Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-134: Repair, maintenance or reconstruction - Injury to or

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.