<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 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5Normal { text-align: center; 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.sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5Normal-000000 { 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.sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B { margin-left: 1.38in; text-indent: -1.38in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS"><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-49"><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="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5Normal"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-1" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">    Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-2" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">    Initial submission of plan--Publication--Amendment--Attestation--Promulgation of rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-3" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">    Annual plan compliance report--Deadline--Publication--Plan validity--Plan update.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-4" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">    Contents of plan--Compliance with 2023 National Electrical Safety Code.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-5" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">    Cost recovery for plan implementation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-6" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">    Limitations of liability and damages for qualified utilities--Applicability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-7" rel="noopener"><span class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">49-49-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2f097b2142f4cb9ab6a6aba1df978e5DefaultParagraphFont">    Subrogation.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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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 49-49-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-49-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-49-1"><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="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-1" rel="noopener"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecSENU">49-49-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecSENU">. </span><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecCL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatute"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Approval authority," in the case of an electric cooperative, its board of directors, or in the case of a municipal utility, its city council or city commission, as the case may be;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Commission," the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Economic loss," monetary loss, including losses resulting from medical expenses, business interruption, loss of business, loss of use of property, and loss due to death and burial costs;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Qualified utility," includes:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Any electric utility defined in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-34A-1" rel="noopener"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">49-34A-1</span></a><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(7); and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber2"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Any person who is a wholesale generator of electricity and who operates electrical transmission;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Wildfire," an unplanned, unwanted fire burning in this state that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber2"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(a)    May impact, damage, or cause harm, including to natural resources, agricultural resources, homes, and property; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber2"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Threatens lives and safety; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Wildfire mitigation plan," a plan submitted to and approved by the approval authority or published by the commission in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ec000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sf434b927f0064b39ae0d3a283c8e82ecSCL">SL 2026, ch 189, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1NoIndent { 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.s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1SCL { 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 49-49-2 - Initial submission of plan--Publication--Amendment--Attestation--Promulgation of rules."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-49-2 - Initial submission of plan--Publication--Amendment--Attestation--Promulgation of rules."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-49-2"><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="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1SENU">49-49-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1SENU">. </span><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1CL">Initial submission of plan--Publication--Amendment--Attestation--Promulgation of rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1Statute"><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont">A qualified utility that is not an electric cooperative or municipal utility may submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the commission for filing and publishing. The commission shall file and publish on its website all wildfire mitigation plans submitted to it within one hundred twenty days of receipt. An amendment to a qualified utility's wildfire mitigation plan may also be submitted pursuant to this chapter and is subject to the same process and requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1Statute"><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont">A wildfire mitigation plan submitted to the commission must contain an attestation signed by an officer of the utility submitting the plan. The attestation must contain a statement certifying that the plan contains all provisions required by this chapter. Publication of a wildfire mitigation plan or annual report by the commission is a determination that the wildfire mitigation plan contains the statutory elements and is complete.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont">The commission may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont">, to further implement the provisions of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1Statute"><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont">A qualified utility that is an electric cooperative or a municipal utility may submit a wildfire mitigation plan to its approval authority for review and approval. The approval authority shall act upon a submitted wildfire mitigation plan within one hundred twenty days of submission. If approved, the electric cooperative or municipal utility must publish the wildfire mitigation plan on its website.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s1bc35ed0d95c48b3b2500105dd33fac1SCL">SL 2026, ch 189, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9Normal { 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.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9Statute { 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.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9NoIndent { 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.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9SCL { 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 49-49-3 - Annual plan compliance report--Deadline--Publication--Plan validity--Plan update."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-49-3 - Annual plan compliance report--Deadline--Publication--Plan validity--Plan update."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-49-3"><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="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9SENU">49-49-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9SENU">. </span><span class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9CL">Annual plan compliance report--Deadline--Publication--Plan validity--Plan update.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9Statute"><span class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9DefaultParagraphFont">A qualified utility with a published wildfire mitigation plan shall submit an annual report detailing the qualified utility's compliance with its wildfire mitigation plan for the previous calendar year to the commission or to its approval authority, no later than June first of each year. The commission shall file and publish the report within sixty days of receipt. The electric cooperative or municipal utility shall publish the report on its website within sixty days of filing with the approval authority. The wildfire mitigation plan is valid and current if it is on file and all annual reports are timely filed with the commission or approval authority. The qualified utility shall file an update to the wildfire mitigation plan at least once every two years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s0d694c99c2574dc8b76bc0dde7171ba9SCL">SL 2026, ch 189, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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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 49-49-4 - Contents of plan--Compliance with 2023 National Electrical Safety Code."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-49-4 - Contents of plan--Compliance with 2023 National Electrical Safety Code."