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17 OK Stat § 17-139.204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-139.204. State Broadband Deployment Grant Program - State Broadband Deployment Grant Program Fund.

|A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce with the participation and advice of the Rural Broadband Expansion Council shall promulgate rules and procedures for the establishment of the State Broadband Deployment Grant Program. The State Broadband Deployment Grant Program shall include development of a competitive grant program to award funding to applicants seeking to expand access to broadband Internet service in this state. The Department and Council shall look at best practices in other states to help facilitate the framework of the Program. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall administer the Program. |B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be designated the "State Broadband Deployment Grant Program Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated for deposit to said fund. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and shall be expended by the Department for the purpose of awarding grants by and through the Rural Broadband Expansion Council, pursuant to subsection A of this section, to applicants seeking to expand access to broadband Internet service in this state.Added by Laws 2021, c. 485, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
17 OK Stat § 17-139.601 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-139.601. Wide Area Calling Plans - Expansion to include sole unincluded exchanges.

|A. The Corporation Commission shall take action as necessary to cause the expansion of Wide Area Calling Plans to include every local telephone exchange which is the sole unincluded exchange seated in a county where all the other exchanges seated in said county are already included in a Wide Area Calling Plan. |B. For the purposes of this section, "seated" shall mean the place at which the central switch for the local exchange is sited.C. The expansion shall be revenue neutral with respect to the affected local exchange companies.D. The inclusion of the affected exchanges shall take effect on December 31, 1996.Added by Laws 1996, c. 357, § 1, emerg. eff. June 14, 1996.
17 OK Stat § 17-140.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-140.1. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Person" means a natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other legal entity;2. "Pay-per-call service" means any passive, interactive, polling, conference or other similar audiotext service that is provided for a charge to a caller through an exclusive telephone number prefix or service access code;3. "Information provider" means the person who provides the information, prerecorded message, or interactive program for the information delivery service. The information provider generally receives a portion of the revenue from the calls. This service does not include the medium for advertising information delivery service;4. "Interactive program" means a pay-per-call program that allows callers to choose between options or to communicate with other callers;5. "Sponsor" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership or other entity that sells a pay-per-call service and on whose behalf charges are billed, but shall not include a public utility regulated by the state or the Federal Communications Commission or an interexchange carrier which provides transport or billing and collection services for a pay-per-call service unless the public utility or interexchange carrier actually produces or promotes the pay-per-call service;6. "Subscriber" means a customer of a local or long distance telephone service from which a pay-per-call service is accessed;7. "Interexchange carrier" means an interexchange telecommunications company providing service within the state;8. "Local exchange company" means a local exchange telephone company providing service within the state; and9. "Adult entertainment" means any pay-per-call service that contains explicit references to conduct of a sexual nature in a manner designed to arouse an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire.Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
17 OK Stat § 17-140.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-140.2. Prohibition of certain pay-per-call services or interactive programs.

|The Corporation Commission shall prohibit any local exchange company or interexchange carrier from billing a subscriber on the subscriber's telephone bill for a pay-per-call service or interactive program whose message content contains: |1. Vulgar language, explicit or implicit descriptions of violence or sexual conduct, adult entertainment, or incitement to violence;2. Inflammatory or demeaning portrayals of the race, religion, political affiliation, ethnicity, gender, or handicap of any individual or group; or3. False, misleading or deceptive advertising.Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
17 OK Stat § 17-140.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-140.3. Services to children under 12 years - Requirements.

|A. An information provider that does business in this state shall not direct information delivery services to children under the age of twelve (12) years unless the information provider complies with the following provisions: |1. Interactive calls where children under the age of twelve (12) years can speak to other children under the age of twelve (12) years are prohibited;2. Programs directed to children under the age of twelve (12) where the children are asked to provide their names, addresses, telephone numbers, or other identifying information are prohibited;3. Advertisements for information delivery services that are directed to children under the age of twelve (12) years must contain a visual disclosure, in the case of print and broadcast advertising, and audibly in the case of broadcast advertising, that clearly and conspicuously states that children under the age of twelve (12) years must obtain parental consent before placing a call to the advertised number;4. Program messages that encourage children under the age of twelve (12) years to make increased numbers of calls in order to obtain progressively more valuable prizes, awards, or similarly denominated items are prohibited;5. Advertisements for information delivery services that are directed to children under the age of twelve (12) years must contain, in age-appropriate language, an accurate description of the services being provided. In the case of print advertising, the information must be clear and conspicuous and in the case of broadcast advertising, it must be clearly and conspicuously visually displayed and verbally disclosed in an audible, clear, articulated manner; and6. Program messages that are directed to children under the age of twelve (12) years that employ broadcast advertising where an electronic tone signal is emitted during the broadcast of the advertisement that automatically dials the program message are prohibited.B. Every local exchange company or interexchange carrier providing billing and collection services for pay-per-call services doing business in this state shall remove pay-per-call service charges from the subscriber's bill upon complaint of the subscriber that the caller to the pay-per-call service was under the age of twelve (12) years and the information provider failed to comply with the provisions of Section 3 of this act.Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
17 OK Stat § 17-140.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-140.4. Rules and regulations.

