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SD Codified L § 31-13-35 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-35 - Combining of streets in one resolution when improvements not uniform.

31-13-35. Combining of streets in one resolution when improvements not uniform.If the improvements are not substantially uniform, then the improvement of two or more streets or portions of the same on which the improvements are not uniform may be included in one resolution, if the nature of the improvement or its estimated cost per linear foot on each portion of the project is specified in the resolution. Any two or more improvements of the types herein specified which have been commenced by separate resolutions of necessity may thereafter be combined for all purposes, as determined by the board of township supervisors. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-13-36 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-36 - Township assumption of cost--Referendum.

31-13-36. Township assumption of cost--Referendum. If it is deemed expedient for the township to assume and pay any portion of the cost of the improvement, the resolution may so provide, or the portion to be assumed may be provided by a subsequent resolution, subject to the right of referendum on such resolution, pursuant to the procedure set forth in § 31-3-14. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §2; SL 2021, ch 43, § 21.
SD Codified L § 31-13-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-37 - Publication of resolution--Notice of supervisors' meeting--Hearing of objections.

31-13-37. Publication of resolution--Notice of supervisors' meeting--Hearing of objections.The resolution required by §31-13-33 shall be published once in the official newspapers of the county, with an appended notice stating the place and time, at least two weeks after such publication, at which the board of supervisors will meet for the consideration of the adoption of the resolution. The notice shall state the time and place at which the board of supervisors will consider any objections to the proposed resolution by owners of property liable to be assessed for the improvement. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §5.
SD Codified L § 31-13-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-38 - Resolution not requiring publication.

31-13-38. Resolution not requiring publication.If the improvement is petitioned for by the owners of more than fifty-five percent of the frontage of the property to be assessed therefor, it may be provided for by resolution without publication. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §5.
SD Codified L § 31-13-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-39 - Notice by mail to property owners--Contents--Address to which sent.

31-13-39. Notice by mail to property owners--Contents--Address to which sent.In addition to the published notice required by §31-13-37, the board of supervisors, at least fifteen days prior to the hearing on the adoption of the resolution, shall cause personal notice to be sent by first class, registered, or certified mail to each person owning property liable to be assessed for the improvement. The notice shall include all information required of the published notice. If the property is occupied and has a street address, the written notice shall be sent to the owner in care of such address and, if not, to the last known address of the owner. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §6.
SD Codified L § 31-13-40 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-40 - Consideration of objections to improvement--Adoption of resolution--Notice to owners added by amendment.

31-13-40. Consideration of objections to improvement--Adoption of resolution--Notice to owners added by amendment.At the time of the meeting referred to in §31-13-37 or at any adjournment thereof the governing body shall consider any objections to such proposed resolution and may adopt such resolution, with or without amendment as it may deem proper. No amendment shall be made affecting property of any class not included in the original resolution until the owner thereof shall have been given the notice and opportunity to be heard provided by §§31-13-37 to 31-13-39, inclusive. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §7.
SD Codified L § 31-13-41 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-41 - Waiting period before actions on improvement--Ratification of prior actions.

31-13-41. Waiting period before actions on improvement--Ratification of prior actions. After twenty days from the adoption and publication of the resolution referred to in §31-13-40, unless the referendum be invoked, pursuant to § 31-3-14, or unless a written protest has been filed with the township clerk and signed by the owners of more than fifty-five percent of the frontage of property liable to assessment, the board of supervisors may cause the improvement to be made, may contract therefor, and may levy and collect special assessments therefor as provided in this chapter. Any proceedings taken prior to the adoption of the resolution shall be deemed ratified. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §8; SL 2021, ch 43, § 22.
SD Codified L § 31-13-42 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-42 - Apportionment of benefits of improvement.

31-13-42. Apportionment of benefits of improvement.In the circumstances mentioned in §§31-13-33 to 31-13-41, inclusive, the benefits shall be apportioned in the manner prescribed by §31-13-43. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §10.
SD Codified L § 31-13-43 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-43 - Costs paid by township--Deduction before assessment to property.

31-13-43. Costs paid by township--Deduction before assessment to property.If the board of supervisors by resolution so provides, any portion of the cost may be paid by the township out of its general funds appropriated for that purpose and the proper deduction shall be made of the cost to be so paid before the cost to be assessed is distributed to the several lots as required. The sum determined to be paid may be a fixed amount or fraction of the total cost of the improvement, or of a specified portion thereof on which the construction is substantially uniform. Such amount or fraction may be additional to any amounts assumed by the township in accordance with the provisions of §§31-13-47 to 31-13-49, inclusive, or the costs referred to in those sections may be paid therefrom, as determined by the resolution. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §11.
SD Codified L § 31-13-44 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-44 - Assessment of costs to abutting property--Computation on front foot basis.

31-13-44. Assessment of costs to abutting property--Computation on front foot basis.The cost of the improvement, except the cost of street intersections, may be assessed to the property fronting or abutting on the improvement. The cost of each portion of the project on which the construction is by resolution substantially uniform shall be divided by the number of feet fronting or abutting on said portion of the project. The quotient shall be the rate of assessment per front foot throughout said portion of the project on which such uniformity exists. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §12.
SD Codified L § 31-13-45 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-45 - Assessment to nearby property of intersection costs.

