Oklahoma § 17-163.1 - Wage rates, benefits, working conditions or other terms

§ 17-163.1. Wage rates, benefits, working conditions or other terms

or conditions of employment subject to collective bargaining

agreements - Disallowance or change.

In establishing rates, unless there is evidence that wage rates,

benefits, working conditions or other terms or conditions of

employment are not comparable to other collective bargaining

agreements for comparable regulated and nonregulated entities in

comparable economic and geographical environments, the Corporation

Commission shall not disallow or otherwise change any wage rate,

benefit, working condition, or other term or condition of employment

that is the subject of a collective bargaining agreement between the

public utility or public service corporation and a labor

organization. Nothing herein shall affect the authority of the

Commission to make adjustments where necessary to match wages and

benefits with a test year examined by the Commission and to allocate

a benefit to the period during which rates will be expected to

remain in effect.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission

It is the intention of the Legislature that any provision of

this section is an amendment to, and alteration of Sections 18

through 34 inclusive of Article IX of the Oklahoma Constitution as

authorized by Section 35 of Article IX of the Oklahoma Constitution.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 132, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.