An Act to require customer consent for installation of a smart meter for a utility service.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That chapter 49-34 be amended with a NEW SECTION:

Before installing a smart meter, a utility must obtain the customer's consent. The utility must provide to the customer information on how the smart meter would collect, manage, and store data and if the data is sold to a third party.

For the purpose of this section, the term "smart meter" means an electronic or digital device that records utility service data and communicates the data to a utility.