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SD Codified L § 9-39-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-21 - Employment of personnel by utility board--Inclusion in civil service system.

9-39-21. Employment of personnel by utility board--Inclusion in civil service system.The municipal utility board shall have the power to employ all necessary help for the management and operation of the utility or utilities under its control and management, prescribe duties of officers and employees and fix their compensation. The governing body of the municipality shall retain the power to determine whether utility employees shall be included in the municipality's civil service system. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3904 (2).
SD Codified L § 9-39-21.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-21.1 - Appointment of municipal industrial development director.

9-39-21.1. Appointment of municipal industrial development director.The municipal utility board shall have power to appoint a municipal industrial development director, to fix his compensation to be paid from funds under the control of such board, and under its control and management, and prescribe the duties of such officer. Source: SDC Supp 1960, §45.3904 as added by SL 1969, ch 186.
SD Codified L § 9-39-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-22 - Purchase of supplies by utility board--Wholesale purchase of utility service.

9-39-22. Purchase of supplies by utility board--Wholesale purchase of utility service.The municipal utility board shall have power to buy all fuel and supplies and where the utility is engaged in distribution it may purchase wholesale electric energy, steam heat, gas, or water as the case may be for municipal distribution. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3904 (3).
SD Codified L § 9-39-23 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-23 - Rates, fees, charges, and assessments fixed by utility board--Rules and regulations.

9-39-23. Rates, fees, charges, and assessments fixed by utility board--Rules and regulations.The municipal utility board has all of the powers granted to a governing body in this title to fix reasonable rates, fees, and charges, and to make special assessments for improvements as provided in chapter 9-43. The board may adopt, by resolution, reasonable rules and regulations for utility services supplied by the municipally owned public utilities under its control and management within the limits permitted by the statutes of this state. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3904 (4); SL 1980, ch 70, §1; SL 2012, ch 57, §77.
SD Codified L § 9-39-24 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-24 - Agreements between utility board and governing body--Services furnished to municipality--Surplus funds.

9-39-24. Agreements between utility board and governing body--Services furnished to municipality--Surplus funds.The municipal utility board shall have power to enter into all necessary working agreements with the officials and governing body of the municipality and such agreements may contemplate arrangements for furnishing utility services to the municipality by such board, compensation for use by either the municipal utility board or the municipality of buildings, equipment, and personnel under the control of the other and transfers of surplus funds in the control of the municipal utility board to the general fund of the municipality. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3904 (5).
SD Codified L § 9-39-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-25 - Utility board powers limited by municipal powers.

9-39-25. Utility board powers limited by municipal powers.Nothing in §§9-39-19 to 9-39-24, inclusive, is to be construed as vesting any power or powers in any such municipal utilities board or in any municipality beyond the powers now vested in municipal corporations relative to the management and control of utilities. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3904 (6).
SD Codified L § 9-39-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-26 - Separate fund for utility receipts and disbursements--Separate accounts for each utility.

9-39-26. Separate fund for utility receipts and disbursements--Separate accounts for each utility.A separate fund shall be established in the municipal treasury. Into this fund shall be paid all receipts from the utility operations under the control of the municipal utility board and from it shall be paid all disbursements attributable to the utility operations under the control of the utility board. The utility board shall maintain separate accounts for each utility in such a manner that the accounting records will show proper classification of the revenues and expenditures and the true operating results for each utility. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §5; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3905 (1); SL 1961, ch 253.
SD Codified L § 9-39-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-27 - Audit and allowance of claims against public utilities fund.

9-39-27. Audit and allowance of claims against public utilities fund.The municipal utility board shall in the same manner and to the same extent as the governing board under chapter 9-23 audit claims to be paid from the public utilities fund under the control of said board, which claims arise by reason of the operation of utilities under the management and control of said board. As to such claims the municipal utility board shall assume the duties of the governing body under said chapter 9-23. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §5; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3905 (2); SL 1961, ch 253.
SD Codified L § 9-39-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-28 - Warrants on municipal treasurer for disbursements from utilities fund.

