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17 OK Stat § 17-6.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-6.1. Penalties - Willfully and knowingly injuring or destroying pipeline transportation system.

|A. Any person who has been determined by the Commission to have violated any provision of any rule, regulation or order issued pursuant to the provisions of the Commission related to pipeline safety shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for each day that the violation continues. The maximum civil penalty shall not exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for any related series of violations. |B. The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section, after notice and hearing. In determining the amount of the penalty, the Commission shall include but not be limited to consideration of the nature, circumstances and gravity of the violation and, with respect to the person found to have committed the violation, the degree of culpability, the effect on ability of the person to continue to do business, and any show of good faith in attempting to achieve compliance with the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission.All penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the Pipeline Enforcement Fund.C. Any person who willfully and knowingly injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any pipeline transportation system, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed fifteen (15) years or both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 1992, c. 271, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 136, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 62, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2016, c. 185, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2021, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 136 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
17 OK Stat § 17-7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-7. Judgment of Supreme Court on appeal.

|In cases appealed to the Supreme Court, as provided in this article, if the judgment of the Commission is affirmed, it shall be the duty of the Supreme Court, upon entering such judgment, to direct the Clerk of the Court to deliver to the Commission a certified copy of such judgment, and upon receipt of such certified judgment, the Corporation Commission shall within ten (10) days, if such judgment and costs shall not have been paid, enter judgment against the sureties on the appeal bond without further notice or hearing, and shall within thirty (30) days from the rendition of such judgment against the sureties of said appeal or suspending bonds, if the same shall not have been paid, issue an execution against the corporation, person or firm, and the sureties of said appeal or suspending bonds as provided in the preceding section. If the judgment of the Commission is reversed or modified by the Supreme Court, the same shall be remanded to the Commission with instruction to change or modify the former judgment of the Commission to conform to the opinion of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court may remand any case for additional evidence or rehearing, and make such final order or judgment in the case as the Court may deem proper. |R.L.1910, § 1198.
17 OK Stat § 17-8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-8. Moneys to be paid into state treasury.

|All moneys collected by the Corporation Commission, under this article, shall be paid into the treasury of the state. |R.L.1910, § 1199.
17 OK Stat § 17-9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-9. Taxation of costs and fees.

|In all cases where fines or judgments are assessed against an offending corporation, person or firm for the violation of any order or requirement of the Commission, as provided in this article, judgment shall be rendered against the defendant for all costs, which shall include the following: Witness fees at One Dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per day, with necessary mileage at five cents ($0.05) per mile, to and from the place of hearing to the residence of the witness; the fees of the Marshal to the Commission, the same as now allowed to sheriffs for like services in this state; Ten Dollars ($10.00) docket fee, including all fees for filing and certifying papers and documents, except necessary fee for transcribing the record, ten cents ($0.10) for each folio of one hundred words; and in the Supreme Court, the same fees as are charged in cases appealed from the district courts of this state to the Supreme Court. |Laws 1919, c. 54, p. 89, § 1.
17 OK Stat § 17-10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-10. Attorney General to prosecute.

|It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to prosecute to final judgment all proceedings instituted under the provisions of this article, for the violation of any of the orders of the Corporation Commission. |R.L.1910, § 1201.
17 OK Stat § 17-11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-11. Proceedings when no quorum present.

|At any time a cause is set for hearing and a quorum of the Commission is not present at the time set for said hearing, any member thereof may adjourn the hearing to some future time or said Commissioner present may proceed to take the testimony, which shall be transcribed and submitted to the Commission before consideration thereof; said testimony so taken shall be submitted to the Commission at a time and place fixed by the Commissioner taking the same. |R.L.1910, § 1202.
17 OK Stat § 17-12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-12. Depositions.

|The Commission is authorized to have depositions taken upon the application of either party to any cause pending before it, or upon its own motion; and it is further authorized to designate a person to take depositions under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Commission: Provided, that any party to a proceeding before the Commission may take depositions in the same manner as in actions pending in the courts of the state. |R.L.1910, § 1203.
17 OK Stat § 17-13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-13. Admission of evidence.

