§ 14-54-701 — Authority generally

(a) (1) Municipal corporations shall have power to provide for, or construct, or acquire works for lighting the streets, alleys, parks, and other public places by gas, electricity, or otherwise; to furnish power to consumers; or to purchase power, gas, or electricity for these purposes from any individual, company, or corporation manufacturing it. (2) In connection therewith, they may furnish lights and power to private consumers upon just compensation therefor and authorize construction of gas or electric works and street railroads. (3) A municipality may: (A) Allow the installation of attachments to poles owned by the municipality; and (B) (i) Adopt an ordinance that allows the temporary attachment of the flag of the United States, the state flag, or a flag of a municipality to a pole owned by the municipality. (ii) The ordinance under subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i) of this section: (a) Shall include: (1) Restrictions concerning the size of the pole attachment, including height and length; (2) The type of pole attachment; (3) Roadway visibility; (4) Dates when flag placement may be utilized; and (5) Other provisions that may be necessary to protect an employee of a municipality who may have to physically climb a pole owned by the municipality; and (b) Shall not: (1) Allow any attachment to a pole in a state highway right-of-way; or (2) Authorize a member of the public to install an attachment to a pole owned by a municipality. (b) (1) Improvement districts created within municipal corporations, or that embrace or include territory therein, which are organized for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, and selling either gas or electricity shall have the same right granted to municipal corporations to purchase power, gas, or electricity from any individual, company, or corporation manufacturing or distributing it for use in any of their plants or for resale or distribution to their customers or patrons. (2) The exercise of this right shall not be construed in any way to impair or affect the validity of any bond issue or any other indebtedness of an improvement district.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2021, No. 377,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1875, No. 1, § 14, p. 1; 1901, No. 186, § 1, p. 341; 1909, No. 230, § 1, p. 695; C. & M. Dig., § 7565; Acts 1923, No. 101, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 9639; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-2318.