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SD Codified L § 10-13-35.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.1 - Exception to limitation on tax levy increase when consolidating services.

10-13-35.1. Exception to limitation on tax levy increase when consolidating services.Any taxing district subject to the limitations of §10-13-35 may increase the revenue payable from taxes on real property above the limitation provided in §10-13-35 to replace a corresponding reduction in revenue payable from taxes on real property in another taxing district for the purpose of consolidating services. Before the consolidation takes effect, the taxing districts shall enter into an agreement prescribing the amount of taxing authority to be transferred and the terms for consolidating services and disposing of property or equipment acquired through the agreement. Source: SL 1996, ch 70, §1.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.2 - Districts' taxing authority returned upon discontinuance of consolidation of services.

10-13-35.2. Districts' taxing authority returned upon discontinuance of consolidation of services.In the event that the consolidation of services, pursuant to §10-13-35.1, is discontinued, the taxing authority for the full amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property and indexed as prescribed by §10-13-35 shall be returned to the original taxing district. Source: SL 1996, ch 70, §2.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.3 - Revenue payable from real property taxes may be decreased.

10-13-35.3. Revenue payable from real property taxes may be decreased.Any county or municipality may decrease the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property below the maximum limit allowed by §10-13-35 in any year. The decrease may not affect the amount of revenue payable that may be raised in accordance with §§10-13-35.4 and 10-13-35.5. Source: SL 2002, ch 56, §1; SL 2010, ch 51, §1.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.4 - County auditor to calculate maximum revenue amount payable--Factors--Exclusion.

10-13-35.4. County auditor to calculate maximum revenue amount payable--Factors--Exclusion.For taxes payable in the year 2003 and each year thereafter, the county auditor shall calculate what the maximum amount of revenue payable the county or municipality may request based on growth and the index factor pursuant to §10-13-35. The calculation shall also show any accumulative percent of the index factor not used by the county or municipality. This calculation shall exclude the levy pursuant to §10-13-36. Source: SL 2002, ch 56, §2; SL 2010, ch 51, §2.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.5 - Revenue payable from real property taxes may be increased.

10-13-35.5. Revenue payable from real property taxes may be increased.The county or municipality may increase the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property in any year up to the maximum amount calculated in accordance with §10-13-35.4 utilizing any unused index factor from the prior three years. However, such an amount may not exceed the prior three year index factor total or ten percent, whichever is less. Source: SL 2002, ch 56, §3; SL 2010, ch 51, §3.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.6 - Counties that lowered property tax levies to comply with general fund carryover requirements authorized to revise levies.

10-13-35.6. Counties that lowered property tax levies to comply with general fund carryover requirements authorized to revise levies.Notwithstanding the provisions of §10-13-35, if any county has decreased the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property since 1998 to comply with the provisions §7-21-18.1 after receiving federal funds for disaster relief, such county may increase the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property in 2004 to any previous amount of revenue payable since 1999. For taxes payable in 2004, the county auditor shall calculate the maximum amount of revenue payable that the county may have requested based on growth and the index factor pursuant to §10-13-35 and apply such growth and index factor to the previous amount. Source: SL 2003, ch 56, §1.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.7 - Rural fire protection district--Decrease of revenue payable from real property taxes--Effect.

10-13-35.7. Rural fire protection district--Decrease of revenue payable from real property taxes--Effect.Any rural fire protection district may decrease the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property below the maximum limit allowed by §10-13-35 in any year. The decrease may not affect the amount of revenue payable that may be raised in accordance with §§10-13-35.8 and 10-13-35.9. Source: SL 2004, ch 85, §1.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.8 - Calculation of maximum amount of revenue payable--Rural fire district request--Factors--Exclusion.

10-13-35.8. Calculation of maximum amount of revenue payable--Rural fire district request--Factors--Exclusion.For taxes payable in the year 2005 and each year thereafter, the county auditor shall calculate what the maximum amount of revenue payable the rural fire district may request based on growth and the index factor pursuant to §10-13-35. The calculation shall also show any accumulative percent of the index factor not used by the rural fire district and decrease in amount of revenue payable from property taxes requested by the rural fire district. This calculation shall exclude the levy pursuant to §10-13-36. Source: SL 2004, ch 85, §2.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.9 - Rural fire district--Increase of revenue payable from real property taxes--Limitations.

