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SD Codified L § 7-25A-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-27 - Defeasance of bondholders--Provisions determined by board--Surplus funds.

7-25A-27. Defeasance of bondholders--Provisions determined by board--Surplus funds.The board may make such provision with respect to the defeasance of the right, title, and interest of the holders of any of the bonds and obligations of the district in any revenues, funds, or other properties by which such bonds are secured as the board deems appropriate. The board without limitation on the foregoing, may provide that when the bonds or obligations become due and payable or have called for redemption and the whole amount of the principal and interest and premium, if any, due and payable upon the bonds or obligations then outstanding shall be held in trust for such purpose and provision shall also be made for paying all other sums payable in connection with such bonds or other obligations, then and if the right, title, and interest of the holders of the bonds in any revenues, funds, or other properties by which such bonds are secured shall thereupon cease, terminate and become void. The board may apply any surplus in any sinking fund established in connection with such bonds or obligations and all balances remaining in all other funds or accounts other than money held for the redemption or payment of the bonds or other obligations to any lawful purpose of the district as the board shall determine. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §27.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-28 - Bonds constituting legal investments.

7-25A-28. Bonds constituting legal investments.Notwithstanding any provisions of any other law to the contrary, all bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute legal investments for savings and loans, savings banks, banks, trust companies, insurance companies, personal representatives, trustees, conservators, and other fiduciaries. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §28; SL 1993, ch 213, §79.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-29 - Default not to constitute debt or obligation of local government or state.

7-25A-29. Default not to constitute debt or obligation of local government or state.A default on the bonds or obligations of a district does not constitute a debt or obligation of a local government or the state. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §29.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-30 - Assessment of ad valorem tax--Purpose--Maximum amount--Collection.

7-25A-30. Assessment of ad valorem tax--Purpose--Maximum amount--Collection.The board may levy and assess an ad valorem tax on all the taxable property in the district to construct, operate, and maintain projects; to pay the principal of, and interest on, any general obligation bonds of the district; and to provide for any sinking or other funds established in connection with any such bonds. An ad valorem tax levied by the board for operating purposes, exclusive of debt service on bonds, may not exceed ten dollars per one thousand dollars per taxable value. The ad valorem tax shall be in addition to county and all other ad valorem taxes. The tax shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner and at the same time as county taxes. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §30.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-31 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-31 - Ad valorem taxes--Delinquency and penalties.

7-25A-31. Ad valorem taxes--Delinquency and penalties.All ad valorem taxes provided for in this chapter shall become delinquent and bear penalties on the amount of such taxes in the same manner as county taxes. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §31.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-32 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-32 - Interest on bonds exempt.

7-25A-32. Interest on bonds exempt.Interest on all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter is exempt from all taxes by the state or by any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §32.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-33 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-33 - Board authorized to levy special assessments for construction or acquisition of certain projects--Assessment as continuing lien.

7-25A-33. Board authorized to levy special assessments for construction or acquisition of certain projects--Assessment as continuing lien.The board may levy special assessments for the construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of projects authorized under this chapter using the procedures provided in chapter 9-43. The district assessments may be made payable in thirty annual installments. Such special assessments are a continuing lien on such real property as against all persons except the United States and the state. The district may obtain loans as described in §7-25A-24, issue negotiable notes, warrants, or other evidences of debt as described in §7-25A-25 or issue and sell bonds and other forms of indebtedness as described in §7-25A-26 to finance the construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of a project or projects authorized by this chapter prior to the time the board levies special assessments for such project or projects. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §33; SL 1990, ch 52, §6.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-34 - Provisions of other chapters pertaining to taxation applicable.

7-25A-34. Provisions of other chapters pertaining to taxation applicable.The provisions of chapters 10-21, 10-22, 10-23, 10-24, and 10-25, shall be applicable to district taxes and special assessments with the same force and effect as if such provisions were expressly set forth in this chapter. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §34.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-35 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-35 - Board to require use of water management and control and water and sewer facilities within district.

