Section 49-7-13 - Condemnation of pipeline right-of-way--Width across school and public lands. - South Dakota Statutes

49-7-13. Condemnation of pipeline right-of-way--Width across school and public lands. Any pipeline companies owning a pipeline which is a common carrier as defined by § 49-7-11 may exercise the right of eminent domain in acquiring right-of-way as prescribed by statute. However, in the case of school and public lands, no right-of-way for the purpose of carriage of property by pipeline shall exceed ten feet in width but the pipeline company shall have the right to secure such land as may be reasonably required for pumps, stations, substations, tanks, or buildings necessary for the carriage of the type or kinds of property the pipeline company intends its pipeline to carry.

Source: SL 1980, ch 321, § 3.