Oklahoma § 17-139.1 - Coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones Operating requirements
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 17-139.1 — Coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones Operating requirements, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-139.1. Coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones Operating requirements
The Corporation Commission shall, by rule or order, promulgate
and enforce operating requirements for coin-activated and credit
card-activated telephones available for public use owned or operated
by corporations or persons other than telephone corporations
authorized by the Commission to operate within service areas. These
requirements shall include, but are not limited to a requirement
that every telephone permit a caller to be connected with the
operator personnel of any telephone corporation authorized by the
Commission to operate within a service area through the Commission
authorized access method chosen by the operator service provider
with exception of those coin operated or credit card-activated
telephones made available to inmates at state, federal, local and
county jails and correctional facilities.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 285, § 1, operative July 1, 1990.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 17-139.1 ("Coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones Operating requirements") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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