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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-84. Location and kind of crossing.

The Corporation Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine and prescribe the particular location of highway crossings, for steam or electric railways, the protection required, to order the removal of all obstructions as to view of such crossings, to alter or abolish any such crossings, and to require, where practicable, a separation of grade at any such crossing, heretofore or hereafter established.
Laws 1919, c. 53 p. 88, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-86. Extra hazardous crossings - Protective devices - Costs.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall have the authority, after having made proper investigations, to designate those grade crossings which are extra hazardous. At all such crossings so designated, the Commission shall have the authority to order the installation of appropriate protective devices. All such installations to be performed by the railroad. The Commission shall have the authority to determine the number, type, and location of such signs, signals, gates or other protective devices, which, however, shall conform as near as may be with generally-recognized national standards, and said Commission shall have authority to prescribe the division of the cost of the installation of such signs, signals, gates or other protective devices between the public utility and the state or its political subdivisions; provided, however, that the cost to the utility shall be not less than ten percent (10%) or more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total costs. The railroads shall be responsible for all subsequent maintenance and cost thereof. Provided, however, that the results of investigation or investigations, findings, determinations, or orders of the Corporation Commission shall not be admissible in any civil action.
Laws 1965, c. 388, § 1, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-87. Payment of state costs.

All such division of costs that become an obligation of the state shall be paid from funds accruing to the credit of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund under 68 O.S.1963, Supp., § 5-504(b), and all such division of costs that become an obligation of a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the state shall be paid from the funds accruing to the various counties of the state under 68 O.S.1963 Supp., § 5-504(d).
Added by Laws 1965, c. 388, § 2, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-91. Power of Corporation Commission respecting fences.

Where application is made to the Corporation Commission for fence or repairs to fence along a railroad or railway right-of-way by a landowner whose property adjoins said right-of-way, the Corporation Commission is hereby vested with power to enforce the installation of such fence or its repairs.
Laws 1919, c. 54, p. 89, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-92. Procedure - Appeals.

In all actions arising before the Corporation Commission, the same rules as to procedure, notice of hearing and trial, and as to appeals to the Supreme Court, shall be applicable as are prescribed for said Commission as to transportation companies generally and the same rules applicable to the enforcement of other orders of the Corporation Commission, as to transportation companies shall be applicable to the enforcement of any order or orders made hereunder.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 54, p. 89, § 2, emerg. eff. April 2, 1919.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-115. Rules and regulations relating to safety, sanitation and shelter.

The Oklahoma State Corporation Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations relating to safety, sanitation and adequate shelter as affecting the welfare and health of railroad trainmen, enginemen, yardmen, signal men, maintenance of way employees, highway crossing watchmen, and clerical employees of railroads.
Laws 1963, c. 186, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-116.1. Definitions.

As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Commission" means the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
(2) "Common carrier by rail" means a railroad company operating any part of its system within this state.
(3) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle which is self-propelled.
(4) "Owner" means any person having the lawful use or control of a motor vehicle as holder of the legal title of the motor vehicle or under contract or lease or otherwise.
(5) "Place of employment" means that location where one or more workers are actually performing the labor incident to their employment.
(6) "Worker" means an individual employed for any period in any work for which he is compensated, whether full or part time.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 1, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-116.2. Railroad company motor vehicles used to transport workers - Safe condition and operation.

Every motor vehicle provided by a railroad company and used to transport one or more workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment shall be maintained in a safe condition and operated in a safe manner at all times, whether or not used upon a public highway.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 2, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-116.3. Rules and regulations establishing minimum standards.

The Commission shall make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations relating to motor vehicles used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment. These rules and regulations shall establish minimum standards:
(1) For the construction and mechanical equipment of a motor vehicle, including its coupling devices, lighting devices and reflectors, motor exhaust system, rear-vision mirrors, service and parking brakes, steering mechanism, tires, warning and signaling devices and windshield wipers.
(2) For the transportation of gasoline and explosives.
(3) For the safety of passengers in a motor vehicle, including emergency exits, fire extinguishers, first-aid kits, means of ingress and egress, side walls and a tailgate or other means of retaining freight and passengers within the motor vehicle.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 3, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-116.4. Hearings - Suggestions.

Before formulating such rules and regulations, the Commission shall conduct hearings and invite the participation of interested groups. These groups may make suggestions relating to the minimum standards to be embodied in the rules and regulations. The Commission shall consider the suggestions prior to the issuance of any rules and regulations.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 4, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-116.6. Inspections.

The Commission may, in enforcing the rules and regulations, inspect any motor vehicle used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment. Upon request, the Highway Patrol shall assist the Commission in these inspections.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 6, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-116.7. Orders of commission.

