Title 17, Title 17 — Corporation Commission

- Switching service provider without consent of customer - Fines. A. 1. Upon a determination by the Corporation Commission of violation of any of its rules, orders or other requirements, a corporation, person or firm may be fined by the Commission, a sum not to exceed Five Hundre…

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.

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 sub…

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, mainten…

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-pr…

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 mann…

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 …

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 t…

The Commission may amend the rules and regulations at any time upon its own motion or upon complaint by any individual or group, in the same manner as it adopts other rules and regulations. Added by Laws 1965, c. 385, § 5, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.

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…

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 up…

The Commission shall have jurisdiction to enforce rules and regulations promulgated under this act relating to motor vehicles used to transport railroad workers to and from their place of employment or during the course of their employment. Laws 1965, c. 385, § 8, emerg. eff. Jun…

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 …

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 …

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 amo…

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 co…

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 c…

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 abov…

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.

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 regu…

providers – Availability of emergency telephone services - Fines. A. No person, firm, association, corporation or cooperative shall provide telecommunications services, as defined by the rules of the Corporation Commission, to any end-user in this state without having first obtai…

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 no…

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)…

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 here…

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 …

rate regulation. A. Except as otherwise hereafter provided, any proceeding under Section 136 of this title and in any other proceeding to regulate the rates of a telephone utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation Commission, said Commission shall prescribe and enfor…

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, 19…

In addition to the power to punish for contempt already vested in the Commission, it shall have the power to vacate and declare open any and all territory of any telephone utility which refuses to extend service which might be ordered under Section 2 of this act. Laws 1959, p. 86…

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 corporation…

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.

As used in the Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997: 1. "Access line" means the facilities provided and maintained by a telecommunications service provider which permit access to or from the public switched network or its functional equivalent regardless of the technology or m…

telecommunications service rates required - Charges for basic local exchange service rates limited - Application and effect of act - Alternative form of regulation - Enforcement of quality of service standards - Jurisdiction over access services and rates. A. Except as provided a…

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 representat…

customers - Oklahoma Lifeline Fund - Documentation. A. Each local exchange telecommunications service provider who receives funding from the Oklahoma Lifeline Fund shall file tariffs with the Corporation Commission implementing a program to provide a full waiver of the End User C…

A. There is hereby created within the Corporation Commission the "Oklahoma Universal Service Fund" (OUSF). Not later than January 31, 1998, the Corporation Commission shall promulgate rules implementing the OUSF so that, consistent with the provisions of this section, funds can b…

A. The Oklahoma Lifeline Fund (OLF) and the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund (OUSF) shall be funded in a competitively neutral manner not inconsistent with federal law by all contributing providers. The funding from each contributing provider shall be based on the total intrastate…

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 One…

Competitive bidding - Funding. A. The following services are hereby declared to be Special Universal Services: 1. Each eligible healthcare entity in this state as defined in Section 139.102 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be eligible to receive Special Universal Servic…

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 regulati…

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, …

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…

broadband services. A. Any easement owned, held or otherwise used by an Electric Provider for the purpose of electric services may also be used by that Electric Provider or its broadband subsidiary, Telecommunications Provider or other Approved Broadband Provider, for the purpose…

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 …

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 cou…

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 t…

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 i…

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, e…

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 t…

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.

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 …