49-32-10. Overhead high voltage line safety--Definition of terms.
Terms as used in §§49-32-10 to 49-32-16, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, mean:
(1)"High voltage," a voltage in excess of seven hundred fifty volts between conductors or between any single conductor and the ground;
(2)"Overhead lines or overhead conductors," all bare or insulated electrical conductors installed above ground excepting those conductors that are de-energized and grounded or that are enclosed in iron pipe or other metal covering of equal strength.
Source: SL 1973, ch 288, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 49 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 32 - Telephone, Telegraph And Electric Lines
Section 49-32-2 - Malicious destruction of equipment--Misdemeanor--Civil liability.
Section 49-32-3.1 - Required notice to telecommunications company--Planning meeting required.
Section 49-32-3.2 - "Wind collector system" defined.
Section 49-32-4 - Municipal regulation of movement of buildings or location of equipment.
Section 49-32-8 - Liability for negligence unaffected.
Section 49-32-10 - Overhead high voltage line safety--Definition of terms.
Section 49-32-16 - Activities exempt from high voltage safety requirements.
Section 49-32-17 - Liability of violator.
Section 49-32-18 - Electric transmission line defined.
Section 49-32-19 - Incumbent electric transmission owner defined.