5-4-5. Easement for utility lines and mains--Cultivation protected--Highways and section lines to be used where practical.
The commissioner of school and public lands shall have authority to grant to any person, or telegraph, telephone, gas, oil, or other company an easement for its lines or mains, or for other public purposes, across or upon school and endowment lands, subject to such reasonable terms, conditions, and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe. Such grant shall not interfere with the cultivation of said lands, and shall not be made unless the public highways or section line rights-of-way are impractical for the purposes of the easement.
Source: SL 1929, ch 219; SDC 1939, ยง15.0402.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 5 - Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Chapter 04 - Administration Of School And Public Lands
Section 5-4-1 - Claim not acquired by occupancy by trespasser--Right to remove improvements.
Section 5-4-3 - Map of waterworks to be filed.
Section 5-4-5.1 - Easements for national guard training sites.
Section 5-4-5.2 - Wind and solar easements and leases.
Section 5-4-11 - Unauthorized removal of wood from school or public lands as misdemeanor.
Section 5-4-12 - Waste on public lands as misdemeanor.
Section 5-4-14 - Preparation of advertisements--Publication--Signature.
Section 5-4-15 - Misdemeanor to start open fire on public lands except in established fireplace.