{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-10-36-3","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 10-36-3","heading":"Definition of terms.","body":"Terms used in this chapter mean:\n(1) \"Company,\" any person, corporation, cooperative, or association engaged in the distribution or transmission of electric energy solely within the United States for consumption principally in rural areas;\n(2) \"Line,\" a succession of poles connected by wires regardless of the number of circuits on a particular pole or poles;\n(3) \"Personal property,\" any property used or intended for use by a company in connection with the distribution or transmission of electric energy including all poles, wires, lines, transformers, meters, machinery, fixtures, and all attachments and appurtenances thereto;\n(4) \"Retail company,\" any company engaged in the distribution of retail electric energy for end user consumption principally in rural areas in South Dakota;\n(5) \"Rural area,\" any area not included within the boundaries of any municipality having a population in excess of fifteen hundred inhabitants or the assigned service area or areas of a rural electric cooperative determined pursuant to chapter 49-34A;\n(6) \"Wholesale power supplier,\" any company engaged in the delivery of wholesale electric energy to another company for resale in South Dakota.","path":["TITLE 10. TAXATION","CHAPTER 10-36. TAXATION OF RURAL ELECTRIC COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/10-36-3","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"ebd3cf50ef6f5c143d769722a4e29f43c9035b6cd9075ebde7f210f9ad4ca32b","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-10-36-2","next":"us-sd/sdcl-10-36-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}