Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 165 - Corporation Commission › Chapter 58 - Facilitation and Provisioning of Payphone Service › Subchapter 3 - Certificates, Reports, and Records › Part 1 - CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY › Section 165:58-3-1 - Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Requirement for Certificate of
				  Convenience and Necessity.
No person or entity shall furnish payphone
				  service under any name to any end-user in the State of Oklahoma without first
				  having secured from this Commission a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
				  to provide payphone service. Incumbent LECs and certificated IXCs providing
				  payphone service prior to January 1, 1996, shall not be required to obtain an
				  additional Order granting it a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the
				  payphone services being provided on that date, except as provided in OAC
				  165:58-3-4.
(b)
Application for Certificate of
				  Convenience and Necessity.
An application for a Certificate of
				  Convenience and Necessity to provide payphone service in the State of Oklahoma
				  shall be made pursuant to and in conformance with the requirements of Oklahoma
				  law and any additional requirements set forth in this Chapter. An original and
				  four (4) copies of the application for Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
				  shall be filed at the Commission's Court Clerk accompanied by the established
				  filing fee. An example of the format for the application for Certificate of
				  Convenience and Necessity is available from the Public Utility
				  Division.
(c)
Application
				  requirements for Certificate of Convenience and Necessity.
An applicant
				  to the Commission for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to provide
				  payphone service in the State of Oklahoma shall be required to demonstrate its
				  financial, managerial and technical ability to provide the requested payphone
				  service in the State of Oklahoma. An application for a Certificate of
				  Convenience and Necessity to provide payphone service, except as provided for
				  in OAC
				  165:58-3-4,
				  shall include information and attachments which are certified as true and
				  correct by an officer of any corporate applicant, or an authorized
				  representative of an unincorporated applicant in a format approved by the
				  Director of the Public Utility Division.
(1)
				  The application shall contain the following information:
(A) As applicable, the complete name,
				  including any and all trade name(s) under which business will be conducted
				  pursuant to 18 O.S. (1991) §1140, corporate or other headquarters street
				  address and names/addresses of principal or corporate officers or partners of
				  the entity proposing to provide payphone service to the public in the State of
				  Oklahoma. Also, include the telephone number and, if applicable, the toll-free
				  telephone number.
(B) If different
				  from those provided pursuant to subparagraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the
				  name(s) and address(es) of all officers and corporate or primary offices of the
				  applicant for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity located in the State
				  of Oklahoma and the name(s) and address(es) of senior management personnel
				  responsible for Oklahoma operations.