10-35-18. Annual tax based on nameplate capacity of wind farm or solar facility.
Any company owning or holding under lease, or otherwise, real or personal property used, or intended for use, as a wind farm producing power for the first time after June 30, 2007, or a solar facility, shall pay an annual tax equal to three dollars multiplied by the nameplate capacity of the renewable facility. The tax shall be imposed beginning the first calendar year the renewable facility generates gross receipts. The tax shall be paid annually to the secretary the first day of February of the following year. The tax for the first calendar year shall be prorated based upon the percentage of the calendar year remaining after the company generates gross receipts. Except as otherwise provided in §§10-35-16 to 10-35-21, inclusive, the provisions of chapter 10-59 apply to the administration of the tax.
Source: SL 2008, ch 49, §3; SL 2016, ch 61, §3.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 35 - Taxation Of Electric, Heating, Water And Gas Companies
Section 10-35-1 - Companies subject to tax.
Section 10-35-1.2 - Generating property of rural electric companies subject to tax.
Section 10-35-1.3 - Definitions.
Section 10-35-1.5 - Partial exemption for power generation facility--Allocation of exemption.
Section 10-35-1.7 - Definitions.
Section 10-35-1.10 - Promulgation of rules on environmental upgrade exemption.
Section 10-35-2 - Operating property assessed by department.
Section 10-35-3 - Annual report required of companies--Date of filing.
Section 10-35-4 - Information given in annual report on property within municipalities.
Section 10-35-5 - Information given in annual report on property outside municipalities.
Section 10-35-6 - Capitalization and financial data given in annual report.
Section 10-35-7 - Additional information given in annual report.
Section 10-35-8 - Addition to assessable value for failure to file annual report.
Section 10-35-10 - Valuation of power and pipelines--Application of property tax levies.
Section 10-35-10.1 - Determining fair market value of public utility property.
Section 10-35-11 - Notice of assessment to company--Hearing.
Section 10-35-15 - Collection of delinquent taxes.
Section 10-35-16 - Definition of terms.
Section 10-35-17 - Alternative annual tax on wind farm property and solar facilities.
Section 10-35-18 - Annual tax based on nameplate capacity of wind farm or solar facility.
Section 10-35-20 - Renewable facility tax fund.
Section 10-35-21 - Distributions from renewable facility tax fund.