9-39-28. Warrants on municipal treasurer for disbursements from utilities fund.The city auditor or town clerk shall draw his warrant upon the municipal treasurer and countersign all warrants for the proper amount allowed pursuant to orders or resolutions of the municipal utility board. The president of the utility board shall countersign all warrants in lieu of the mayor and the warrants will then be presented to the municipal treasurer for countersignature and the warrant shall be paid by such municipal treasurer as provided by §9-23-7. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §5; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3905 (2); SL 1961, ch 253.
SD Codified L § 9-39-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-29 - Fiscal reports by utility board to governing body.

9-39-29. Fiscal reports by utility board to governing body.The municipal utility board shall, immediately after the close of each fiscal year and as often additionally as may be required by the municipal governing body upon thirty days' written notice to the secretary of the board, file with the city auditor or town clerk, a detailed written report of all money and moneys received and disbursed by said board for said fiscal year, in the case of an annual report, and since such last report was given in the case of any other report required by the governing body. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §6; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3906.
SD Codified L § 9-39-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-30 - Municipal power to abolish utility board or terminate authority over utility.

9-39-30. Municipal power to abolish utility board or terminate authority over utility.Any municipality may, by vote of its voters, as hereinafter provided, determine whether its municipal utility board shall be abolished, or whether its authority over any particular utility shall be terminated. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §7; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3907 (1).
SD Codified L § 9-39-31 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-31 - Petition to abolish utility board or terminate authority.

9-39-31. Petition to abolish utility board or terminate authority.As to any question referred to in §9-39-30, fifteen percent of the registered voters residing in a municipality, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, may petition for a special election to determine such question. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §7; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3907 (2); SL 1987, ch 67, §19.
SD Codified L § 9-39-32 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-32 - Form of question on election to abolish utility board or terminate authority.

9-39-32. Form of question on election to abolish utility board or terminate authority.The form of submitting questions to be voted upon at such special election shall be:On the question of whether the municipal utility board shall be abolished--"Shall the municipal utility board be abolished?"On the question of whether the authority of the municipal utility board over any particular utility shall be terminated--"Shall the authority of the municipal utility board over ____ (naming the utility) be terminated?" Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §7; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3907 (2).
SD Codified L § 9-39-33 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-33 - Time of change in utility management after approval by voters.

9-39-33. Time of change in utility management after approval by voters.If a majority of the votes cast on such question is in the affirmative, the change in utility management and control indicated thereby shall take place at the first regular meeting of the governing body following such special election. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §7; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3907 (2).
SD Codified L § 9-39-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-34 - Control by governing body after utility board abolished or authority terminated.

9-39-34. Control by governing body after utility board abolished or authority terminated.When at such election on the questions specified in §9-39-32 the majority vote is in the affirmative, from the time of the next regular meeting of the governing body thereafter, the utility or utilities affected shall be subject to the authority and control of the governing body of the municipality in the same manner as if they had never been under the authority of such municipal utility board. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §8; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3908.
SD Codified L § 9-39-35 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-35 - Waiting period after election on powers of utility board.

9-39-35. Waiting period after election on powers of utility board.The question of whether to establish a municipal utility board, or of abolishing same, or of terminating its authority as to any municipal utility, having been submitted to a vote of the electorate, shall not be resubmitted within a period of three years thereafter. Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §9; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3909.
SD Codified L § 9-39-36 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-36 - Municipal power to sell, lease, or grant operating contract for utility.

9-39-36. Municipal power to sell, lease, or grant operating contract for utility.Every municipality shall have power to sell, convey, and dispose of the plant or equipment of any public utility owned by the municipality and to contract for the leasing or operation of such plant, equipment, or utility by others, and to grant to the lessee or operator under such a contract the right to purchase such plant, equipment, or utility upon such terms and conditions as may be expressed in the contract, after authorization as provided by this title. Source: SL 1917, ch 314; RC 1919, §6169 (19); SL 1925, ch 242; SL 1929, ch 201; SL 1931, ch 195; SDC 1939, §45.0201 (76).
SD Codified L § 9-39-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-37 - Petition for sale, lease, or operating contract for utility--Number of signers required.

