Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-180.4
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Regulation of certain public trusts operating a water
Official statutory text
supply system.
A. The Corporation Commission shall have general supervision
over trusts created for the benefit and furtherance of a public
function pursuant to Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Sections 176
et seq., where:
1. The trust has multiple beneficiaries; and
2. A water supply system is operated by the trust or a person
or entity to which such function has been delegated; and
3. The water supply system is operated in a county having a
population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000) persons
according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census; and
4. The beneficiaries do not regulate the rates, charges and
practices of the water supply system.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 60. Property Page 141
B. The Corporation Commission shall also have general
supervision over any person or entity to whom the function of
operating a water supply system has been delegated by such a trust.
C. The Corporation Commission shall have the power to fix and
establish rates and to prescribe rules, requirements and regulations
affecting their services, operation, and the management and conduct
of the business of persons and entities subject to this section and
shall inquire into the management of the business thereof, and the
method in which same is conducted. It shall have full visitorial
and inquisitorial power to examine such operations, and keep
informed as to their general conditions, their capitalization,
rates, plants, equipment, apparatus, and other property owned,
leased, controlled or operated, the value of same, the management,
conduct, operation, practices and services, not only with respect to
the adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service,
but also with respect to their compliance with the Constitution and
laws of this state, and with the orders of the Commission.
A. The Corporation Commission shall have general supervision
over trusts created for the benefit and furtherance of a public
function pursuant to Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Sections 176
et seq., where:
1. The trust has multiple beneficiaries; and
2. A water supply system is operated by the trust or a person
or entity to which such function has been delegated; and
3. The water supply system is operated in a county having a
population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000) persons
according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census; and
4. The beneficiaries do not regulate the rates, charges and
practices of the water supply system.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 60. Property Page 141
B. The Corporation Commission shall also have general
supervision over any person or entity to whom the function of
operating a water supply system has been delegated by such a trust.
C. The Corporation Commission shall have the power to fix and
establish rates and to prescribe rules, requirements and regulations
affecting their services, operation, and the management and conduct
of the business of persons and entities subject to this section and
shall inquire into the management of the business thereof, and the
method in which same is conducted. It shall have full visitorial
and inquisitorial power to examine such operations, and keep
informed as to their general conditions, their capitalization,
rates, plants, equipment, apparatus, and other property owned,
leased, controlled or operated, the value of same, the management,
conduct, operation, practices and services, not only with respect to
the adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service,
but also with respect to their compliance with the Constitution and
laws of this state, and with the orders of the Commission.
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