7-25A-35. Board to require use of water management and control and water and sewer facilities within district.To the full extent permitted by law, the district shall require all lands, buildings, premises, persons, firms, and corporations within the district to use the water management and control facilities and water and sewer facilities of the district. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §35.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-36 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-36 - Hearing required before fixing amount charged for services--Notice--Periodic adjournment permitted.

7-25A-36. Hearing required before fixing amount charged for services--Notice--Periodic adjournment permitted.No such rates, fees, rentals, or other charges for any of the facilities or services of the district may be fixed until after a public hearing at which all the users of the proposed facility or services or owners, tenants or occupants served or to be served thereby and all other interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed rates, fees, rentals, or other charges. Notice of the public hearing setting forth the proposed schedule or schedules of rates, fees, rentals, and other charges shall be published in a newspaper in the county and of general circulation in the district at least once and at least ten days prior to the public hearing. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §36.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-37 - Final adoption of schedule--Filing requirements--Scope of coverage.

7-25A-37. Final adoption of schedule--Filing requirements--Scope of coverage.After the hearing, the schedule or schedules, either as initially proposed or as modified or amended, may be finally adopted. A copy of the schedule or schedules of the rates, fees, rentals, or charges as finally adopted shall be kept on file in an office designated by the board and shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. The rates, fees, rentals, or charges so fixed for any class of users or property served shall be extended to cover any additional users or properties thereafter served which shall fall in the same class, without the necessity of any notice or hearing. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §37.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-38 - Requirements for charges--Uniformity--Production of minimum revenues.

7-25A-38. Requirements for charges--Uniformity--Production of minimum revenues.The rates, fees, rentals, and charges shall be just and equitable and uniform for users of the same class and shall be such as will produce revenues, together with any other assessments, taxes, revenues, or funds available or pledged for such purpose, at least sufficient to provide for the items hereinafter listed, but not necessarily in the order stated:(1)To provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of such facility or service;(2)To pay when due all bonds and interest thereon for the payment of which such revenues are, or shall have been, pledged or encumbered, including reserves for such purpose; and(3)To provide for any other funds which may be required under the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §38.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-39 - Recovery of charges or penalties upon default.

7-25A-39. Recovery of charges or penalties upon default.If any rates, fees, rentals, charges, or delinquent penalties have not been paid when due and have been in default for sixty days or more, the unpaid balance thereof and all interest accrued thereon, together with reasonable attorney's fees and costs, may be recovered by the district in a civil action. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §39.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-40 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-40 - Board's authority to make contracts.

7-25A-40. Board's authority to make contracts.The board may enter into contracts for the use of the projects of the district and with respect to the services and facilities furnished or to be furnished by the district. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §40.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-41 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-41 - Petition for termination or contraction of districts--Contents.

7-25A-41. Petition for termination or contraction of districts--Contents.A petition for the expansion, termination, or contraction of an improvement district shall be filed with the county auditor of each county in which the district is located. The petition shall contain:(1)A copy of the order establishing the district;(2)A written consent to the expansion, termination, or contraction of the district by the owner or owners of seventy-five percent of the real property in the district which consent has been given within the last one hundred eighty days. The written consent shall contain the legal description of the property and the name of any owner of the property affected;(3)A statement explaining the reasons for the proposed expansion, termination, or contraction of the district;(4)For a proposed termination or contraction of the district, a statement that all debts will be paid or assumed;(5)In the case of a petition for the expansion of an improvement district, the written consent by the owners of one hundred percent of the real property to be newly included in the district as a result of the expansion, consenting to the expansion of the district and the filing of the petition, or documentation demonstrating that the petitioner has control by deed, trust agreement, contract, or option of one hundred percent of the real property to be included in the district as a result of the expansion. Such written consent shall be given within the last one hundred eighty days, and such written consent or other documentation shall contain the legal description of the property and the name of the owners of the property;(6)A copy of a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors approving the proposed petition;(7)An accurate survey and map of the territory to be embraced in the boundaries of the district, as contracted or expanded, and the area thereof, which shall be verified by an affidavit of a licensed surveyor. The survey and map shall be left at a convenient public office to be designated by the county auditor of the county in which the petition is filled, for a period of not less than twenty days before the date of the hearing on the petition;(8)In the case of expansion, the proposed timetable for construction of district services to the expanded area, and the estimated cost of constructing the services; and(9)In the case of an expansion, an economic impact statement of the district upon the county, an environmental impact survey, and a statement that the expansion of the district is consistent with any applicable comprehensive or effective local government plan. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §41; SL 1990, ch 52, §7; SL 1991, ch 64, §3.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-42 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-42 - Commission's authority to order termination or contraction.

