South Dakota § 31-26-1 Application to board of county commissioners to erect poles and wires or to bury cable for electricity and telephone--Period covered by application--Regulation by Legislature.

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§ 31-26-1 — Application to board of county commissioners to erect poles and wires or to bury cable for electricity and telephone--Period covered by application--Regulation by Legislature.

South Dakota § 31-26-1

Title 31HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

Ch. 31-25UTILITY LINES ALONG AND ACROSS HIGHWAYS

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The board of county commissioners, upon written application designating the particular highway the use of which is desired, may grant to any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of electric light and power, or any municipality authorized by law to purchase electric current, or any person authorized by law to purchase such current from such municipality, or any person engaged in, or about to engage in, the furnishing of telephone service, the right to erect and maintain poles and wires or to bury underground cable for the purpose of conducting electricity for lighting, heating, and power purposes, together with stay wires and braces, and for the purpose of furnishing telephone service, in and along any public highway in its county for a period not to exceed twenty years, subject to the

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The board of county commissioners, upon written application designating the particular highway the use of which is desired, may grant to any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of electric light and power, or any municipality authorized by law to purchase electric current, or any person authorized by law to purchase such current from such municipality, or any person engaged in, or about to engage in, the furnishing of telephone service, the right to erect and maintain poles and wires or to bury underground cable for the purpose of conducting electricity for lighting, heating, and power purposes, together with stay wires and braces, and for the purpose of furnishing telephone service, in and along any public highway in its county for a period not to exceed twenty years, subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter and such further reasonable regulations as the Legislature may hereafter prescribe.

Citizens and Landowners Against the Miles City/new Underwood Powerline Joseph D. Bruch, Floyd A. Cammack Anthony H. Bruch Henry Bruch, Rex Schreckenghaust, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission v. Secretary, United States Department of Energy, in His Official Capacity Golden Area Manager, Western Area Power Administration, in His Official Capacity Billings Area Manager, Western Area Power Administration in His Official Capacity, Grand Electric Cooperative, Inc., Citizens and Landowners Against the Miles City/new Underwood Powerline Joseph D. Bruch, Floyd A. Cammack Anthony H. Bruch Henry Bruch, Rex Schreckenghaust, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission v. Secretary, United States Department of Energy, in His Official Capacity Golden Area Manager, Western Area Power Administration, in His Official Capacity Billings Area Manager, Western Area Power Administration, in His Official Capacity Grand Electric Cooperative, Inc.

683 F.2d 1171 (Eighth Circuit, 1982)

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Citizens & Landowners Against the Miles City/New Underwood Powerline v. Secretary, United States Department of Energy

683 F.2d 1171 (Eighth Circuit, 1982)

1 case citations