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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 18, 2021
SENATE BILL NO. 708 By: Leewright
An Act relating to telecommunications; imp osing
maximum charges with respect to cer tain connections
to utility poles; prescribing method for
determination of permissib le rate increases;
excluding rates related to electric power; providing
for payment of rates for electric services; stating
requirement of certain contract with cooperative ;
requiring payment by rural electric cooperatives for
certain relocations; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sect ion of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 437.35 of Title 18, un less there
is created a duplication in num bering, reads as follows:
A. The rates charged by a rural electric cooperative for
attachments to utility poles by communications services providers
shall not exceed Twenty-one Dollars ($21.00) per rural-electric-
cooperative-owned pole per year. This rate may be adjusted by ten
percent (10%) every five (5) years rounded to the nearest dollar .
B. The rates provided in this section do not include any
applicable charges for electric power. A communications services
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provider must pay separately for such services and such services
shall be at market rate.
C. The monetary cap provided in this secti on does not eliminate
the requirement of pole attachers to contract with the cooperative
on terms and conditions of the at tachments.
D. Any rural electric cooperative that attaches to a pole that
results in the relocation of a c ommunications services prov ider’s
existing attachment; provided, that such attachment was previously
in compliance with all agreed upon safety and co ntractual standards,
shall pay for the cost of the relocation of the communications
services provider’s attachment including pole replacement if
necessary.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 202 1.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: C OMMITTEE ON ENERGY
February 18, 2021 - DO PASS