Oklahoma Statutes
Title 76. Torts
§76-50.2. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma Livestock Activities Liability Limitation Act:

1. "Engages in a livestock activity" includes training, racing, showing, riding, or assisting in medical treatment of, or driving livestock, or engaging in any agritourism activity involving livestock or on a location where livestock are displayed or raised, and any person assisting a participant, livestock activity sponsor or livestock professional. The term "engages in a livestock activity" does not include being a spectator at a livestock activity, except in cases where the spectator places himself or herself in immediate proximity to livestock activity;
2. "Agritourism activity" includes, but is not limited to, any activity carried out on a farm or ranch that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to view or enjoy rural activities, including farming, ranching, historic, cultural, harvest-your-own activities, or natural activities and attractions. An activity is an agritourism activity whether or not the participant pays to participate in the activity;
3. "Livestock" means any cattle, bison, hog, sheep, goat, equine livestock, including but not limited to animals of the families bovidae, cervidae and antilocapridae or birds of the ratite group;
4. "Livestock activity" includes but is not limited to:
5. "Livestock activity sponsor" means an individual, group, club, partnership or corporation, whether or not the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for, a livestock activity, including but not limited to: livestock clubs, 4-H clubs, FFA chapters, school and college-sponsored classes, programs and activities, therapeutic riding programs, and operators, instructors, and promoters of livestock facilities, including, but not limited to, barns, stables, clubhouses, ponyride strings, fairs and arenas at which the activity is held;
6. "Livestock professional" means a person engaged for compensation in:
7. "Inherent risks of livestock activities" means those dangers or conditions which are an integral part of livestock activities, including but not limited to:
8. "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in a livestock activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the livestock activity.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 326, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 6, § 2, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013; Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 6, § 3, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
NOTE: Laws 2009, c. 228, § 47 was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013) and repealed by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 6, § 1, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.

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