7-25A-42. Commission's authority to order termination or contraction.The county commission of the county in which the majority of land in the area in which the district is located, upon petition, may order the expansion, termination, or contraction of an improvement district as provided by this chapter. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §42; SL 1990, ch 52, §8.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-43 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-43 - Hearing upon petition to terminate--Notice.

7-25A-43. Hearing upon petition to terminate--Notice.Upon the filing of the petition, the county commission shall schedule a hearing to hear objections to the petition and shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing by publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is located. The second notice may not be published more than thirty days nor less than ten days before the hearing. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §43.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-44 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-44 - Factors for consideration by commission.

7-25A-44. Factors for consideration by commission.The county commission after conducting a hearing pursuant to this chapter, shall consider the following:(1)Whether all statements contained within the petition have been found to be true and correct;(2)Whether all the debts will be paid or assumed prior to termination;(3)Whether fifty percent of the owners have consented to the termination or contraction;(4)Whether, in the sound discretion of the county commissioners, there is good cause for termination or contraction of the district;(5)Whether, in a proposed expansion, the expansion of the district is consistent with any applicable comprehensive plan or effective local government plan;(6)Whether, in a proposed expansion, the affected area is sufficiently contiguous to the existing district to be developable with the existing district as one functional interrelated community; and(7)Whether, in a proposed expansion, the probable beneficial impact of the expansion of the district outweighs any probable adverse socioeconomic impact of the proposed expansion of the district. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §44; SL 1990, ch 52, §9.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-45 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-45 - Order for termination or contraction--Requirements.

7-25A-45. Order for termination or contraction--Requirements.Upon conclusion of the hearing, if the county commission determines all requirements of §7-25A-44 have been satisfied, the commission may enter an order granting the expansion, termination, or contraction of the district and setting forth its findings and conclusions. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §45; SL 1990, ch 52, §10.
SD Codified L § 7-25A-46 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25A - Improvement Districts|Section 7-25A-46 - Filing of order.

7-25A-46. Filing of order.A certified copy of the order granting the petition for the expansion, termination, or contraction of a district shall be filed with the auditor and register of deeds of each county in which the district was located or will be located as a result of an expansion. Source: SL 1989, ch 59, §46; SL 1990, ch 52, §11; SL 1991, ch 64, §4.
SD Codified L § 7-26-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 26 - Monuments, Museums And Historic Sites|Section 7-26-1 - County monument to veterans--Maintenance and repair.

7-26-1. County monument to veterans--Maintenance and repair.The board of county commissioners may erect in a suitable place a monument suitable to honor and perpetuate the memory of all American veterans from the county. The board shall provide continued maintenance and repair of the monument. Source: SL 1907, ch 232, §1; RC 1919, §5844; SDC 1939, §12.2306; SL 1980, ch 58, §2; SL 1985, ch 77, §9; SL 2011, ch 40, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-26-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 26 - Monuments, Museums And Historic Sites|Section 7-26-3 - Acquisition of historic sites and objects of historic interest--Preservation and display--Historic site markers.

7-26-3. Acquisition of historic sites and objects of historic interest--Preservation and display--Historic site markers.The board of county commissioners may, in its discretion, acquire without cost to the county historic sites located in said county and objects of historic interest including newspapers, magazines, and writings of historical interest of any sort or type whatsoever, and may provide in the county courthouse or elsewhere in the said county a room or rooms for the preservation, display, and maintenance of such objects and writings. They may cause to be erected within the said county suitable markers for any such historic site. Source: SL 1953, ch 26; SL 1957, ch 28; SL 1959, ch 33; SDC Supp 1960, §12.2310.
SD Codified L § 7-26-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 26 - Monuments, Museums And Historic Sites|Section 7-26-5 - Construction, improvement, and operation of historical museums.