|The Corporation Commission shall in the trial of cases and all special proceedings and hearings admit in evidence only such balance sheets, operating statements and other financial exhibits and schedules as shall have been compiled and authenticated by the treasurer or other regularly acting financial officer or employee of such person, firm, association or corporation as may be a party to the proceeding, action or cause pending before or being tried by said Commission; provided, that if otherwise relevant and admissible, reports of audit, balance sheets, operating statements and financial exhibits and schedules prepared by employees of said Commission and by public accountants as defined in Section 15.1 et seq. of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes or certified public accountants under the laws of the state, shall be admissible and accepted in evidence in all cases. |Laws 1923, c. 93, p. 159, § 1; Laws 1994, c. 50, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 1994.
17 OK Stat § 17-14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-14. Penalty for refusing examination of books in violation of Constitution, Article IX, Section 28.

|If any officer of any railroad company or other public service corporation, or of any other corporation or any other person, in violation of the provisions of Article 9, Section 28, of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, shall refuse to permit the Corporation Commissioners, or any person authorized thereto, to examine its books and papers, such officer or other person so refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year; and each day such officers or other person shall fail or refuse to permit such examination or investigation, shall constitute a separate offense. |R.L.1910, § 1204.
17 OK Stat § 17-15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-15. Penalty for refusing examination of books in violation of Constitution, Article II, Section 28.

|If any officer of any corporation in violation of Article 2, Section 28 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma shall refuse to permit any person authorized by the state, to examine its papers, books and files, such officer or other person so refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year; and each day such officer or other person shall fail or refuse to permit such investigation or examination shall constitute a separate offense. |R.L.1910, § 1205.
17 OK Stat § 17-16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-16. Penalty for destroying records.

|Any person who shall conceal, destroy, or mutilate or attempt to conceal, destroy, or mutilate any records, books, or files of any corporation transacting business in this state for the purpose of defeating, hindering or delaying any investigation, prosecution or suit at law or equity, or any cause of action in any vested rights of any citizen of this state, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. |R.L. 1910, § 1206. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 137, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 63, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 137 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
17 OK Stat § 17-17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-17. Penalties cumulative.

|Nothing herein contained shall be construed to cancel or alter the penalty now prescribed by the Constitution against such corporations for refusing to permit an investigation and examination of its books, records and files. |R.L.1910, § 1207.
17 OK Stat § 17-18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-18. Expert witnesses - Documentation of justification.

|The Corporation Commission is authorized to employ expert witnesses to prepare and present testimony in matters pending before the Commission or in matters concerning the Commission pending in other state or federal forums. The selection and compensation of expert witnesses by the Corporation Commission shall be exempt from the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. For expert witnesses selected pursuant to this section, the Commission shall document, in writing, the justification for choosing the person selected. The justification shall include the number of expert witnesses considered and the cost to the state. Such documentation shall be available for public inspection and maintained for a period of not less than five (5) years. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 180, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.
17 OK Stat § 17-31 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-31. Senior Utility Rate Analysts - Salary - Qualifications.

|The Corporation Commission shall employ two Senior Utility Rate Analysts. Said positions shall be in the unclassified service and shall have a maximum annual salary, payable monthly, which shall be specified in the Commission's annual appropriation bill. Any person filling said position shall possess either: |1. A bachelor's degree or advanced degree in the area of accounting, business administration, economics, engineering, finance, law, or equivalent and a minimum of two (2) years' experience in utility regulation on behalf of utility applicants, commission staff, or intervenors; or2. A minimum of five (5) years' experience in utility regulation on behalf of utility applicants, commission staff, or intervenors.Added by Laws 1980, c. 298, § 5, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 180, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998.
17 OK Stat § 17-32 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-32. Director of Administration - Qualifications - Duties.

