<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-37-4 - Contractual powers--Sale of electrical appliances or equipment prohibited.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083237Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083237SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083237CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083237Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083237DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083237000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083237NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083237DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083237SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 49-37-4 - Contractual powers--Sale of electrical appliances or equipment prohibited."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-37-4 - Contractual powers--Sale of electrical appliances or equipment prohibited."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-37-4"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083237Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-37-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083237SENU">49-37-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083237SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083237CL">Contractual powers--Sale of electrical appliances or equipment prohibited. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083237Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083237DefaultParagraphFont">Subject to the limitations of the petition for its creation and all amendments thereto, a consumers power district may engage in, or transact business, or enter into any kind of contract or arrangement with any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association or labor union, state, county, municipality, governmental subdivision, or agency, or with the government of the United States, the Rural Electrification Administration, or with any officer, department, bureau, or agency thereof, or with any corporation organized by federal law, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, or any successor thereof, or with any body, politic or corporate, for any of the purposes mentioned in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-37-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083237DefaultParagraphFont">49-37-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083237DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-37-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083237DefaultParagraphFont">49-37-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083237DefaultParagraphFont"> or for or incident to the exercise of any one or more of the foregoing powers, or for the generation, distribution, transmission, sale, purchase, exchange, interchange, wheeling, and pooling of electric power and energy for lighting, power, heating, and for any and every service involving, employing, or in any manner pertaining to the use of electric power and energy, by whatever means generated or distributed, or for the financing or payment of the cost and expense incident to the acquisition or operation of any such power plant or system or incident to any obligation or indebtedness entered into or incurred by the district. However, the district may not engage in the sale of electrical appliances or equipment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083237Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083237000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083237NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083237DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083237SCL">SL 1950 (SS), ch 17, § 40; SDC Supp 1960, § 52.1740; SL 1975, ch 286; SL 1994, ch 351, § 137; SL 2021, ch 200, § 5.</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 49-37-4 - Contractual powers--Sale of electrical appliances or equipment prohibited.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2070886Normal { 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.s2070886SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070886CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2070886Normal-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.s2070886DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070886000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070886SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070886SCL-000002 { 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="s2070886Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-37-4.1"><span class="s2070886SENU">49-37-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070886SENU">. </span><span class="s2070886CL">Contract to designate party as agent for itself and district--Delegation of contractual powers to agent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070886Normal-000000"><span class="s2070886DefaultParagraphFont">Any consumers power district may contract, in cooperation with others in an electric generation or transmission facility, for the designation of one of the contracting parties as agent on behalf of itself and a consumers power district. Such contract may provide that one of the participants as agent of a consumers power district may make, execute and enter into contracts and let contracts without bids, settle claims, and perform the powers, duties and functions delegated to the agent by the consumer power district with respect to the construction, operation, and maintenance of an electric generation and transmission facility.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070886Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070886000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070886Normal"><span class="s2070886SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070886SCL-000002"> SL 1977, ch 394, § 3.</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 49-37-4 - Contractual powers--Sale of electrical appliances or equipment prohibited.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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Such contract may provide that the parties to the contract may be exempted from responsibilities of their respective negligence to the other party or parties with respect to the construction, operation, maintenance and management of an electric generation and transmission facility. Such contract may further provide for nonpartitionment and that the contract may be governed by the laws of the state in which such electric generation and transmission facilities are located.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070888Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070888000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070888Normal"><span class="s2070888SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070888SCL-000002"> SL 1978, ch 348.</span></p></div></body></html>