Costs of adjusting said lines to conform to the minimum height as set out in § 31-26-19 may only be assumed by the governmental body having jurisdiction of said public highway where said adjustment results from the acquisition of new highway rightofway in which the utility has an interest.

Said costs shall not include salvage, depreciation, or betterment values to the utility.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 31-26-20

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Source: SL 1921, ch 251; SDC 1939, § 28.1004; SL 1965, ch 134.