§ 176.4 Acts not prohibited
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 13. Common Carriers
13 Okl.St.Ann. § 176.4
§ 176.4 Acts not prohibited
It is not unlawful pursuant to the Security of Communications Act for:
1. an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common carrier whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire, oral or electronic communication to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such communication. Said communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks; or
3. an officer, employee, or agent of the Federal Communications Commission, in the normal course of his employment and in discharge of the monitoring responsibilities exercised by the Commission in the enforcement of Chapter 5 of Title 47 of the United States Code,1 to intercept a wire, oral or electronic communication transmitted by radio or to disclose or use the information obtained; or
5. a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, oral or electronic communication when such person is a party to the communication or when one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal act; or
6. a communication common carrier or an officer, agent, or employee thereof, or a person under contract with a communication common carrier, in the normal course of the business of the communication common carrier bidding upon contracts with or in the course of doing business with the United States, a state, or a political subdivision thereof, in the normal course of the activities of said entities, to send through the mail, send or carry in interstate or foreign commerce, manufacture, assemble, possess, or sell any electronic, mechanical, or other device knowing or having reason to know that the design of such device renders the device primarily useful for the purpose of the illegal interception of wire, oral or electronic communications; or
Credits
Laws 1982, c. 343, § 4; Laws 1983, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 216, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
Footnotes
47 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq.
13 Okl. St. Ann. § 176.4, OK ST T. 13 § 176.4
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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