A cooperative may construct, maintain, and operate transmission and distribution lines along, upon, under, and across publicly owned lands and public thoroughfares, including all roads, highways, streets, alleys, bridges, and causeways.
S.D. Codified Laws § 47-21-66
Powers of cooperative--Construction and maintenance of facilities on public lands
Known as the Electric Cooperative Law
The act spans §§ 47–47 (92 sections).
Source: SL 1947, ch 33, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.2204 (8); SL 1994, ch 349, § 3.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.