Whenever the Commission finds that a motor vehicle used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment violates any provision of the rules and regulations or any amendment thereto, the Commission shall make, enter and serve upon the owner of the motor vehicle such order as may be necessary to protect the safety of workers transported in the motor vehicle. The Commission may direct in the order, as a condition to the continued use of the motor vehicle for transporting workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of their employment, that such additions, repairs, improvements or changes be made and such safety devices and safeguards be furnished and used as are reasonably required to satisfy the requirements of the rules and regulations, in the manner and within the time specified in the order. The order may also require that any driver of the motor vehicle satisfy the minimum standards for a driver under the rules and regulations.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 7, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-116.9. Penalties.

Violation by the owner of a motor vehicle of any rule or regulation or any amendment thereto promulgated pursuant to this act or any order issued by the commission under Section 7 of this act, or willful failure to comply with such an order, is a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the owner shall be punished by confinement in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or to pay a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by both such confinement and fine.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 9, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-121. Commission has power of court of record regarding refunds.

The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with the power of a court of record to determine: First, the amount of refund due and any interest owing upon such refund in all cases where any public service corporation, person, or firm, as defined by the Constitution, charges an amount for any service rendered by such public service corporation, person, or firm, in excess of the lawful rate in force at the time such charge was made, or may thereafter be declared to be the legal rate which should have been applied to the service rendered if no legal rate was in force at the time such charge was made; and, second, to whom the overcharge should be paid.
Laws 1913, c. 10, p. 10, § 1; Laws 1991, c. 332, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-122. Judgment for overcharge - Lien - Collection.

Upon ascertaining the amount of overcharge due from any public service corporation, person or firm, the Corporation Commission shall have authority to render judgment against such public service corporation, person, or firm, for the amount of such overcharge that may have been collected from the public in violation of any legal rate, or order of the Dommission, if necessary to insure the prompt payment of the same to the Commission. Such judgment shall be a lien upon the property of the public service corporation, person, or firm, and shall be collected in the same manner that fines and penalties imposed by the Corporation Commission are now authorized to be collected by law, and, when collected, shall be paid immediately by the Commission to the parties to whom it is due.
Laws 1913, c. 10, p. 10, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-123. Appealed orders - Additional judgment for expenses of commission.

In all cases where an order fixing rates to be charged by any public service corporation, person or firm, has been appealed from and a supersedeas issued, the Corporation Commission, in making all orders requiring a refund of overcharges during the time the rates or charges were suspended, shall require such public service corporation, person, or firm, to pay, in addition to such refund, all expenses incurred by the Corporation Commission in checking such refund, determinating to whom the same belongs, and in delivering the same to the party lawfully entitled thereto.
Laws 1913, c. 10, p. 11, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-124. Appeal regarding refunds.

Any party in interest shall have a right to appeal from any action of the Commission to determine the amount of refund due, or to whom such refund shall be made, or from any order or judgment rendered by the Commission pertaining to the subject matter set forth in any of the above sections of this act, in the same manner as appeals are now taken from the Corporation Commission to the Supreme Court.
Laws 1913, c. 10, p. 11, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-125. Unclaimed refunds - Administrations.

All refunds not paid out by the Commission, or unclaimed, shall be administered in accordance with the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1981).
Laws 1913, c. 10, p. 11, § 5; Laws 1991, c. 331, § 48, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-132. Application for certificate - Notice.

The application for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity pursuant to Section 131 of this title shall be under such rules as the Corporation Commission may, from time to time, prescribe. Upon receipt of any such application for such certificate, the Commission shall cause notice thereof to be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in each territory affected, and provide actual notice by mail or personal service to all political subdivisions with jurisdictional boundaries that include all or portions of the service area outlined in the application for the Certificate of Convenience and Necessity.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 270, p. 491, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 1917. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 88, § 2; Laws 1996, c. 331, § 2, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996; Laws 2019, c. 132, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-133. Grant or refusal of certificate - Protests.

The Commission shall have power to issue said certificate as prayed for or to refuse to issue the same or to issue it for the construction, operation or acquisition of a portion only of the contemplated territory. No certificate shall be issued until the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of notice, nor shall any certificate be issued without hearing unless no protest is filed to the granting of the certificate by any interested party within such thirty-day period. In the event such protest is filed, then the Commission shall set the matter for public hearing; however, in the event no protest is filed the Commission may, at its discretion, forthwith issue the certificate as prayed for or set the matter for public hearing on its own motion.
Laws 1917, c. 270, p. 491, § 3; Laws 1957, p. 88, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-134. Repair, maintenance or reconstruction - Injury to or interference with shade trees.