7-26-5. Construction, improvement, and operation of historical museums.The board of county commissioners may provide for the acquisition of sites, purchase, erection, renovation, improvement, remodeling, alteration, operation, addition to, and repairing of county historical museums, or a historical museum owned by an incorporated nonprofit historical association or society, or a historical museum owned by the state located within such county. Source: SL 1966, ch 28; SL 1967, ch 21; SL 1970, ch 51; SL 1985, ch 77, §10.
SD Codified L § 7-26-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 26 - Monuments, Museums And Historic Sites|Section 7-26-6 - Cemeteries subject to county maintenance.

7-26-6. Cemeteries subject to county maintenance.For the purposes of §7-26-7 the term "abandoned cemetery" means a cemetery, in which no burial of a human body has taken place for five years and which has not been, for a period of five or more years, maintained by any person, church, religious or benevolent society, or any civic organization. Source: SL 1973, ch 45, §1; SL 1981, ch 57, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-26-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 26 - Monuments, Museums And Historic Sites|Section 7-26-7 - Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries--Cemetery board of directors--Appointment--Powers--Reports--Appropriations.

7-26-7. Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries--Cemetery board of directors--Appointment--Powers--Reports--Appropriations.The board of county commissioners may regulate and maintain abandoned rural cemeteries. The regulation and maintenance shall include, but is not limited to, the mowing and cutting of weeds and grass, the repairing of fences and corrective measures relative to grave markers. The board of county commissioners may appoint a cemetery board of directors to manage abandoned cemeteries or may assign management as well as funding responsibilities to any interested organization or individual. The board shall have the same powers as nonprofit corporations as provided in §47-22-55 and shall submit annual reports to the board of county commissioners on its activities. Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this section may be appropriated from the county general fund. Source: SL 1973, ch 45, §2; SL 1981, ch 57, §2; SL 1991, ch 65.
SD Codified L § 7-27-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 27 - County Fairs And Exhibitions|Section 7-27-1 - Construction and maintenance of exhibition buildings--Acquisition of property--Tax levy.

7-27-1. Construction and maintenance of exhibition buildings--Acquisition of property--Tax levy.The county commissioners may erect, maintain, repair, remodel, and otherwise improve upon any ground owned or acquired by purchase, including by contract for deed or lease with purchase option, lease, gift, bequest, or otherwise, any building to be used for the exhibition of stock, farm produce, school work, and domestic arts, or for the sale of livestock, or for farmers' or other meetings or any other purpose which in the discretion of the county commissioners is to the benefit of the best interests of the county. The board may purchase, including by contract for deed or lease with purchase option, lease, or otherwise acquire by gift, bequest, or otherwise, any other real property in the county with or without buildings thereon, or lease space in any building within the county, for any of the above specified purposes. The county commissioners may levy a tax for any of the purposes not to exceed thirty cents per thousand dollars of taxable valuation of taxable property in the county. The levy authorized by this section is in addition to the levy authorized in §10-12-21. Source: SL 1921, ch 169; SDC 1939, §12.2305; SL 1951, ch 30; SL 1963, ch 50; SL 1973, ch 47, §1; SL 1975, ch 81, §1; SL 1985, ch 15, §25; SL 1985, ch 77, §11; SL 1990, ch 55.
SD Codified L § 7-27-1.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 27 - County Fairs And Exhibitions|Section 7-27-1.1 - Municipal annexation of fair land--Continued jurisdiction of county commissioners.

7-27-1.1. Municipal annexation of fair land--Continued jurisdiction of county commissioners.If the land upon which any fair established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is annexed by a municipality, the board of county commissioners shall continue to regulate maintenance, construction, and supervision of the fairgrounds. Source: SL 1976, ch 99, §1.