(A) No person may touch, contact, control, cause the breaking or grounding of or cause power loss through induction in any electrical line or conductor, appliance or transformer or service equipment owned or operated by the city. No person may dismantle, break the seal on, bypass or influence magnetically, or by other means, the reading on any electric meter which has been installed to measure amounts of electrical energy or power supplied by the city.
(B) Duly licensed electricians, when performing an emergency or after-hours service call for a customer, employees of the city and contractors performing under a contract with the city are exempt from the operation of this section.
(C) Violation of this section, unless specifically excepted, subjects the violator to the standard penalty for violation of ordinances as provided for in § 10.99 of this code. In addition, the city or a private party sustaining damages as a consequence of acts herein prohibited may recover the value of electrical energy lost, replacement of damaged facilities and damages sustained as a consequence of acts hereby prohibited.
(Prior Code, § H-1-7) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-29-1, 9-39-1, 22-34-28, 49-34-15 and 49-34-19