South Dakota Statutes

§ 49-32-11 — Activities bringing persons or equipment in proximity to high voltage lines prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 49-32-11
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 49PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Ch. 49-32TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC LINES

This text of South Dakota § 49-32-11 (Activities bringing persons or equipment in proximity to high voltage lines prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 49-32-11 (2026).

Text

No person may, individually or through an agent or employee, and no person as an agent or employee of another person, may perform or permit another to perform any function or activity if it is probable that during the performance of such activity any person or any tool, equipment, machinery, or material engaged in performing work connected with such activity, will move to, or be placed in, a position within ten feet of any high voltage overhead electrical line or conductor. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Related

Lovell v. Oahe Electric Cooperative
382 N.W.2d 396 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1986)
52 case citations
Poelstra v. Basin Electric Power Cooperative
1996 SD 36 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1996)
50 case citations
Bell v. East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
535 N.W.2d 750 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1995)
24 case citations
Polestra v. Basin Elec. Power Coop.
1996 SD 36 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1996)

Legislative History

SL 1973, ch 288, § 2; SL 1983, ch 15, § 130; SL 2002, ch 215, § 1.

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