|The Corporation Commission is authorized to adopt all reasonable and necessary rules and regulations to implement any powers and duties of the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
17 OK Stat § 17-140.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-140.5. Provisions in conflict or inconsistent with Oklahoma Constitution.

|If this act or any provision hereof is, or may be deemed to be, in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Section 18 through Section 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, then, to the extent of any such conflicts or inconsistencies, it is hereby expressly declared that this entire act and this section are amendments to and alterations of said section of the Constitution, as authorized by Section 35 of Article IX of said Constitution. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
17 OK Stat § 17-140.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-140.6. Amendments and alterations to constitution - Legislative intent.

|It is the intention of the Legislature that this act is an amendment to and alteration of Sections 18 through 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, as authorized by Section 35 of Article IX of said Constitution. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
17 OK Stat § 17-151.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-151.1. Resale of water or sewage service – Maximum charges – Disclosure – Penalties - Enforcement.

|A. Except for any person, public utility, or public service corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission, or a municipal utility, or a public trust which has as its beneficiary the municipality, no owner of any interest in real property in this state who purchases water or sewage services from a municipality and who resells such water or sewage services to any residential lessee of any interest in such real property for the purpose of providing water or sewage services shall charge such lessee any amount in excess of ten percent (10%) of the cost to such reseller for each billing cycle of the water or sewage services purchased by the reseller from the supplier. |B. The reseller shall separately disclose in its water or sewage services bills to the lessee the per unit cost of its purchased water or sewage services and the actual amount of each fee or charge in dollars and cents to be paid by the lessee to the reseller.C. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this section, upon conviction thereof by a district court, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition to the punishment prescribed by this subsection, the reseller is liable in treble damages to the lessee injured, said damages to be recovered in a civil action by the consumer so injured. Treble damages shall be based on the total amount to be paid to the reseller by the lessee for each bill which exceeds the authorized percentage pursuant to this section.D. The Office of the Attorney General of this state shall have the power and duty to investigate and prosecute any violations of the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 1999, c. 212, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
17 OK Stat § 17-152 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-152. Commission's jurisdiction over public utilities - Examination of requests for review of rates and charges.

|A. The Commission shall have general supervision over all public utilities, with power to fix and establish rates and to prescribe and promulgate rules, requirements and regulations, affecting their services, operation, and the management and conduct of their business; shall inquire into the management of the business thereof, and the method in which same is conducted. |B. 1. When any public utility subject to general supervision pursuant to this section or to Section 158.27 of this title shall file with the Commission a request for review of its rates and charges, such request shall be given immediate attention.2. In the exercise of this responsibility, the Commission shall complete any examination of such request for a review of its rates and charges within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date such application for review of its rates and charges is filed.3. Public hearings on such matter must commence within forty-five (45) days of the end of such examination to be conducted by the Commission and in no event shall the conclusion of such examination of the rates and charges and the hearing conducted by the Commission exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the request was filed.4. If such request for review of the applicant's rates and charges has not been completed and an order issued within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of filing of such application, some or all of the request for changes in the rates, charges, and regulations made in such application shall be immediately placed into effect and collected through new tariffs on an interim basis at the discretion of the applicant.5. Should the Commission determine upon the completion of its examination and public hearings that a refund regarding the amount of interim relief is appropriate and necessary, the Commission shall order such refund including reasonable interest at the one-year U.S. Treasury bill rate accruing on that portion of the rate increase to be refunded for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the effective date of the rate increase which is being refunded.C. The Commission shall have full visitorial and inquisitorial power to examine such public utilities, and keep informed as to their general conditions, their capitalization, rates, plants, equipments, apparatus, and other property owned, leased, controlled or operated, the value of same, the management, conduct, operation, practices and services; not only with respect to the adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service, but also with respect to their compliance with the provisions of this act, and with the Constitution and laws of this state, and with the orders of the Commission.Added by Laws 1913, c. 93, p. 150, § 2. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 231, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 315, § 6, eff. July 1, 1994.
17 OK Stat § 17-153 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-153. Implied and incidental powers of Commission - Contempt.

|In addition to the powers enumerated, specified, mentioned or indicated in this act, the Commission shall have all additional implied and incidental powers which may be proper and necessary to carry out, perform and execute all powers herein enumerated, specified, mentioned, or indicated, and to punish as for contempt such corporation, association, company or individual, their trustees, lessees, receivers, successors and assigns, for the disobedience of its orders in the manner provided for punishment of transportation and transmission companies, by the Constitution and laws of this state. |Laws 1913, c. 93, p. 151, § 3, emerg. eff. March 25, 1913.
17 OK Stat § 17-154 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-154. Records of public utility business.

