The following words or terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"After hours event" means any event occurring inside the State Capitol or on the State Capitol grounds on weekdays prior to 8:00am or after 5:00pm and anytime on Saturdays and Sundays.

"Art" means fine art of museum quality representing the highest quality of art objects available to include paintings, graphic arts, art photography and sculpture, aesthetically aligned with recognized values, created by the conscious use of skill and creative imagination.

"Art exhibit" means an exhibit composed primarily of art.

"Capitol" means the State Capitol Building.

"Capitol Complex" means the property and buildings of the State of Oklahoma bordered by 28th Street on the north, south bound Lincoln Boulevard on the west, 18th Street on the South, and north bound Lincoln Boulevard on the east, to the point of beginning on 28th Street.

"Capitol Multipurpose Meeting Rooms" means Room 100 of the Capitol.

"Commercial activity" means selling or offering merchandise, food or services for the benefit of an individual or business entity organized for profit.

"Concourse Theater" means Room C50 located in the concourse between the Will Rogers Building and the Sequoyah Building.

"CPC" means the State Capitol Preservation Commission.

"Demonstration" means a gathering of persons which may include demonstrating, picketing, speech making, marching, holding of vigils and other like forms of conduct which involve the communication or expression of views engaged in by one or more persons, the conduct of which has the effect, intent or propensity, to draw a crowd or onlookers.

"Director" means the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or his designee.

"Event" means an assembly or gathering of people for a single purpose.

"Exhibit" means a display whether free standing or affixed to structures.

"Office" or "OMES" means the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

"Plaza" means the outdoor area adjacent to the Capitol under the authority of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

"Private purpose" means an event or exhibit subject to special admission requirements.

"Public area" means those portions of the property for general visitation or use under the control of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The public areas of the Capitol available for reservations are: the second floor rotunda, fourth floor rotunda, and the plazas. Public corridors are not available for reservations due to safety reasons.

"Public purpose" means an event or exhibit for general visitation or use.

"Reservation" means an accommodation the Office approves and a sponsor secures in advance for an event, art exhibit, demonstration, exhibit or meeting.

"Sponsor" means an individual that requests use of a public area on behalf of an individual, group or state agency.

"State agency" means any state board, bureau, commission, department, authority, public trust, interstate commission, the Judiciary, the Legislature, or the Office of the Governor.

"State Capitol Park" or "park" means all portions of the State Capitol grounds and within such boundaries as are located in the State Capitol Complex, including the Governor's Mansion and all properties within the public right-of-way along Lincoln Boulevard north from the north boundary line of Northeast 13th Street to the south boundary line of Northeast 28th Street and along Business Route 66, known as Northeast 23rd Street, from the east edge of Santa Fe Street east to the west edge of Kelley Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as designated on the amended plat filed in the office of the Secretary of state as File Number 155 in the State Property Records. [74 O.S., §1811.4]

"State official sponsor" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, a member of the House of Representatives, or a member of the Senate.

Added at 31 Ok Reg 1416, eff 9-12-14

Amended at 38 Ok Reg 1864, eff 9-11-21