Section 10-33-11 - Time of assessment of operating property--Information considered--Earnings andincome considered--Valuation of exchanges and property within municipalities. - South Dakota Statutes

10-33-11. Time of assessment of operating property--Information considered--Earnings and income considered--Valuation of exchanges and property within municipalities. The Department of Revenue and Regulation shall assess the property of all telephone companies on the fifth day of July of each year. In making the assessment, the department shall consider all the reports, facts, information filed, with any other information obtainable, concerning the value of the property of all telephone companies and may add any property omitted from the return of the companies. In making the assessment, which shall be with reference to value and ownership on January first of the year for which the assessment is made, the department shall take into consideration, among other things, the amount of gross earnings and net incomes, and the value to each telephone company of its franchises, rights, and privileges, granted under the laws of this state to do business in this state. In making the assessment the department shall fix a value on all the property of each company which is situated within the limits of any city or incorporated town, and any and all exchanges maintained by the company.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.1804; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1996, ch 77, § 3; SL 2003, ch 272, § 82.