10-13-35.9. Rural fire district--Increase of revenue payable from real property taxes--Limitations.The rural fire district may increase the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property in any year up to the maximum amount calculated in accordance with §10-13-35.8 utilizing any unused index factor or reduced amount of revenue payable from property taxes for the prior three years. However, such an amount may not exceed the prior three year index factor total or ten percent, whichever is less. Source: SL 2004, ch 85, §3.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.10 - Abolished townships--Exemption from limitation on tax levy increase on real property for two years following abolishment.

10-13-35.10. Abolished townships--Exemption from limitation on tax levy increase on real property for two years following abolishment.If a township is abolished pursuant to §8-1-23 and there was previously no unorganized territory in the county, the county levy for maintaining secondary roads in such area as required by §31-12-26 and providing fire protection pursuant to chapter 8-2 are exempt from the limitation provided by §10-13-35 for a period of two years immediately following the township's abolishment. Source: SL 2004, ch 84, §2.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.11 - Abolished townships--Exemption from limitation on tax levy increase on real property for taxes payable in 2005 and 2006.

10-13-35.11. Abolished townships--Exemption from limitation on tax levy increase on real property for taxes payable in 2005 and 2006.Any county which prior to January1, 1996, contained no unorganized territory and as of July1, 2004, contains unorganized territory as a result of the dissolution of one or more townships pursuant to §8-1-23, is, for such unorganized territory and taxes payable in 2005 and 2006, exempt from the tax limitation imposed by §10-13-35 for the purpose of establishing an appropriate levy for secondary roads pursuant to §31-12-26 and for fire protection pursuant to chapter 8-2. Source: SL 2004, ch 84, §3.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.12 - Exemption from limitation on tax levy increase for taxing district that has not levied property tax for general fund purposes since 1996.

10-13-35.12. Exemption from limitation on tax levy increase for taxing district that has not levied property tax for general fund purposes since 1996.Any taxing district that did not levy a property tax for general fund purposes in any year since 1996 is exempt from the provisions of §10-13-35 if the taxing district establishes the amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property for general fund purposes pursuant to §10-13-35.13. Each year thereafter such taxing district may increase the amount of revenue payable from property taxes by applying the growth and the index factor pursuant to §10-13-35. Any excess levy imposed on property pursuant to §10-13-36 terminates when a general fund levy is imposed by such taxing district pursuant to §10-13-35.13. Source: SL 2007, ch 49, §1.
SD Codified L § 10-13-35.13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-35.13 - Imposition of levy by resolution--Publication--Reference of decision to voters.

 10-13-35.13. Imposition of levy by resolution--Publication--Reference of decision to voters.The governing body of a taxing district may, by resolution, impose the levy provided in §10-13-35.12 with an affirmative two-thirds vote of the governing body on or before July fifteenth. The decision of the governing body to impose the levy shall be published within ten days of the decision as follows:(1)Publication shall be made at least twice in the legal newspaper designated by the governing body pursuant to law, with no fewer than five days between publication dates, before the tax imposition takes effect;(2)The announcement shall be at least three newspaper columns in width and four inches in length or at least one-sixth of a page in size, whichever size is greater;(3)The announcement shall be headed with the following statement in a typeface no less than eighteen point type: "ATTENTION TAXPAYERS: NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX IMPOSED OF $(fill in amount)." The remainder of the announcement shall consist of a reproduction of the resolution including the amount that property taxes will be imposed and a statement of the right to refer the decision of the board to a vote of the people as provided in this section. The secretary of revenue, in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, shall prescribe a uniform form to be used by the taxing district for notification of taxpayers as required by this section.However, the requirements of subdivisions (2) and (3) are waived if:(a)The property tax imposed is for less than fifteen thousand dollars; or(b)A copy of the resolution is mailed to every property taxpayer in the taxing district, by first class mail or bulk mail, within twenty days of the decision; and(c)A copy of the resolution is printed in each legal newspaper in the taxing district's boundaries.For the purposes of subsections (a), (b), and (c), the first publication is not deemed to have occurred until three days after the mailing is sent or the resolution is delivered to the legal newspaper.The governing body's decision may be referred to a vote of the people upon a resolution of the governing body of the taxing district or by a petition signed by at least five percent of the registered voters in the taxing district and filed with the respective governing body within twenty days of the first publication of the decision. The referendum election shall be held on or before October first preceding the year the taxes are payable. Source: SL 2007, ch 49, §2; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 10-13-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-37 - Median level of assessment to be eighty-five percent of market value.

