<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 31-26-23 - Relocation or removal of electrical lines, communication lines, and pipelines--Procedural requirements. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2053208Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2053208SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053208CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2053208Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2053208DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2053208Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2053208000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053208SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053208SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2053208Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-26-23"><span class="s2053208SENU">31-26-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053208SENU">. </span><span class="s2053208CL">Relocation or removal of electrical lines, communication lines, and pipelines--Procedural requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053208Normal-000000"><span class="s2053208DefaultParagraphFont">If any highway or public entity infrastructure is constructed or changed within the public right-of-way, the public entity or its representative shall notify any affected known utility that has electrical lines, communications lines, or pipelines and allow the affected utility to participate in a coordination meeting during the planning or design phase of the project, except as provided in this section. The meeting shall allow the public entity and affected known utility to discuss options to minimize construction delays, limit the impact of the construction on utility facilities, and to minimize or eliminate costs associated with any utility removal or relocation. No such option may cause the public entity to incur additional costs unless a written agreement is reached to have the affected utility pay for the additional costs incurred by the public entity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053208Normal-000001"><span class="s2053208DefaultParagraphFont">If the public entity determines that coordination meetings will not be held due to the project scope and size, the public entity shall notify any affected known utility and allow the affected utility thirty days to submit written comments on the project.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053208Normal-000001"><span class="s2053208DefaultParagraphFont">After the coordination meetings or after the written comment period, the permit holder shall, upon ninety days notice in writing, remove or relocate the facilities at its own cost unless other arrangements have been mutually agreed upon in writing. If the public entity, in coordination with the utility, determines that winter weather conditions make removal or relocation impractical, the accrual of time within the ninety-day notification period shall be suspended until conditions make removal or relocation practical. If a utility's facility is discovered during construction that was not identified by the utility during the planning or design phase or during the written comment period if the public entity determines that a coordination meeting will not be held, the ninety-day notice is not required and the utility shall coordinate with the public entity to remove or relocate the facility as soon as practically possible for the project.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053208Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053208000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053208Normal"><span class="s2053208SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053208SCL-000003"> SL 1970, ch 166, § 2; SL 2009, ch 148, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 31-26-23 - Relocation or removal of electrical lines, communication lines, and pipelines--Procedural requirements. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2053209Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2053209SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053209CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2053209Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2053209DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053209DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053209000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053209SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053209SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2053209Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-26-23.1"><span class="s2053209SENU">31-26-23.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053209SENU">. </span><span class="s2053209CL">Agreements with owners of utility lines and facilities for future relocation--Limitation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053209Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-26-23"><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont">31-26-23</span></a><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont">, the Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with the owners of utility lines and facilities providing for the future relocation, at the department's expense, of utility lines and facilities located within any highway right</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont">way. However, the department may enter into such agreements only if existing utility lines or facilities on private property will be located within the right</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2053209DefaultParagraphFont">way as the result of a highway construction project.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053209Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053209000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053209Normal"><span class="s2053209SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053209SCL-000003"> SL 2004, ch 199, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>