South Dakota § 49-34-11.1 - Public utility defined.
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§ 49-34-11.1. Public utility defined.
As used in §§ 49-34-11.1 to 49-34-11.4, inclusive, the term "public utility" means a corporation, its lessees, its trustees and receivers, operating, maintaining or controlling in this state after July 1, 1967, equipment or facilities for the production, generation, transmission or distribution at retail of gas or electric service for the public and in the transmission and distribution using, or having a right to use, public roads, streets, alleys, or other public ways for the purpose of constructing, using, operating or maintaining wires, pipes, conduits or other facilities, which corporation is organized under the provisions of chapter 49-33 or is qualified in accordance with the provisions of §§ 47-1A-1501 to 47-1A-1532, inclusive, as a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.
Source: SL 1989, ch 402, § 2; SL 2005, ch 202, § 14.
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