43-13-20.5. Confidentiality agreements.
No wind or solar developer may require a property owner to maintain the confidentiality of any negotiations or terms of any proposed easement or lease except that the parties may agree to a mutual confidentiality agreement in the final executed wind or solar easement, wind or solar lease, or a separate document. Any disclosure of trade secrets or competitive business plans of the developer may be subject to the confidentiality agreement whether occurring before or after execution of the wind or solar easement or wind or solar lease.
Source: SL 2010, ch 213, §7; SL 2017, ch 188, §10.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 13 - Easements And Servitudes
Section 43-13-1 - Granting and holding of servitudes not attached to land.
Section 43-13-2 - Easements--Definition--Classification.
Section 43-13-3 - Definition of terms--Dominant tenement--Servient tenement.
Section 43-13-4 - Creation of servitude--Vested estate in servient tenement necessary.
Section 43-13-5 - Extent of servitude--Determination.
Section 43-13-6 - Owner of servient tenement cannot hold servitude--Extinguishment of servitude.
Section 43-13-7 - Effect of partition of dominant tenement--Apportionment of burden--Limitation.
Section 43-13-8 - Use of easements by owner of future estate in dominant tenement.
Section 43-13-9 - Owner or occupant of dominant tenement--Right to enforce easement.
Section 43-13-11 - Destruction of servient tenement extinguishes servitude.
Section 43-13-13 - Servitude acquired by enjoyment extinguished by disuse for prescribed period.
Section 43-13-16 - Wind easement defined.
Section 43-13-16.1 - Solar easement defined.
Section 43-13-18 - Contents of wind or solar easement instruments.
Section 43-13-19 - Severance of wind or solar energy rights limited.
Section 43-13-20.1 - Extension of wind development period--Filing of affidavit.
Section 43-13-20.2 - Development of potential to produce energy from wind power or solar power.
Section 43-13-20.3 - Additional contents of wind or solar easement documents.
Section 43-13-20.4 - Waiting period for execution of wind or solar easement or lease.
Section 43-13-20.5 - Confidentiality agreements.
Section 43-13-21 - Small wind energy system defined.
Section 43-13-22 - Large wind energy system defined.
Section 43-13-23 - Small wind energy system set back requirement--Exception .
Section 43-13-24 - Large wind energy system set back requirement--Exception.