10-13-37. Median level of assessment to be eighty-five percent of market value.Property taxes shall be levied on valuations where the median level of assessment represents eighty-five percent of the market value as determined by the Department of Revenue. Source: SL 1995, ch 57, §15; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 10-13-37.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-37.1 - Calculation of factor for nonagricultural valuations--Sales and assessments from preceding year.

10-13-37.1. Calculation of factor for nonagricultural valuations--Sales and assessments from preceding year.For purposes of §§10-3-41, 10-12-31.1, and 10-13-37, the secretary of revenue shall calculate a factor for each county for nonagricultural valuations. The factor shall be calculated by using the sales of arms-length transactions and the assessments from the preceding assessment year. The secretary shall take into consideration any reappraisals completed by the director of equalization. If there are fewer than fifteen sales, the secretary shall use the preceding year's sales of that class with current assessments. Source: SL 1998, ch 61, §1; SL 2003, ch 50, §3; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2008, ch 44, §19, eff. July 1, 2009; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 10-13-37.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-37.2 - Appeal of valuation decision.

10-13-37.2. Appeal of valuation decision.Any person, firm, corporation, public or private, taxing district, or state department interested, may appeal from the decision of the secretary of revenue in calculating a factor for agricultural and nonagricultural valuations pursuant to §10-13-37.1. The appeal may be made to the office of hearing examiners or the circuit court in the manner prescribed in chapter 10-11 for taking appeals from decisions of the county board of equalization. Source: SL 2000, ch 52, §1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 10-13-37.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-37.3 - Application of factor pending appeal.

10-13-37.3. Application of factor pending appeal.Any appeal made pursuant to §10-13-37.2 does not prevent the application of the factor calculated by the secretary of revenue pursuant to §10-13-37.1 pending exhaustion of all appeal rights of the parties to the appeal. If the factor calculated by the secretary of revenue is revised on appeal, appropriate relief shall be provided for that class of property affected in the next budget cycle following the final decision of such appeal. Source: SL 2000, ch 52, §2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 10-13-37.4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-37.4 - Circuit court may award costs and attorneys' fees.

10-13-37.4. Circuit court may award costs and attorneys' fees.The circuit court may award disbursements, including reasonable attorneys' fees, in an action brought pursuant to §10-13-37.2 by any appellant if the appellant does not prevail in its appeal of any factor calculated in §10-13-37.1. Source: SL 2000, ch 52, §3.
SD Codified L § 10-13-37.5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-37.5 - Supreme Court may award attorneys' fees--Motion and itemized statement required.

10-13-37.5. Supreme Court may award attorneys' fees--Motion and itemized statement required.On motion, the Supreme Court may award reasonable attorneys' fees in an action brought to the Supreme Court pursuant to §§10-13-37.2 to 10-13-37.5, inclusive, against any appellant relative to a factor calculated in §10-13-37.1, if the appellant does not prevail in its appeal. The motion shall be accompanied by counsel's verified itemized statement of costs incurred and legal services rendered. Source: SL 2000, ch 52, §4.
SD Codified L § 10-13-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-38 - Determining index factor--Notice to county auditor of revenue to be raised--Notice to taxing district--School districts excepted.

10-13-38. Determining index factor--Notice to county auditor of revenue to be raised--Notice to taxing district--School districts excepted.The index factor is the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers as computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor for the year prior to the year immediately preceding the year in which the taxes are payable. The secretary of revenue shall notify the county auditor of the amount of revenue which may be raised with the standard levy pursuant to §10-13-35 by February first. The county auditor shall notify each taxing district in the county of the amount of revenue to be raised with the standard levy, except school districts, on or before March first. Source: SL 1995, ch 57, §16; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 10-13-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-39 - Classification of owner-occupied single-family dwelling.

