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.
Source: SL 1921, ch 251; SDC 1939, § 28.1004; SL 1965, ch 134.