|A. The Corporation Commission shall employ one (1) Director of Administration. Said position shall be in the unclassified service. |B. The Director of Administration shall be required to hold at least a bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, accounting, personnel management, public administration, counseling, political science, related fields or experience equivalent thereto, or shall hold a juris doctorate degree, and shall have experience in a supervisory capacity in administrative or personnel management work.C. The Director of Administration shall perform duties as directed by the Commission.D. The Director of Administration shall not be an owner, stockholder, employee or officer of, nor have any other business relationship with or receive compensation from, any corporation, partnership, or other business or entity which is subject to regulation by the Commission.Added by Laws 1980, c. 298, § 6, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 266, § 55, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 315, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2004, c. 262, § 11.
17 OK Stat § 17-33 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-33. Administrative Aide - Salary - Powers and duties - Office location.

|Each Corporation Commissioner is hereby authorized to employ one (1) Administrative Aide. Said positions shall be in the unclassified service and each shall have a maximum annual salary, payable monthly, which shall be specified in the Commission's annual appropriation bill. Each Administrative Aide shall have such powers and perform such duties as are assigned to him by the Corporation Commissioner. Such Administrative Aide shall office in the State Capitol Complex in Oklahoma City. |Laws 1980, c. 298, § 7, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.
17 OK Stat § 17-34.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-34.1. Implementation and administration of Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act and Residential Energy Conservation Program.

|The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall have the power to implement and administer the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (P.L. 95-617) and the Residential Energy Conservation Program, 42 U.S.C., Sections 8211 through 8235i. The Public Utility Division of the Corporation Commission shall be responsible for assisting the Commission in the performance of these duties. |The Corporation Commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the purpose of all federal laws which are administered or enforced by the Corporation Commission.Amended by Laws 1987, c. 236, § 80, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987.
17 OK Stat § 17-34.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-34.2. Employees under Federal Underground Injection Control Project.

|A. Prior to July 1, 1991, full-time-equivalent employee positions filled contingent upon the procurement of funding provided under the Federal Underground Injection Control Program shall be in the unclassified service and not subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Personnel Act. Said full-time-equivalent employee positions funded by the Federal Underground Injection Control Program shall terminate upon the exhaustion of said federal funding. |B. On and after July 1, 1991, full-time-equivalent employees positions filled pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be in the classified service and subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Personnel Act.Added by Laws 1987, c. 208, § 62, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 84, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1991, c. 332, § 5, eff. July 1, 1991.
17 OK Stat § 17-35 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-35. Data Processing Division - Responsibilities - Support services - Director.

|There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission a Data Processing Division. The Division shall be responsible for all data processing requirements of the Commission and shall be funded from any monies available to the Commission. The Director of the Data Processing Division shall be in the unclassified service. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 298, § 9, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 325, § 4, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985; Laws 2002, c. 347, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 2002.
17 OK Stat § 17-37 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-37. Certain federal rules and regulations not to be enforced - Exceptions.

|The Corporation Commission shall not enforce any federal administrative rule or regulation prior to its effective date unless the administrative rule or regulation can be demonstrated to be economically beneficial to the State of Oklahoma or the people of Oklahoma. |Laws 1981, c. 318, § 14, emerg. eff. June 30, 1981.
17 OK Stat § 17-39 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-39. Petty cash fund – Maximum amount - Administration.

|There is hereby created a petty cash fund for the Corporation Commission to be used for the purpose of supplying small change. The Corporation Commission working in conjunction with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall fix the maximum amount of the petty cash fund. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall prescribe all forms, systems, and procedures for administering the petty cash fund. |Added by Laws 1983, c. 263, § 12, operative July 1, 1983. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 163, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2007, c. 27, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 2007; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 56.
17 OK Stat § 17-39.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-39.2. Remittances of taxes and fees – Service charges - Receipts - Deposit of money.

