Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-134
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Repair, maintenance or reconstruction - Injury to or
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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 hereby declared
unlawful for any telephone company in building, repairing or
maintaining any telephone line to cut down, trim, disturb or injure
any shade tree on any public road or highway, or on any parkage on
any street in any city or town, without first obtaining the consent
of the abutting property owner so to do, and in the maintenance of
telephone line it is hereby declared unlawful for any telephone
company to construct their lines so that the wires or cables shall
injure any such shade trees on such road or highway or on any
parkage within any city or town.
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 hereby declared
unlawful for any telephone company in building, repairing or
maintaining any telephone line to cut down, trim, disturb or injure
any shade tree on any public road or highway, or on any parkage on
any street in any city or town, without first obtaining the consent
of the abutting property owner so to do, and in the maintenance of
telephone line it is hereby declared unlawful for any telephone
company to construct their lines so that the wires or cables shall
injure any such shade trees on such road or highway or on any
parkage within any city or town.
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