{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-107.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-107.1","heading":"Regulation of video services systems","body":"A. A municipality may by ordinance or otherwise grant a\n\ncertificate, license, permit or franchise for the operation of a\n\nvideo services system, unless such authority is already provided for\n\nby law. Any certificate, license, permit or franchise granted\n\npursuant to this section shall constitute a bargained contract\n\nbetween the municipality and the video services provider and shall\n\nprovide for a consideration payment to the municipality as rental\n\nfor the privileges granted to the provider to use the public ways\n\nand grounds within the municipality in furtherance of its video\n\nservices business. The rental payment shall be set at the amount\n\nbargained between the municipality and the video services provider\n\nbut shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the annual gross revenues\n\nderived by the video services provider from the provision of video\n\nservices within the municipality. Any certificate, license, permit\n\nor franchise issued by the governing body shall be nonexclusive and\n\nshall not exceed a period of twenty-five (25) years and may be\n\nrevocable by the governing body if the body determines that the\n\nholder of the certificate, license, permit or franchise has\n\nwillfully failed or neglected to perform duties pursuant to the\n\nterms of the grant of the certificate, license, permit or franchise.\n\nNothing herein shall limit the authority of a municipality to comply\n\nwith state or federal law.\n\nB. In the event a municipality grants an overlapping\n\ncertificate, license, permit or franchise for video services within\n\nits jurisdiction on terms or conditions more favorable or less\n\nburdensome than those in any existing certificate, license, permit\n\nor franchise within the municipality the holder of the existing\n\ncertificate, license, permit or franchise shall be entitled, upon\n\nwritten notice to the municipality, to adopt the terms in the\n\noverlapping certificate, license, permit or franchise that are more\n\nfavorable or less burdensome than those in the existing certificate,\n\nlicense, permit or franchise and the adopted terms shall become\n\nenforceable by the municipality.\n\nC. In addition to any other authority granted to municipalities\n\nby this section or other applicable law, a municipality may also\n\nadopt an ordinance regulating a video services system pursuant to\n\nits police power. No municipal provisions regulating a video\n\nservices system may be adopted which are inconsistent with either\n\nstate or federal law or with the terms and conditions of the\n\ncertificate, license, permit or franchise bargained by the\n\nmunicipality and the video services provider.\n\nD. In awarding or renewing a certificate, license, permit or\n\nfranchise for video services, a municipality may require adequate\n\nassurance that the video services system provider will provide\n\nadequate public, educational, and governmental access channel\n\ncapacity, facilities or financial support. A video services system\n\nprovider may, at its sole option, provide a “family-friendly” tier\n\nof video services in lieu of channel capacity, facilities, or\n\nfinancial support for public access as a condition of any\n\ncertificate, license, permit or franchise for video services or\n\nrenewal thereof. Nothing herein shall affect any channel capacity,\n\nfacilities, or financial support for educational or governmental\n\naccess contained in any certificate, license, permit or franchise\n\nfor video services or renewal thereof.\n\nE. A “family-friendly” tier of services is a group of channels,\n\noffered to customers pursuant to Federal Communications Commission\n\n(FCC) regulations, that primarily contains programming with a\n\ntelevision viewing rating of TV-Y, TV-Y7 or TV-G.\n\nF. “Video services” means video programming, including cable\n\nservices, provided through wireline facilities owned, controlled,\n\nconstructed, or operated by the provider of such video service and\n\nlocated at least in part in the public rights-of-way without regard\nnications Commission\n\n(FCC) regulations, that primarily contains programming with a\n\ntelevision viewing rating of TV-Y, TV-Y7 or TV-G.\n\nF. “Video services” means video programming, including cable\n\nservices, provided through wireline facilities owned, controlled,\n\nconstructed, or operated by the provider of such video service and\n\nlocated at least in part in the public rights-of-way without regard\n\nto the delivery technology, including Internet protocol technology.\n\nVideo services shall not include:\n\n1. Video programming provided by a commercial mobile service\n\nprovider as defined in 47 U.S.C., Section 332(d)(1);\n\n2. Direct-to-home satellite services as defined in 47 U.S.C.,\n\nSection 303(v) that are transmitted from a satellite directly to a\n\ncustomer’s premises without using or accessing any portion of the\n\npublic right-of-way; or\n\n3. Video programing accessed via a service that enables users\n\nto access content, information, electronic mail, messaging and other\n\nservices offered over the Internet, including streaming content.","path":["OK Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os11.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"a2377afbf15a76457c07a4a904a7517964da1f40da1b8725dce5b42875519917","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-22-107.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}