9-39-37. Petition for sale, lease, or operating contract for utility--Number of signers required.Before any sale, conveyance, lease, or operating contract is made of any plant or equipment of any public utility owned by the municipality, there is filed with the municipal finance officer a petition signed by at least fifteen percent of the registered voters of the municipality, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, requesting that the proposition be submitted to the voters at a regular or special election, which petition shall be filed at least ten days preceding the date set for such regular or special election. Source: SL 1917, ch 314; RC 1919, §6169 (19); SL 1925, ch 242; SL 1929, ch 201; SL 1931, ch 195; SDC 1939, §45.1305; SL 1976, ch 84, §2; SL 1987, ch 67, §18.
SD Codified L § 9-39-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-38 - Election on sale, lease or operating contract for utility--Percentage of favorable votes required.

9-39-38. Election on sale, lease or operating contract for utility--Percentage of favorable votes required.Upon the filing of such petition it shall be the duty of the auditor or clerk to submit such proposition upon a separate ballot to the voters of the municipality at a regular or special election as prayed for in such petition.If sixty percent of the voters of such municipality voting thereon shall vote in favor of such proposition, a sale, conveyance, lease, or contract for the operation of such plant, equipment, or public utility shall be deemed authorized. Source: SL 1917, ch 314; RC 1919, §6169 (19); SL 1925, ch 242; SL 1929, ch 201; SL 1931, ch 195; SDC 1939, §45.1305.
SD Codified L § 9-39-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General|Section 9-39-39 - Election requirement inapplicable to jointly owned facilities contracts.

9-39-39. Election requirement inapplicable to jointly owned facilities contracts.The provisions of §§9-39-37 and 9-39-38 shall not apply to contracts entered into by a municipality with others for the construction, operation, or maintenance of jointly owned electric generation or transmission facilities. Source: SDCL, §9-39-37 as added by SL 1976, ch 84, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-40-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-1 - Municipal power to acquire and operate utility systems--Types of services provided--Limits of service area.

9-40-1. Municipal power to acquire and operate utility systems--Types of services provided--Limits of service area.Any municipality may purchase, construct, or otherwise acquire, establish, equip, maintain, operate, extend, or improve any system or part of system for the purpose of providing electric, gas, or other light, heat, and power for municipal, industrial, and domestic purposes; or any system or part of system of waterworks for the purpose of providing water and water supply for municipal, industrial, and domestic purposes; or any system or part of system for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and other domestic, commercial, and industrial wastes; or any system for the control of floods and drainage; or any combination of such light, heat and power, waterworks, sewerage, or flood and drainage control systems, together with extensions, additions, and necessary appurtenances. The systems shall supply the municipality or any specified portion of the municipality or adjacent territory within ten miles of its corporate limits and the inhabitants thereof with electricity, gas, light, heat, power, water supply, sewerage, and flood and drainage control service. A drainage basin utility district established pursuant to chapter 46A-10B may operate within or without its boundaries. Source: SL 1931, ch 194, §1; SDC 1939, §45.2401; SL 1947, ch 211, §1; SL 1949, ch 191, §1; SL 1957, ch 251; SL 1989, ch 388, §16.
SD Codified L § 9-40-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-2 - Systems defined as utilities.

9-40-2. Systems defined as utilities.The term "utility" as used in this chapter means any system or part of system as referred to in §9-40-1, and any extensions, additions, improvements, or appurtenances to any such system or combination of systems; or a drainage basin utility district established pursuant to chapter 46A-10B. Source: SL 1931, ch 194, §1; SDC 1939, §45.2401; SL 1947, ch 211, §1; SL 1949, ch 191, §1; SL 1957, ch 251; SL 1989, ch 388, §17.
SD Codified L § 9-40-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-3 - Combining of systems and services into single utility system.

9-40-3. Combining of systems and services into single utility system.Any combined system furnishing light, heat, power, water supply, and sewerage service, or any of such services may be hereafter acquired, established, equipped, maintained, operated, extended, or improved as a single utility under the provisions of this chapter, and any two or more systems owned and operated by a municipality may be combined for such purposes, or additional services of the types mentioned in §9-40-1 may be added to those furnished by any utility system owned and operated by the municipality; provided, that the nature of such combined system shall be set forth and the necessity for such combination determined in and by the ordinance required by the provisions of §9-40-5. Source: SDC 1939, §45.2401 as added by SL 1949, ch 191, §1; SL 1957, ch 251.
SD Codified L § 9-40-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-4 - Utility facilities outside municipal limits.

