1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
3 HOUSE BILL 1122 By: Phillips
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to telecommunications; imposing
maximum charges with respect to certain connections
8 to utility poles; prescribing method for
determination of permissible rate increases;
9 excluding rates related to electric power; providing
for payment of rates for electric services; requiring
10 payment by rural electric cooperatives for certain
relocations; prescribing method for computation of
11 certain attachment rates; prohibiting rural electric
cooperatives from providing certain services;
12 requiring franchise prior to provision of cable
television or video service; providing for
13 codification; and providing an effective date.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 437.35 of Title 18, unless there
19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
20 A. The rates charged by a rural electric cooperative for
21 attachments to utility poles by communications services providers
22 shall not exceed Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per rural-electric-
23 cooperative-owned pole per year. This rate shall increase only by
24 an amount equal to the increase in the annual recurring rate
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1 permitted under rules and regulations adopted pursuant to 47 U.S.C.,
2 Section 224(d) by the Federal Communications Commission after the
3 effective date of this act.
4 B. The rates provided in this section do not include any
5 applicable charges for electric power. A communications services
6 provider must pay separately for such services and such services
7 shall be at market rate.
8 C. Any rural electric cooperative that attaches to a pole that
9 results in the relocations of a communications services provider's
10 existing attachment, provided that such attachment was previously in
11 compliance with all agreed upon safety and contractual standards,
12 shall pay for the cost of the relocation of the communications
13 services provider's attachment, including pole replacement if
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15 D. Any rural electric cooperative that attaches for the
16 purposes of providing telecommunications or Internet services to any
17 utility pole shall pay an attachment rate equal to the highest rate
18 being paid by any other attacher with the same utility.
19 E. No rural electric cooperative may provide cable television
20 or video service to any incorporated city or town without first
21 obtaining a franchise from the city or town.
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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3 58-1-6488 JBH 12/14/20
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