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-49-4"><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="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-4" rel="noopener"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cSENU">49-49-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cSENU">. </span><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cCL">Contents of plan--Compliance with 2023 National Electrical Safety Code.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatute"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">A wildfire mitigation plan must include, at a minimum:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A description of areas within the service territory or facility locations of the qualified utility, which may be subject to a heightened risk of wildfire;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A description of the procedures or strategies, standards, and time frames that the qualified utility will use to inspect and operate its infrastructure;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A description of the procedures or strategies, and standards that the qualified utility will use to perform vegetation management;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    A description of the procedures or strategies for modifications or upgrades to electric facilities and preventative programs to reduce the risk of its electric facilities initiating a wildfire;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    A description of considerations or strategies for de-energizing power lines or modifying electric facility operations to mitigate potential wildfires, taking into consideration:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber2"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The ability of the qualified utility to reasonably access the proposed powerline to be de-energized;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber2"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The balance of the risk of wildfire with the need for continued supply of electricity to a community; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber2"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Any potential impact to public safety and first responders, as applicable;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    A description of the procedures or strategies the qualified utility intends to use to</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatute"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">restore its electrical system in the event of a wildfire;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(7)    A description of the estimated incremental costs, if any, for the implementation of</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatute"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">the plan, including system improvements and upgrades;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(8)    A description of community outreach and public awareness efforts before and during a wildfire season; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">(9)    A description of coordination with applicable state or local wildfire agencies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cStatute"><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont">The procedures and standards under this section must comply with the 2023 National Electrical Safety Code.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092c000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sf87b22de46d14f0b8bb527ba6d63092cSCL">SL 2026, ch 189, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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A qualified utility's facilities and activities may not be considered ultra-hazardous or abnormally dangerous.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">A plaintiff's sole remedy against a qualified utility for damages and losses resulting from a wildfire is in this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in this section, there is a rebuttable presumption in any civil action that a valid and current wildfire mitigation plan is a reasonable and prudent preparation for, and mitigation of, wildfire risk. A plaintiff may recover damages, as a result of a wildfire from a qualified utility with a valid and current wildfire mitigation plan only if the plaintiff proves one or both of the following by a preponderance of the evidence:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatuteNumber1"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The qualified utility failed to substantially comply with an essential element of a valid and current wildfire mitigation plan, and that failure was the actual and proximate cause of the damages to the plaintiff. For purposes of this subdivision, a qualified utility is deemed to have substantially complied with its wildfire mitigation plan if the qualified utility attempted to comply with the plan but was denied or delayed access to a right-of-way after the qualified utility requested access to the right-of-way to perform vegetation management or fire mitigation work in accordance with the plan; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatuteNumber1"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The qualified utility acted with malice or criminal intent, and the qualified utility's malicious action or criminal intent was the actual and proximate cause of the damages to the plaintiff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">A civil action filed against a qualified utility for damages caused by wildfire may only be brought within four years after the date of the initial ignition of the wildfire.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">A plaintiff in a civil action filed against a qualified utility for damages caused by wildfire may recover economic losses and property damages but only under the conditions of this chapter. The plaintiff may not recover noneconomic losses unless the plaintiff suffered death, visible bodily injury, smoke inhalation, or a medically verifiable bodily injury from a wildfire.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">The plaintiff may not recover punitive damages unless it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the qualified utility engaged in willful and wanton misconduct and the qualified utility's willful and wanton misconduct was the actual and proximate cause of damages to the plaintiff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">The amount of damages recoverable for damage to real property, or buildings and fixtures to real property, is the lesser of the cost to restore the property to the property's pre-wildfire condition or the difference between the fair market value of the property immediately before the wildfire and the fair market value of the property after the wildfire.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><a id="_Hlk222759988" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2fa000000" rel="noopener"></a><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">For personal property of all kinds, including livestock and growing crops, the measure of damages is either the full market value, if the personal property has been destroyed, or the reasonable expense of necessary repairs or treatment, plus loss of use, if the personal property has been damaged or injured</span><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in this section may be construed to limit any defenses that a qualified utility may be entitled to raise in a civil action for damages caused by wildfire.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faStatute"><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of this section only apply to a qualified utility with a valid and current wildfire mitigation plan as of the date of the initial ignition of the wildfire for which damages are sought.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2fa000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faDefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s844e60dc7e91436dae7fc08c050db2faSCL">SL 2026, ch 189, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 49-49 - WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLANS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bNormal { 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.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bStatute { 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.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6b000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bNoIndent { 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.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bSCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 49-49-7 - Subrogation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 49-49-7 - Subrogation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-49-7"><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="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-49-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bSENU">49-49-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bSENU">. </span><span class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bCL">Subrogation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bStatute"><span class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bDefaultParagraphFont">A person who obtains payment for damages resulting from wildfire pursuant to a policy of insurance is deemed to have been made whole exclusively for purposes of an insurer's right to subrogation. In all other respects, the law of the state on matters of subrogation is applicable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6b000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s37729707ca2648a887516bc092b01c6bSCL">SL 2026, ch 189, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>