|In case the owner or operator of any public utility is engaged in carrying on any other business in connection with the operation of such public utility, the Commission may require the cost of the operation and gross revenues of such joint business to be kept in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Commission so that the cost of the operation and gross revenues of the public utility may be ascertained. |Laws 1913, c. 93, p. 151, § 4.
17 OK Stat § 17-155 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-155. Orders and rules of Commission - Scope - Right of appeal.

|The Commission may, from time to time, adopt or promulgate, such orders, rules, regulations or requirements, relative to investigations, inspections, tests, audits, and valuations of the plants and properties relative to inspection and tests of meters as in its judgment may be necessary and proper; provided, that under the provisions of this act, any public utility, corporation, association, company, individual, their trustees, lessees or receivers, successors, or assigns, may appeal from any order or finding or judgment of the Corporation Commission as provided by law in cases tried and heard before said Commission of transportation and transmission companies. |Laws 1913, c. 93, p. 152, § 5.
17 OK Stat § 17-156 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-156. Installation of distributed generation devices - Increased rates or surcharges - Subsidization.

|A. As used in this section: |1. "Distributed generation" means:a.a device that provides electric energy that is owned, operated, leased or otherwise utilized by the customer,b.is interconnected to and operates in parallel with the retail electric supplier's grid and is in compliance with the standards established by the retail electric supplier,c.is intended to offset only the energy that would have otherwise been provided by the retail electric supplier to the customer during the monthly billing period,d.does not include generators used exclusively for emergency purposes,e.does not include generators operated and controlled by a retail electric supplier, andf.does not include customers who receive electric service which includes a demand-based charge.2. "Fixed charge" means any fixed monthly charge, basic service, or other charge not based on the volume of energy consumed by the customer, which reflects the actual fixed costs of the retail electric supplier.3. “Retail electric supplier” means an entity engaged in the furnishing of retail electric service within the State of Oklahoma and is rate regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.B. No retail electric supplier shall increase rates charged or enforce a surcharge above that required to recover the full costs necessary to serve customers who install distributed generation on the customer side of the meter after the effective date of this act.C. No retail electric supplier shall allow customers with distributed generation installed after the effective date of this act to be subsidized by customers in the same class of service who do not have distributed generation.D. A higher fixed charge for customers within the same class of service that have distributed generation installed after the effective date of this act, as compared to the fixed charges of those customers who do not have distributed generation, is a means to avoid subsidization between customers within that class of service and shall be deemed in the public interest.E. Retail electric suppliers shall implement tariffs in compliance with this act no later than December 31, 2015.Added by Laws 1977, c. 209, § 4. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 93, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.21. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act. |Laws 1971, c. 113, § 1.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.21a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.21a. Provisions of act in conflict or inconsistent with Constitution - Amendment to Constitution.

|If this act, or any provision hereof is, or may be deemed to be, in conflict or inconsistent with any of the provisions of Section 18 through Section 34, inclusive, of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, then, to the extent of any such conflicts or inconsistencies, it is hereby expressly declared this entire act and this section are amendments to and alterations of said sections of the Constitution, as authorized by Section 35 of Article IX of said Constitution. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 107, § 3, emerg. eff. April 4, 1988.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.22. Definitions.

|For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the meanings given them: |1. The term "retail electric supplier" means any person, firm, corporation, association or cooperative corporation, exclusive of municipal corporations or beneficial trusts thereof, engaged in the furnishing of retail electric service.2. The term "certified territory" shall mean the unincorporated areas as certified by and pursuant to Section 158.24 of this title.3. The term "existing distribution line" shall mean an electric line which on the effective date of this acta. is located in an unincorporated area andb. is being or has been substantially used for retail electric service.4. The term "retail electric service" means electric service furnished to a consumer for ultimate consumption, but does not include wholesale electric energy furnished by an electric supplier to another electric supplier for resale.5. The term "unincorporated area" shall mean geographical area outside the corporate limits of cities and towns.6. The term "electric consuming facilities" means everything that utilizes electric energy from a central station source.7. The term "Commission" shall mean "Corporation Commission of Oklahoma" or its successor.8. The term "association or cooperative corporation" shall mean any association or cooperative corporation doing business under the Rural Electric Cooperative Act.9. The term "hearing" shall mean a hearing by the Commission pursuant to reasonable notice to all affected retail electric suppliers.10. The term "member consumer" shall mean the customer in whose name service of any association or cooperative corporation doing business under the Rural Electric Cooperative Act is being provided.Amended by Laws 1988, c. 107, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1988.
17 OK Stat § 17-158.23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 17. Corporation Commission|§17-158.23. Geographical areas.

|It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that, in order to encourage the orderly development of coordinated statewide retail electric service, to avoid wasteful duplication of distribution facilities, to avoid unnecessary encumbering of the landscape of the State of Oklahoma, to prevent the waste of materials and natural resources, for the public convenience and necessity and to minimize disputes between retail electric suppliers which may result in inconvenience, diminished efficiency and higher costs in serving the consumer, the state be divided into geographical areas, establishing the unincorporated areas within which each retail electric supplier is to provide the retail electric service as provided in this act. |Laws 1971, c. 113, § 3.