Title 49, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

A petition for the annexation of additional territory to an existing district may be filed by registered voters of the area to be annexed. Petitions for the consolidation of two or more existing districts shall be filed by registered voters of each existing district. These petiti…

Nonprofit, public service, utility districts may be organized under this chapter for the purpose of supplying electric energy and encouraging and extending the use thereof within or without the State of South Dakota. Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 17 , § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 52.1702; SL…

Any district may amend its petition to provide for a change in its name or change in the location of its principal place of business and may reduce or increase the number of members of its board of directors. No elimination or detachment, increase, enlargement, annexation, or con…

A district may be created as provided in this chapter, and when so created, shall be a public corporation and political subdivision of this state, and may sue or be sued in its corporate name, and have all other powers in chapters 49-35 to 49-40 , inclusive, or hereafter prescrib…

The proposed amendment is effective and in full force immediately upon the issuance of a certificate of amendment by the secretary of state. Thereupon the district, as in the case of the original district, is a public corporation and political subdivision, and shall operate and f…

Chapters 49-35 to 49-40 , inclusive, may be cited as the "Consumers Power Districts Law." Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 17 , § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 52.1701.

A consumers power district may be composed of the territory of one or more municipalities or rural areas as defined in this chapter, whether contiguous or otherwise, but no municipality or voting precinct shall be divided in the formation of a district. Nothing in chapters 49-35 …

A consumers power district may be created only by election and the procedure as provided in this chapter. Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 17 , § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 52.1705.

A consumers power district may be organized in a rural area under the provisions of this chapter by filing within ninety days after the earliest date of the signing by any petitioner in the office of the clerk of courts of the county in which the principal place of business of sa…

The petition for the organization of a consumers power district shall be addressed to the secretary of state and shall state in substance that it is the intent and purpose of the petitioners to create such a district under the provisions of this chapter subject to approval by the…

The petition for the organization of a consumers power district shall be signed by five percent of the qualified electors of the proposed district. The number of votes cast for Governor at the general election within the boundaries of the proposed district next preceding the fili…

Every sheet of every petition for the organization of a consumers power district containing signatures shall have upon it and below the signatures a circulator's verification as required by subdivision 12-1-3(8). Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 17 , § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 52.1709; SL 199…