9-39-1. Municipal power to construct and operate electric, light, heat, and power utilities.
Every municipality shall have power to construct, operate, and maintain any system or part thereof to provide light, heat, and power; to purchase electric current from without the limits of the municipality; to sell electric current to be transmitted to any point without the municipality; and to maintain transmission lines for such purposes without the municipality.
Source: SL 1915, ch 112, §1; SL 1915, ch 118; RC 1919, §6169 (17); SL 1925, ch 241; SDC 1939, §45.0201 (77); SL 1951, ch 237; SL 1965, ch 210; SL 1965, ch 254, §11; SL 1970, ch 261, §11.