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 165:58-3-4 - Streamlined certification

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				  Each incumbent LEC and certificated IXC providing payphone service in the State
				  of Oklahoma on January 1, 1996 shall be exempt from the requirements of OAC
				  165:58-3-1(c)
				  with respect to such payphone service. In the event that any such grandfathered
				  payphone service provider, after January 1, 1996, desires to extend its
				  payphone service into new territory or change the type of grandfathered
				  payphone services being provided, such provider shall file an application
				  specifying the expanded authority desired and shall comply with the
				  requirements contained in OAC 165:58-3-4(c), (d), (e) and (f) before engaging
				  in the provision of such extended payphone service.
(b) Any telecommunications service provider
				  or certificated IXC not providing payphone service on January 1, 1996 shall be
				  exempt from the requirements of OAC
				  165:58-3-1(c)
				  with respect to payphone service, but shall comply with the requirements
				  contained in OAC 165:58-3-4(c), (d), (e) and (f) before engaging in the
				  provision of payphone service.
(c)
				  A streamlined application for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to
				  provide payphone service must be filed with the Commission containing the
				  following information:
(1) A complete set of
				  proposed tariffs which shall include terms and conditions of service and all
				  rates and charges for each service classification in a format approved by the
				  Director of the Public Utility Division, unless such tariffs have previously
				  been filed and approved. The proposed tariffs shall conform with OAC
				  165:58-7.
(2) An affidavit stating
				  that the applicant will comply with all requirements of OAC
				  165:58-5-3.
(3) A copy of the applicant's established
				  procedures which are used to test and maintain its payphones.
(4) A statement signed before a Notary Public
				  by an authorized agent of the payphone service provider, in a format approved
				  by the Director of the Public Utility Division, attesting to the following:
(A) Compliance with all requirements of all
				  applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations concerning the
				  provision of payphone service to the disabled and hearing impaired;
(B) Compliance with the National Electrical
				  Safety Code;
(C) That the payphone
				  service provider's instruments are registered pursuant to FCC Part 68;
				  and,
(D) That the payphone service
				  provider will pay the Public Utility assessment fee levied annually.
(E) That the payphone service provider will
				  contribute to the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund pursuant to OAC 165:59;
				  and,
(F) That the payphone service
				  provider understands the Commission's contempt authority.
(5) Additional information as requested by
				  the Commission and/or its Staff.