<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 49-47-7 - Limitation of damages in civil action. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2071167Normal { 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.s2071167SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071167CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2071167Normal-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.s2071167DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071167000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071167SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071167SCL-000002 { 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="s2071167Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-47-7"><span class="s2071167SENU">49-47-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071167SENU">. </span><span class="s2071167CL">Limitation of damages in civil action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071167Normal-000000"><span class="s2071167DefaultParagraphFont">In any civil action against an electric utility for damages pursuant to this chapter, a dairy producer is limited to those damages which were incurred by the dairy producer during that period of time commencing twelve months prior to the dairy producer's provision of notice to the utility and ending on the date of completion of adequate remediation, and were caused by that portion of the stray current or voltage attributable to the utility's distribution system.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071167Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071167000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071167Normal"><span class="s2071167SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071167SCL-000002"> SL 2015, ch 237, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>