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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.

Added by Laws 2008, c. 391, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 230, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. Renumbered from § 1422 of Title 59 by Laws 2014, c. 18, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 181, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.


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