SDCL § 31-26-20: Cost of adjusting lines to minimum height--Acquisition of new highway right-of-way--Items excluded from cost.

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 right-of-way in which the utility has an interest.

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