CHAPTER 215

(SB 103)

High voltage lines, safety zone for work increased.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  increase the required distance between certain persons or equipment and high voltage lines.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 49-32-11 be amended to read as follows:

     49-32-11.   No person may, individually or through an agent or employee, and no person as an agent or employee of another person, may perform or permit another to perform any function or activity if it is probable that during the performance of such activity any person or any tool, equipment, machinery , or material engaged in performing work connected with such activity, will move to, or be placed in, a position within six ten feet of any high voltage overhead electrical line or conductor. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

     Signed February 22, 2002.

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