A. It is unlawful for any person to connect or attach any kind of pipe, wire, or other contrivance to any pipe, line, wire, or other conductor carrying gas, water, electricity, telephone, or cable television and belonging to a public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, in such a manner as to enable him to consume or use the gas, water, electricity, telephone, or cable signals without it passing through the meter or any other way so as to evade payment therefor. It is also unlawful for any person to damage, molest, tamper with, or destroy any pipe, line, wire, meter, or other part of any public utility, including any telegraph or telephone system.
B. If any evidence of tampering or damaging of a public utility or private premises is proven, the owner or occupant of such premises shall be presumed responsible for the damage and fine.
(Code 1991, § 10-206)
Cross reference- Utilities, Ch. 110.
State Law reference- Larceny of cable television services, 21 O.S. § 1131.