A. Subject to paragraph 4 of Section 438.4 of this title, any cooperative may furnish communication services in any territory not already being furnished communication services by a telephone company or another cooperative without approval of the Corporation Commission of this state.
B. In any matter before the Corporation Commission, to which any cooperative is a party, the Commission shall issue its order determining such matter within ninety (90) days after the application therein has been filed.
C. Under this act, no certificate of convenience and necessity, as provided in Sections 131 through 133 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes inclusive, shall be required by the Corporation Commission for a cooperative organized hereunder.
Laws 1953, p. 494, § 32; Laws 1991, c. 135, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.