§ 11-35-1 - Consent of property owner required for electric lines – Tree-trimming – Removal on notice.
SECTION 11-35-1
§ 11-35-1 Consent of property ownerrequired for electric lines – Tree-trimming – Removal on notice.– No person shall place any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator,or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currents ofelectricity upon any private property without the consent of the owners or ofthe agent of the owners; nor shall any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket,insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currentsof electricity be passed through or affixed to any tree useful for shade orornamental purposes, nor shall a tree be cut, trimmed, or interfered with,except under the direction and immediate supervision of the surveyor ofhighways in whose district the tree is located; provided, that any owner oragent may give notice in writing to the person or corporation owning anyelectric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device orappliance for the purpose of conducting currents of electricity when it shallhave been so placed with the consent of the owner or agent, to remove it or anyof them from any private property within thirty (30) days after the delivery ofthe notice, and that, in default of the removal in accordance with the terms ofthe notice, the owner or agent may remove them or any of them.