Nothing in this act shall prevent the repair, maintenance or reconstruction of existing telephone properties, or the addition of necessary circuits to existing lines, to accomodate increase in business of the same character. Provided that it is hereby declared unlawful for any telephone company in building, repairing or maintaining any telephone line to cut down, trim, disturb or injure any shade tree on any public road or highway, or on any parkage on any street in any city or town, without first obtaining the consent of the abutting property owner so to do, and in the maintenance of telephone line it is hereby declared unlawful for any telephone company to construct their lines so that the wires or cables shall injure any such shade trees on such road or highway or on any parkage within any city or town.
Laws 1917, c. 270, p. 492, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-136. Extension of telephone service to open territories - Petition - Notice and hearing.

Upon the petition of any citizens residing in territory which is open territory, requesting telephone service from an adjacent telephone exchange, the Commission may cause the same to be set for hearing and give due and proper notice in writing, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing, to all persons, firms or corporations holding certificates to furnish service in adjacent territory or furnishing service in adjacent territory and to the municipal officials of all municipalities in said affected territories, and by publication for one (1) week in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory affected. If, at such hearing, the Commission finds from competent evidence that the public convenience and necessity requires the furnishing of telephone service in the affected territory, it shall have the further power to order and direct the person, firm, association, corporation or cooperative which can most economically extend its service so as to furnish efficient telephone service in the affected territory to so extend its service, provided that it shall not make an order so requiring unless it finds, from substantial evidence, that the person, firm or corporation so ordered to serve is earning a fair return on the fair value of its property devoted by it to the public service in this state and that the rendition of service in the affected territory will not prevent the person, firm or corporation so ordered to serve from earning a fair return on the fair value of its property devoted to the public service in this state.
Laws 1959, p. 85, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-137.3. Universal service fee.

The Corporation Commission may, after notice and hearing, assess a universal service fee upon all contributing providers as defined in Section 139.102 of this title to support state and federal universal service objectives.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 331, § 3, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996. Amended by Laws 2016, c. 270, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.1. Coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones - Operating requirements.

The Corporation Commission shall, by rule or order, promulgate and enforce operating requirements for coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones available for public use owned or operated by corporations or persons other than telephone corporations authorized by the Commission to operate within service areas. These requirements shall include, but are not limited to a requirement that every telephone permit a caller to be connected with the operator personnel of any telephone corporation authorized by the Commission to operate within a service area through the Commission authorized access method chosen by the operator service provider with exception of those coin operated or credit card-activated telephones made available to inmates at state, federal, local and county jails and correctional facilities.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 285, § 1, operative July 1, 1990.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.2. Operator-assisted services - Operating requirements - Inclusion of law in directories of subscribers.

A. The Corporation Commission shall, by rule or order, promulgate and enforce operating requirements for every corporation or person, other than a telephone corporation authorized by the Commission to operate within a service area, which, for a charge, furnishes operator-assisted services. These requirements shall include, but not be limited to:
1. A requirement that furnishing these operator-assisted services for telephone calls within a service area is prohibited unless the Commission, after instituting a proceeding for the purpose, finds and determines that to permit these operator-assisted services is in the public interest; provided, state, federal, local and county jails and correctional facilities may utilize operator-assisted services in conjunction with collect call only telephones, if intended for exclusive use by prisoners;
2. A requirement that the charges for these operator-assisted services be disclosed to users of the services upon request; and
3. The provider of operator services, upon accessing a call, shall audibly and distinctly identify the company to the user of any telephone before any charges are incurred and shall permit the consumer to terminate the telephone call at no charge.
B. The Commission shall require every telephone corporation which publishes a directory of subscribers to include in that directory information comprising the substance of this section and the rules and orders of the Commission promulgated pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 285, § 2, operative July 1, 1990.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.101. Short title - Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997".
Added by Laws 1997, c. 408, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 80, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2016, c. 270, § 2, emerg. eff. May 9, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.104. Compensation of Attorney General for enforcement duties - Oversight by Consumer Services Division.

A. For the exercise of duties and performance of responsibilities relating to telecommunications fraud pursuant to the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, Section 751 et seq. of Title 15 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and for representation in telecommunications matters as established in Section 18b of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Attorney General shall receive Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) per fiscal year to be paid from the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund established in Section 6 of this act. For the 1998 fiscal year, the total amount of the monies shall be paid to the Attorney General in one payment. For each fiscal year thereafter, the monies shall be paid to the Attorney General in equal monthly payments. All monies shall be deposited in the Attorney General's Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 20 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. In addition to any other duties prescribed by law or by Corporation Commission rules, the Commission, through its Consumer Services Division, shall mediate grievances between consumers and telecommunications carriers and ensure compliance with quality of service standards adopted for local exchange telecommunications service providers and other telecommunications carriers which operate in this state.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 408, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.108. Provisions applicable to OneNet and the Oklahoma Government Telecommunications Network.

