§ 10-36-3 — Definition of terms.

South Dakota § 10-36-3

• Jurisdiction: South Dakota
• Title 10: TAXATION
• Ch. 10-36: TAXATION OF RURAL ELECTRIC COMPANIES

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Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Company," any person, corporation, cooperative, or association engaged in the distribution or transmission of electric energy solely within the United States for consumption principally in rural areas; (2) "Line," a succession of poles connected by wires regardless of the number of circuits on a particular pole or poles; (3) "Personal property," any property used or intended for use by a company in connection with the distribution or transmission of electric energy including all poles, wires, lines, transformers, meters, machinery, fixtures, and all attachments and appurtenances thereto; (4) "Retail company," any company engaged in the distribution of retail electric energy for end user consumption principally in rural areas in South Dakota; (5) "Rural area," any area not included within the boundaries of any municipality having a population in excess of fifteen hundred inhabitants or the assigned service area or areas of a rural electric cooperative determined pursuant to chapter 49-34A ; (6) "Wholesale power supplier," any company engaged in the delivery of wholesale electric energy to another company for resale in South Dakota.

Legislative History

SL 1941, ch 363, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 57.19B01; SL 1981, ch 94, § 3; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2012, ch 66, § 2.