10-13-39. Classification of owner-occupied single-family dwelling.Each owner-occupied single-family dwelling in this state is specifically classified for the purpose of taxation. For the purposes of this section, an owner-occupied single-family dwelling is a house, condominium apartment, residential housing consisting of four or less family units, town house, town home, housing cooperatives where membership in the cooperative is strictly limited to stockholder occupants of the building, dwelling as classified in §10-13-39.1, and manufactured or mobile home as defined in §32-3-1, which is assessed and taxed as a separate unit, including an attached or unattached garage and the parcel of land upon which the structure is situated as recorded in the records of the director of equalization. A person may only have one dwelling, which is the person's principal place of residence as defined in §12-1-4, classified as an owner-occupied single-family dwelling. If the owner occupies fifty percent or more of the living space within the dwelling, the entire dwelling is classified as an owner-occupied single- family dwelling. If the owner occupies a duplex, triplex, or fourplex, or less than fifty percent of the living space within the dwelling, the portion of the dwelling so occupied shall be classified as an owner-occupied single-family dwelling. Source: SL 1995, ch 57, §17 as amended by SL 1995, ch 77, §4; SL 1996, ch 73, §1; SL 1997, ch 56, §1; SL 1997, ch 57, §1; SL 2000, ch 42, §25; SL 2005, ch 62, §3.
SD Codified L § 10-13-39.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-39.1 - Request to classify certain owner occupied property--Portion occupied by owner assessed as separate unit--Appeal.

10-13-39.1. Request to classify certain owner occupied property--Portion occupied by owner assessed as separate unit--Appeal.Any person may request the director of equalization before August first to specifically classify certain property for the purpose of taxation if a portion of any property, building, or structure is occupied by the owner. If the director of equalization determines that such portion is occupied by the owner and meets the requirements of §10-13-39, the director of equalization shall assess as a separate unit the portion of the property, building, or structure occupied and it shall be specifically classified for the purpose of taxation. An aggrieved person may appeal the decision of the director pursuant to chapter 1-26D. The director shall act upon the request within thirty days of the date of the request. Source: SL 1997, ch 57, §2; SDCL 10-6-66.1; SL 2005, ch 62, §4.
SD Codified L § 10-13-39.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-39.2 - Review of owner-occupied single-family classifications determined before July 1, 2005.

10-13-39.2. Review of owner-occupied single-family classifications determined before July 1, 2005.No amendment to §10-13-40 made pursuant to SL 2005, ch 62, §1, compels the director of equalization to review any owner-occupied single-family classifications determined before July1, 2005. However, the director of equalization may review such classifications if information is provided or discovered concerning the eligibility of any dwelling that is classified as an owner-occupied single-family dwelling. Source: SL 2005, ch 62, §2.
SD Codified L § 10-13-39.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 10 - Taxation|Chapter 13 - Property Tax Relief|Section 10-13-39.3 - Ownership requirements for classifying dwellings as owner-occupied.

10-13-39.3. Ownership requirements for classifying dwellings as owner-occupied. For the purposes of §§10-13-39 and 10-13-40, an owner shall be the owner of the owner-occupied dwelling as recorded by the director of equalization in the county where the dwelling is located. A joint tenant, an owner of a life estate, a partner, a person owning an interest in a limited liability company, a person owning an interest in a corporation, a vendee of a contract for deed, or a beneficiary of a trust is considered to be an owner.An owner may claim a credit only on the single-family dwelling used as a principal residence. An owner may have more than one parcel of land classified as owner-occupied if the additional parcel is contiguous to the parcel containing the owner-occupied house. Each parcel that is contiguous, under the same ownership and used as one property shall be considered as owner-occupied. A property is also considered contiguous if separated by a street or alley from the parcel containing the owner-occupied house.If the dwelling is occupied by a parent of the owner, the parent is considered the owner and occupant of the single-family dwelling. If the dwelling is occupied by an adult with a disability, and the parent of the adult with a disability is the owner, the adult with a disability is considered the owner and occupant of the single-family dwelling.The owner or a legal representative of the owner may sign for signature purposes on the certification of an owner-occupied dwelling. For the purposes of this Act, adult with a disability, means any person who receives or is qualified to receive monetary payments, pursuant to Title II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended to January 1, 2008. Source: SL 2017, ch 64, §1; SL 2021, ch 47, § 1.