2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-1902. Definitions.
As used in the Bus Passenger Safety Act:
1. "Bus" means a vehicle designed to carry passengers that is part of a network of passenger vehicles for use by the public, running on a regular schedule of routes, times and fares;
2. "Bus transportation company" or "company" means any person or governmental entity providing for-hire transport to passengers or cargo by bus upon the roads, streets, highways and turnpikes of this state;
3. "Deadly or dangerous weapon" includes all weapons listed in Section 1287 of this title, and any other weapon capable of inflicting serious bodily injury, except for a weapon carried for lawful self-defense in compliance under the Oklahoma Self Defense Act;
4. "Passenger" means any person served by the bus transportation company; and
5. "Terminal" means a bus station or depot or any facility operated or leased by or operated on behalf of a bus transportation company. This term shall include a reasonable area immediately adjacent to any designated stop along the route traveled by any bus operated by a bus transportation company and parking lots or parking areas adjacent to a terminal.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 244, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 314, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
