CHAPTER 229
(HB 1108)
Certain utilities authorized to remove vegetation
that threatens their operations.
ENTITLED, An Act authorize public utilities or electric utilities to remove certain obstructions that may impair its operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. Any public utility or electric utility as defined in ' 49-34A-1 and any utility operated by any political subdivision of the state may remove or alter any vegetation or other material if the utility determines that such removal or alteration is reasonably necessary for the safe repair, use, operation, or maintenance of the utility's electric or gas transmission or distribution lines.
Signed February 19, 1999.