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HB 1108 authorize public utilities or electric utilities...

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  1999
 

228C0305  
HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ENGROSSED   NO. HB1108   -   1/29/99  

        Introduced by: Representatives Davis, Chicoine, Crisp, Fitzgerald, Kooistra, Lockner, McNenny, Michels, and Nachtigal and Senators Hainje and Moore  

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to authorize public utilities or electric utilities to remove certain obstructions that may impair its operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  Any public utility or electric utility as defined in §  49-34A-1 and any utility operated by any political subdivision of the state may remove or alter any vegetation or other material if the utility determines that such removal or alteration is reasonably necessary for the safe repair, use, operation, or maintenance of the utility's electric or gas transmission or distribution lines.
BILL HISTORY
1/22/99 First read in House and referred to Local Government.   H.J.   125
1/28/99 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/28/99 Local Government Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 10, NAYS 1.   H.J.   236