9-40-4. Utility facilities outside municipal limits.Every municipality may procure a supply of water, electricity, or gas and may dispose of sewage outside its corporate limits, and for such purposes may construct, operate, and maintain outside its corporate limits, as a part of any such system, dams, reservoirs, intakes, spillways, conduits, or other devices to gather and store surface, flood, or other waters, pipelines, poles, wires, and cables for the transmission of water, electric current, and gas, and sewer mains, outlets, and treatment and disposal plants. Source: SDC 1939, §45.2401 as added by SL 1957, ch 251.
SD Codified L § 9-40-4.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-4.1 - Water pollution prevention contracts.

9-40-4.1. Water pollution prevention contracts.Every municipality shall have the further right, power, and authority to accept contributions or other aid from commercial, industrial, or other establishments for the purpose of aiding in the prevention or abatement of water pollution, and in furtherance of such purpose to enter into contracts and agreements, either long term or short term, with any such establishment covering the collection, treatment, or disposal by the municipality of sewage and other wastes from any establishment, the financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities therefor, the charges or compensation to be paid by such establishment, the use and operation by any municipality of sewage collection, treatment, or disposal facilities owned by any such establishment, and the coordination of the sewage collection, treatment, or disposal facilities of the municipality with the sewage collection, treatment, or disposal facilities of any such establishment. Source: SL 1975, ch 92, §1; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-40-4.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-4.2 - Financial aid for sewerage and water facility systems--Federal contracts.

9-40-4.2. Financial aid for sewerage and water facility systems--Federal contracts.Every municipality may accept grants or contributions and obtain loans from the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof presently or hereafter constituted, for the purpose of aiding in financing the cost of planning, construction, equipping, acquiring, extending, and improving facilities for the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage and other domestic, commercial, and industrial wastes, or for supplying water for municipal, industrial, and domestic use, or for any combination of sewerage and water facilities, and may enter into contracts with the United States of America or any of its agencies or instrumentalities respecting any such grants, contributions, or loans. Source: SL 1975, ch 92, §2; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-40-4.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-4.3 - Contracts and creation of body for operation of sewerage and water facility systems.

9-40-4.3. Contracts and creation of body for operation of sewerage and water facility systems.Every municipality shall have the right, power, and authority to contract with municipalities or governmental agencies within or outside the state and take all action necessary for the creation or appointment of a board, commission, authority, or such other body as the governing body of the municipality may deem proper to plan, finance, construct, equip, supervise, operate, maintain, extend, and improve any such system or systems and may prescribe the powers and duties and fix the compensation of the members thereof. Source: SL 1975, ch 92, §3; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-40-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-5 - Bond issue for erection or acquisition of utility--Credit of municipality not used--Authorization--Issuance--Sale.

9-40-5. Bond issue for erection or acquisition of utility--Credit of municipality not used--Authorization--Issuance--Sale.For the purpose of defraying the cost of erecting, acquiring, and establishing the utility, any municipality may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds, without pledging or using the credit of the municipality. All bonds shall be authorized, issued, and sold as provided in chapter 6-8B. Source: SL 1931, ch 194, §2; SDC 1939, §45.2402; SL 1949, ch 191, §2; SL 1982, ch 75, §6; SL 1984, ch 43, §76.
SD Codified L § 9-40-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Utility Facilities And Revenue Bonds|Section 9-40-6 - Revenue bond issue for extension or improvement of utility.

9-40-6. Revenue bond issue for extension or improvement of utility.For the purpose of defraying the cost of extensions, additions, and improvements to any utility previously owned and operated by the municipality, every municipality may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds, without pledging or using its credit, in the same manner as provided in §9-40-5 for the establishment of any such utility. Source: SDC 1939, §45.2402 as added by SL 1949, ch 191, §2.