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).
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]