training regarding activities or any combination of the foregoing

activities;

5. “Program” means the Oklahoma Historic Capitols Program;

6. “Rehabilitation” means the act or process of returning a

property to a state of utility through repair or alteration which

makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those

portions or features of a property which are significant to its

historical, architectural, and cultural values;

7. “Society” means the Oklahoma Historical Society; and

8. “Standards” means the “Secretary of the Interior’s Standards

for Rehabilitation” which are the ten basic principles established

by the United States Secretary of the Interior and which are

recommended in the planning and execution of projects which alter

historic buildings.