A. Except for the provisions of this section, nothing in this act shall be construed as applicable to the telecommunications network known as OneNet or to any other component of the Oklahoma Government Telecommunications Network. Neither OneNet nor any other component of the Oklahoma Government Telecommunications Network shall be assessed any fee or other charge for the support of universal service.
B. No provider of Internet service or any company providing telecommunications services or its affiliate or subsidiary, may price such Internet service in an anticompetitive, discriminatory, or predatory manner or subsidize the price of Internet service with revenues received from other services. No governmental agency or entity using or being eligible to use OneNet facilities may price such Internet services in an anticompetitive or predatory manner. Any governmental agency or entity using OneNet facilities is hereby prohibited from reselling OneNet access directly to the general public at any nonpublic site. Any company or individual damaged from a violation of this subsection by a private company or individual shall be entitled to treble damages. The Attorney General shall be responsible for bringing an action for violation of this section against a private company or individual.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 408, § 8, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 101, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.110. High speed Internet access or broadband service – Regulation by Corporation Commission prohibited – Requirements of local exchange telecommunications service providers – Taxation.

A. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall not, by entering any order, adopting any rule, or otherwise taking any agency action, impose any regulation upon a provider of high speed Internet access service or broadband service in its provision of such service, regardless of technology or medium used to provide such service.
B. An incumbent local exchange telecommunications service provider (ILEC) subject to the provisions of 47 U.S.C., Section 251(c) shall be required to provide unbundled access to network elements, including but not limited to loops, subloops, and collocation space within the facilities of the ILEC, to the extent specifically required under 47 C.F.R., Section 51.319 or any successor regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
C. Nothing in this section shall effect the assessment of any company under Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution or Section 2801 et seq. of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 80, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.301. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. "Approved Broadband Provider" shall mean a provider of Broadband Services, including subsidiaries or affiliates, with a valid pole attachment agreement with an Electric Provider to which it is attaching;
2. "Broadband Services" shall mean and include fiber, cable and telecommunications networks, including wireless networks capable of delivering broadband;
3. "Electric Provider", as used in Sections 2 and 3 of this act, shall mean any corporation, association or cooperative corporation engaged in the generation, transmission or distribution of electric service in this state; and
4. "Telecommunications Provider" shall mean any corporation, association or cooperative corporation engaged in the delivery of telecommunications over wireline facilities in this state with a valid pole attachment agreement with an Electric Provider to which it is attaching.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 230, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-139.303. Legislative findings — Permissible use.

The Oklahoma Legislature finds that Electric Providers, their broadband subsidiaries, Telecommunications Providers and Approved Broadband Providers shall be permitted to use existing electric utility easements owned, held or otherwise used by that Electric Provider to provide or expand access to Broadband Services. The installation and operation of Broadband Services within the existing electric utility easements are merely changes in the manner or degree of the granted use as appropriate to accommodate a new technology and, absent any applicable express prohibition contained in the instrument conveying or granting such easements, shall be deemed as a matter of law to be a permitted use within the scope of every Electric Provider's existing electric utility easement. Subject to compliance with any express prohibitions in an Electric Provider's easement, and in compliance with this act, the Electric Provider, its broadband subsidiary, Telecommunications Provider and an Approved Broadband Provider may use an existing electric utility easement to install, maintain, lease and operate Broadband Services. An Approved Broadband Provider, an Electric Provider's broadband subsidiary, or Telecommunications Provider shall attempt to provide notice to the property owner.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 230, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
9. "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.
2023 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; or
3. False, misleading or deceptive advertising.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 180, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
2023 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; and
6. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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, and
f.
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.
2023 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.
2023 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 act
a. is located in an unincorporated area and
b. 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 17. Corporation Commission › §17-158.26. Contracts between suppliers.

Notwithstanding the effectuation of certified territories established by or pursuant to this act, and the exclusive right to service within such territory, a retail electric supplier may contract with another retail electric supplier for the purpose of allocating territories and consumers between such retail electric suppliers and designating which territories and consumers are to be served by which of said retail electric suppliers. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a contract between retail electric suppliers as herein provided when approved by the Commission shall be valid and enforceable. The Commission shall approve such contract if it finds that the contract will promote the purposes of Section 3 and will provide adequate and reasonable service to all areas and consumers affected thereby.
Laws 1971, c. 113, § 6.