|A. All remittances of taxes and fees required to be paid to the Corporation Commission pursuant to state law, shall be made to the Commission by bank draft, check, cashier’s check, money order, cash, or nationally recognized credit card or debit card. If payment is made by credit or debit card, the Commission may add an amount equal to the amount of the service charge incurred by the Commission, not to exceed four percent (4%) of the amount of the payment, as a convenience fee for the acceptance of the credit or debit card. For purposes of this subsection “nationally recognized credit or debit card” means any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, charge plate, debit card, or by any other name issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining goods, service, or anything of value on credit which is accepted by over one thousand merchants in this state. The Commission shall promulgate rules to allow for the implementation of payment of taxes and fees by credit or debit card. |B. All remittances by bank draft, check, cashier's check, or money order, collected pursuant to any law, Commission rule, or order, shall be made payable to the Corporation Commission. The Commission shall issue its receipt, for cash or money payment to the remitter. No remittance other than cash shall be in full discharge of liability due the Corporation Commission unless and until it shall have been paid in cash. All money collected, including service or convenience fees, shall be deposited with the State Treasurer of this state.C. There shall be assessed, in addition to any other penalties provided for by law, an administrative service fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) on each check returned to the Corporation Commission or any agent by reason of the refusal of the bank upon which the check was drawn to honor the same.D. Upon the return of any check by reason of the refusal of the bank upon which the check was drawn to honor the same, the Corporation Commission may file a bogus check complaint with the appropriate district attorney who shall refer the complaint to the Bogus Check Restitution Program established by Section 111 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Funds collected by the program, after collection of the fee authorized by Section 114 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be transmitted to the Corporation Commission and credited to the liability for which the returned check was drawn and to the administrative service fee provided by this section.Added by Laws 1991, c. 103, § 2, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 27, § 2, emerg. eff. April 18, 2007.
17 OK Stat § 17-40 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-40. Transportation Division.

|There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Corporation Commission a division to be known as the Transportation Division. The Division shall be comprised of a Director and shall include special motor carrier enforcement officers created by Section 171.1 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, motor carrier enforcement officers created by Section 172 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and such other persons as the Commission may find necessary to carry out the responsibilities prescribed by law and to enforce the orders, rules, regulations and judgments of the Commission. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 284, § 18, operative July 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 325, § 6, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 322, § 1.
17 OK Stat § 17-40.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-40.2. Electronic signatures.

|A. In the event any provision of the Oklahoma Statutes requires a signature of the Commission Chair or Vice Chair, a Corporation Commissioner, the Commission Secretary or a Commission Assistant Secretary, an electronic signature of a Corporation Commissioner shall satisfy such statute to certify or attest to: |1. Corporation Commission record;2. A record kept by the Corporation Commission Court Clerk;3. A records search of Corporation Commission records having been conducted and the results of such search; or4. The completion of an appellate record.B. In the event any provision of the Oklahoma Statutes requires notice by the Corporation Commission, electronic signatures of the Corporation Commissioners, the Commission Secretary, or a Commission Assistant Secretary satisfy the law, and an electronic image of the Corporation Commission's seal may be used in place of an imprinted seal.C. In the event any provision of the Oklahoma Statues requires a citation to be issued by the Commission Secretary, the electronic signature of the Commission Secretary or a Commission Assistant Secretary satisfies the requirements of such statute.D. An electronic signature of a Corporation Commissioner may be affixed to a Commission order by the Commission Secretary or a Commission Assistant Secretary upon written authority granted by the Commissioner, and an electronic image of the Corporation Commission's seal may be used in place of an imprinted seal.Added by Laws 2021, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
17 OK Stat § 17-41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-41. Cotton gins declared public utilities.

|Cotton gins maintained and operated for the purpose of ginning seed cotton of the general public, or of persons other than the person or persons, or the stockholders of the corporation maintaining and operating said gin, or maintained and operated for the purpose of ginning seed cotton not produced and owned by the person or persons, or the stockholders of the corporation, maintaining and operating said gin, are hereby declared to be public utilities, and the operation of same for the purpose of ginning seed cotton is declared to be a public business. |Laws 1915, c. 176, § 1; Laws 1929, c. 240, p. 301, § 1.