31-3-45. Rights of utilities and rural water systems unaffected. No vacation, change, or relocation of any highway as provided under this chapter, nor any no maintenance designation of a highway as provided under chapter 31-12, diminishes any existing right of use enjoyed by any utility, municipally owned utility, rural water system, or cooperative utility that provides electricity, gas, water, or telephone service.
Source: SL 1985, ch 233, § 21; SL 2018, ch 172, § 4.