Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-505
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Activities of wireless providers within right-of-way
Official statutory text
A. The provisions of this section shall apply to activities of
the wireless provider within the right-of-way.
B. A person owning, managing or controlling authority poles in
the right-of-way may not enter into an exclusive arrangement with
any person for the right to attach to such poles. A person who
purchases or otherwise acquires an authority pole is subject to the
requirements of this section.
C. An authority shall allow the collocation of small wireless
facilities on authority poles subject to the application process in
Section 4 of this act and the make-ready process in this section.
The rates, fees and terms for such collocations shall be
nondiscriminatory regardless of the services provided by the
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collocating person, comply with this act and be made available to
wireless providers under Section 10 of this act.
D. The rates, fees and terms and conditions for the make-ready
work to collocate on an authority pole described in the application
shall be nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral and commercially
reasonable and must comply with this act. The authority may perform
the make-ready work necessary to enable the pole to support the
requested collocation by a wireless provider or require the wireless
provider to perform the make-ready work. If the authority elects to
perform the make-ready work, it shall provide a good-faith estimate
for the work, including pole replacement if necessary, within sixty
(60) days after receipt of a complete application. The authority
shall complete any make-ready work it elects to perform, including
any pole replacement, within sixty (60) days of written acceptance
of the good-faith estimate by the applicant. An authority may
require replacement of the authority pole only if it demonstrates
that the collocation would make the authority pole structurally
unsound. The authority may require that the replaced authority pole
have the same functionality as the pole being replaced. If the
authority pole is replaced, the authority shall take ownership of
the new pole and operate authority fixtures on the pole.
The person owning, managing or controlling the authority pole
shall not require more make-ready work than required to meet
applicable codes or industry standards. Fees for make-ready work
shall not include costs related to preexisting or prior damage or
noncompliance. Fees for make-ready work including any pole
replacement shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory and shall not
exceed actual costs, which may include the amount the authority pays
a professional engineer registered in Oklahoma to review the
wireless provider's make-ready work plans.
E. A wireless provider shall comply with the following
requirements and specifications:
1. Requirements and specifications of the National Electrical
Safety Code, the National Electrical Code and the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, including amendments or revisions to such
requirements or specifications, and in the event of conflict, the
most stringent of such requirements and specifications;
2. Requirements and specifications of general application
adopted by the authority that do not conflict with this act,
including requirements and specifications that concern how equipment
shall be attached to electric distribution poles so they may be
climbed safely; and
3. Notwithstanding subsection D of this section, requirements
and specifications of general application adopted by the authority
concerning make-ready work for authority electric distribution
poles.
the wireless provider within the right-of-way.
B. A person owning, managing or controlling authority poles in
the right-of-way may not enter into an exclusive arrangement with
any person for the right to attach to such poles. A person who
purchases or otherwise acquires an authority pole is subject to the
requirements of this section.
C. An authority shall allow the collocation of small wireless
facilities on authority poles subject to the application process in
Section 4 of this act and the make-ready process in this section.
The rates, fees and terms for such collocations shall be
nondiscriminatory regardless of the services provided by the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 362
collocating person, comply with this act and be made available to
wireless providers under Section 10 of this act.
D. The rates, fees and terms and conditions for the make-ready
work to collocate on an authority pole described in the application
shall be nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral and commercially
reasonable and must comply with this act. The authority may perform
the make-ready work necessary to enable the pole to support the
requested collocation by a wireless provider or require the wireless
provider to perform the make-ready work. If the authority elects to
perform the make-ready work, it shall provide a good-faith estimate
for the work, including pole replacement if necessary, within sixty
(60) days after receipt of a complete application. The authority
shall complete any make-ready work it elects to perform, including
any pole replacement, within sixty (60) days of written acceptance
of the good-faith estimate by the applicant. An authority may
require replacement of the authority pole only if it demonstrates
that the collocation would make the authority pole structurally
unsound. The authority may require that the replaced authority pole
have the same functionality as the pole being replaced. If the
authority pole is replaced, the authority shall take ownership of
the new pole and operate authority fixtures on the pole.
The person owning, managing or controlling the authority pole
shall not require more make-ready work than required to meet
applicable codes or industry standards. Fees for make-ready work
shall not include costs related to preexisting or prior damage or
noncompliance. Fees for make-ready work including any pole
replacement shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory and shall not
exceed actual costs, which may include the amount the authority pays
a professional engineer registered in Oklahoma to review the
wireless provider's make-ready work plans.
E. A wireless provider shall comply with the following
requirements and specifications:
1. Requirements and specifications of the National Electrical
Safety Code, the National Electrical Code and the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, including amendments or revisions to such
requirements or specifications, and in the event of conflict, the
most stringent of such requirements and specifications;
2. Requirements and specifications of general application
adopted by the authority that do not conflict with this act,
including requirements and specifications that concern how equipment
shall be attached to electric distribution poles so they may be
climbed safely; and
3. Notwithstanding subsection D of this section, requirements
and specifications of general application adopted by the authority
concerning make-ready work for authority electric distribution
poles.
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