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.

Added by Laws 2002, c. 102, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002.