<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 49-34A-16 - Delay in effectuation of suspended rate schedule pending disposition of previously filed changes--Time--Violation as petty offense--Separate offenses. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2070692Normal { 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.s2070692SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070692CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2070692Normal-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.s2070692DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070692DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070692000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070692SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070692SCL-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="s2070692Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-34A-16"><span class="s2070692SENU">49-34A-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070692SENU">. </span><span class="s2070692CL">Delay in effectuation of suspended rate schedule pending disposition of previously filed changes--Time--Violation as petty offense--Separate offenses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070692Normal-000000"><span class="s2070692DefaultParagraphFont">No public utility may put a suspended rate schedule into effect until at least forty</span><span class="s2070692DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2070692DefaultParagraphFont">five days after the Public Utilities Commission has made a determination concerning any previously filed change of the rate schedule. An intentional violation of this section is a petty offense. After the first judgment, each day's violation is a separate offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070692Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070692000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070692Normal"><span class="s2070692SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070692SCL-000003"> SL 1975, ch 283, § 9; SL 1976, ch 296, § 16; SL 1983, ch 15, § 142.</span></p></div></body></html>