PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota Senate has passed a bill to add requirements for regulating linear transmission facilities, like pipelines, and lets counties impose surcharge on pipeline infrastructure. Senator David Wheeler says the Constitution restricts the setbacks counties can impose on such projects….
Senator Brent Hoffman disagreed with Wheeler’s interpretation of federal law…
Bill sponsor, Senator Casey Crabtree of Madison says the bill doesn’t erode landowner rights…
Senate Bill 201 had an emergency clause that needed a two-thirds majority to pass. The first vote was 23-11 which while failing the two-thirds threshold allowed for immediate reconsideration to remove the emergency clause. The follow-up vote was also 23-11 allowing the bill to pass without the emergency clause attached.
