As used in the Oklahoma Lighting Energy Conservation Act:

1. 1. "Auxiliary task lighting" means illumination applied to an individual location, with local control of switching. Examples include desk lights, examining lights, and machine lights;
2. 2. "Office" means the Office of Public Affairs;

3. 3. "Exempt buildings" means the Oklahoma Lighting Energy Conservation Act shall not apply to:

   1. a. any building or portion thereof whose peak design rate of energy usage for all purposes is less than one watt or 3.4 BTU per hour, per square foot of floor area, and
   2. b. any historic buildings which have been specifically designated as historically significant by a governmental entity, or listed in "The National Register of Historic Places" or which have been determined to be eligible for listing;
4. 4. "Governmental entity" means any unit of local government within the state including but not limited to any county, city, or town;
5. 5. "Lighting budget" means the total connected load of all lamps and ballast equipment installed in interior locations divided by the occupied floor space and shall be expressed in watts per square foot. The lighting budget shall not include sign lighting, parking lot lighting, or other independently mounted lighting fixtures devoted to security purposes;
6. 6. "Lighting power limit" means the upper limit of the power to be available to provide the interior lighting needs of a building;
7. 7. "Model Code" means the Code for Energy Conservation in New Building Construction, prepared by the National Conference of State and Building Codes and Standards, Inc.; and
8. 8. "Occupied floor space" means the area of square feet contained within the interior dimensions of the outside walls of a building. Open air atriums, courtyards, and walkways shall not be considered to be occupied floor space.

Added by Laws 1979, HB 1177, c. 234, § 2, eff. October 1, 1979; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 305, c. 304, § 51, emerg. eff. July 1, 1983.