Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-601
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Definitions
Official statutory text
For the purposes of this article:
1. "Motor vehicle" or "vehicle" means and includes any
automobile, truck, truck-tractor, bus, vehicle, engine, machine,
mechanical contrivance, or other conveyance which is propelled by an
internal combustion engine or motor and not used in the air or upon
fixed rails or tracks;
2. "Use" means and includes the consumption of motor fuel by
any person in a motor vehicle for the propulsion thereof upon the
public highways of this state;
3. "Gasoline" means the same as the term "motor fuel," and the
term "motor fuel" means and includes every petroleum product, fluid,
or liquid, or any combination thereof, having an A.P.I. gravity of
forty-six (46) degrees Fahrenheit and at atmospheric pressure, and
shall include drip, casinghead or natural gasoline, benzol, naphtha,
benzine and solvents, and shall include any liquid or fluid of less
than forty-six (46) degrees A.P.I. gravity at a temperature of sixty
(60) degrees Fahrenheit compounded, blended, manufactured, or
otherwise produced by mixing or blending gasoline or naphthas with
any blending materials, when the blended product can be used for
generating power in internal combustion engines, regardless of how
such liquid or fluid is made, compounded, manufactured or recovered,
and regardless of the name by which such liquid or fluid may be
known or sold;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 324
4. "Diesel fuel" means diesel engine fuel, kerosene, and all
other liquids suitable for the generation of power for the
propulsion of motor vehicles except those products subject to the
tax imposed by Section 500.4 of this title;
5. "Person" means and includes natural persons, individuals,
partnerships, firms, associations, limited liability companies,
corporations, estate, trustees, business trusts, syndicates, or any
corporations or combinations acting as a unit or any receiver
appointed by any state or federal court; and the use of the singular
number shall include the plural number;
6. "Tax Commission" means the Oklahoma Tax Commission;
7. "Motor Fuel/Diesel Fuel Importer for Use" means and includes
any person importing gasoline or motor fuel or diesel fuel into this
state in the fuel supply tank or tanks of any motor vehicle or in
any other containers for use in propelling said vehicle upon the
highways of this state;
8. "Gallon" means the quantity of fluid or liquid at a
temperature of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit necessary to completely
fill a United States standard gallon liquid measure; and
9. "Public highways" means and includes every road, highway,
street, way or place within this state, of whatever nature,
generally open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the
purposes of vehicular travel, including a toll highway, and
including streets and alleys of any town or city notwithstanding
that the same may be temporarily closed for the purpose of
construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair.
1. "Motor vehicle" or "vehicle" means and includes any
automobile, truck, truck-tractor, bus, vehicle, engine, machine,
mechanical contrivance, or other conveyance which is propelled by an
internal combustion engine or motor and not used in the air or upon
fixed rails or tracks;
2. "Use" means and includes the consumption of motor fuel by
any person in a motor vehicle for the propulsion thereof upon the
public highways of this state;
3. "Gasoline" means the same as the term "motor fuel," and the
term "motor fuel" means and includes every petroleum product, fluid,
or liquid, or any combination thereof, having an A.P.I. gravity of
forty-six (46) degrees Fahrenheit and at atmospheric pressure, and
shall include drip, casinghead or natural gasoline, benzol, naphtha,
benzine and solvents, and shall include any liquid or fluid of less
than forty-six (46) degrees A.P.I. gravity at a temperature of sixty
(60) degrees Fahrenheit compounded, blended, manufactured, or
otherwise produced by mixing or blending gasoline or naphthas with
any blending materials, when the blended product can be used for
generating power in internal combustion engines, regardless of how
such liquid or fluid is made, compounded, manufactured or recovered,
and regardless of the name by which such liquid or fluid may be
known or sold;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 324
4. "Diesel fuel" means diesel engine fuel, kerosene, and all
other liquids suitable for the generation of power for the
propulsion of motor vehicles except those products subject to the
tax imposed by Section 500.4 of this title;
5. "Person" means and includes natural persons, individuals,
partnerships, firms, associations, limited liability companies,
corporations, estate, trustees, business trusts, syndicates, or any
corporations or combinations acting as a unit or any receiver
appointed by any state or federal court; and the use of the singular
number shall include the plural number;
6. "Tax Commission" means the Oklahoma Tax Commission;
7. "Motor Fuel/Diesel Fuel Importer for Use" means and includes
any person importing gasoline or motor fuel or diesel fuel into this
state in the fuel supply tank or tanks of any motor vehicle or in
any other containers for use in propelling said vehicle upon the
highways of this state;
8. "Gallon" means the quantity of fluid or liquid at a
temperature of sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit necessary to completely
fill a United States standard gallon liquid measure; and
9. "Public highways" means and includes every road, highway,
street, way or place within this state, of whatever nature,
generally open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the
purposes of vehicular travel, including a toll highway, and
including streets and alleys of any town or city notwithstanding
that the same may be temporarily closed for the purpose of
construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair.
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