Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-42-105
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Rights of municipal utilities and transmission
Official statutory text
companies.
No vacation of any plat or public way, or part thereof, shall
operate to invalidate or impair the right of any municipal utility
or regulated transmission company to continue to possess, occupy,
and use that part of the public ways, utility easements, or rights-
of-way existing within the affected area and occupied and used by
any municipal utility or regulated transmission company for the
performance of its public service undertaking. Said easements shall
be defined in any decree of vacation. The municipal utility or
regulated transmission company may maintain, replace, repair, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 463
operate its facilities, have unrestricted ingress and egress to said
locations, and remove its facilities without impairment by reason of
the vacation or partial vacation of any plat or public way.
No vacation of any plat or public way, or part thereof, shall
operate to invalidate or impair the right of any municipal utility
or regulated transmission company to continue to possess, occupy,
and use that part of the public ways, utility easements, or rights-
of-way existing within the affected area and occupied and used by
any municipal utility or regulated transmission company for the
performance of its public service undertaking. Said easements shall
be defined in any decree of vacation. The municipal utility or
regulated transmission company may maintain, replace, repair, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 463
operate its facilities, have unrestricted ingress and egress to said
locations, and remove its facilities without impairment by reason of
the vacation or partial vacation of any plat or public way.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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