Oklahoma § 17-151.1 - Resale of water or sewage service – Maximum charges –
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§ 17-151.1. Resale of water or sewage service – Maximum charges –
Disclosure – Penalties - Enforcement.
A. Except for any person, public utility, or public service
corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation
Commission, or a municipal utility, or a public trust which has as
its beneficiary the municipality, no owner of any interest in real
property in this state who purchases water or sewage services from a
municipality and who resells such water or sewage services to any
residential lessee of any interest in such real property for the
purpose of providing water or sewage services shall charge such
lessee any amount in excess of ten percent (10%) of the cost to such
reseller for each billing cycle of the water or sewage services
purchased by the reseller from the supplier.
B. The reseller shall separately disclose in its water or
sewage services bills to the lessee the per unit cost of its
purchased water or sewage services and the actual amount of each fee
or charge in dollars and cents to be paid by the lessee to the
reseller.
C. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this
section, upon conviction thereof by a district court, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition to the punishment prescribed
by this subsection, the reseller is liable in treble damages to the
lessee injured, said damages to be recovered in a civil action by
the consumer so injured. Treble damages shall be based on the total
amount to be paid to the reseller by the lessee for each bill which
exceeds the authorized percentage pursuant to this section.
D. The Office of the Attorney General of this state shall have
the power and duty to investigate and prosecute any violations of
the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 212, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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