31-13-45. Assessment to nearby property of intersection costs.The cost of each street intersection may be assessed to all lots according to area so as to include one-half of the property between the street improved and the next street, whether the property abuts the street. In no case may the property situated more than three hundred feet from the intersection be assessed. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §13.
SD Codified L § 31-13-46 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-46 - Assessment according to special benefits--Investigation of benefits.

31-13-46. Assessment according to special benefits--Investigation of benefits.In lieu of the method of apportionment prescribed in §§31-13-44 and 31-13-45, it may be provided in and by the resolution determining the necessity of any street improvement that the cost shall be assessed against all assessable lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting thereon or lying within one-half block or three hundred feet thereof, whichever is less, according to the benefits determined by the board of supervisors to accrue to each of such lots and tracts from the construction of the improvement. In that event the board of supervisors, in preparing, considering, and hearing objections to the assessment, shall make such investigation as may be necessary and shall find and determine the amount in which each such lot and tract will be especially benefited by the construction of the improvement. The board of supervisors shall assess against each such lot and tract an amount, not exceeding the benefit, as shall be necessary to pay its just portion of the total cost of the work to be assessed. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §14.
SD Codified L § 31-13-47 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-47 - Intersection cost assumed by township.

31-13-47. Intersection cost assumed by township.In the resolution of necessity it may be provided that the township will pay any definite, specified portion or all of the cost of the improvements in street intersections. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §15.
SD Codified L § 31-13-48 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-48 - Corner lot costs assumed by township or assessed to other property.

31-13-48. Corner lot costs assumed by township or assessed to other property.In the resolution of necessity it may be provided that the township will pay any definite, specified portion or all of the cost of street improvements fronting or abutting on the long side of a corner lot, or it may be provided by a resolution that such portion of the cost may be spread as an area tax on the blocks fronting and abutting on said pavement so as to include one-half of the property between the street improved and the next street whether the property abuts the street. In no case may the property situated more than three hundred feet from the improvement be assessed. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §16.
SD Codified L § 31-13-49 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-49 - Cost assumed by township when street has been previously improved.

31-13-49. Cost assumed by township when street has been previously improved.In the resolution of necessity it may be provided that the township will pay any portion or all of the cost of resurfacing, rebuilding, or repaving the portion of any street in which pavement has previously been placed or which has been previously constructed within the township. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §17.
SD Codified L § 31-13-50 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-50 - Use of special assessment law.

31-13-50. Use of special assessment law.Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 8-11, the board of supervisors of a township may use, as a method for the financing or repayment for the improvement, the provisions of chapter 9-43. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §19; SL 1981, ch 225.
SD Codified L § 31-13-51 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-51 - Annual front foot assessment for maintenance and repairs.

31-13-51. Annual front foot assessment for maintenance and repairs.The township board of supervisors or, in the case of any township which is no longer organized, the board of county commissioners, prior to the assessment of real property within the township, or unorganized township, for the next fiscal year, may levy annually for the purpose of maintaining or repairing street surfaces, whether of a permanent type or not, a special front foot assessment not to exceed two dollars per front foot upon the real property fronting and abutting the roadway. Such assessment shall be apportioned on a front foot basis and shall be levied pursuant to §31-13-52. If the board of county commissioners is levying a special assessment on real property pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners shall perform the duties, as applicable, that are required of the township board of supervisors pursuant to §§31-13-32 to 31-13-54, inclusive. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §20; SL 1984, ch 212; SL 1999, ch 152, §1; SL 2004, ch 194, §1; SL 2013, ch 132, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-13-52 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-52 - Levy of special assessments--Addition to general levy--Review and equalization.

31-13-52. Levy of special assessments--Addition to general levy--Review and equalization.The township board of supervisors prior to the assessment of real property may, by resolution, designate the real property, the lot, or the portion of lots or real property against which the assessment is to be levied, the amount of the assessment against the real property, lot, or portions thereof for such purposes, and direct the county auditor to add such assessment to the general assessment against the property to be collected as township taxes for general purposes. The assessment shall be subject to review and equalization the same as assessments or taxes for general purposes. For the purposes of this section, front foot, shall mean the actual front of the premises as established by the buildings thereon, record title and use of the property regardless of the original plat thereof. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §21.
SD Codified L § 31-13-53 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-53 - Records maintained by township clerk--Destruction of certain records.

31-13-53. Records maintained by township clerk--Destruction of certain records.The township clerk shall keep on file a record of all proceedings taken in the matter of opening, altering, vacating, paving, or otherwise improving any street, and after the confirmation of any report in such matters he shall record all the proceedings taken in relation to the improvement. But, the clerk may destroy any record which the records destruction board, acting pursuant to §1-27-19, declares to have no further administrative, legal, fiscal, research, or historical value. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §18; SL 1993, ch 69, §5.
SD Codified L § 31-13-54 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-54 - Contracts and assessments not invalidated by defects--Supervisors' determination conclusive.

31-13-54. Contracts and assessments not invalidated by defects--Supervisors' determination conclusive.No contract made or assessment levied for any such improvement shall be void by reason of any defect or irregularity in the resolution or notice or in the publication thereof. The determination of the board of supervisors as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of protests thereto shall be conclusive unless such determination is unreasonably and arbitrarily or fraudulently made. Source: SL 1979, ch 197, §9.
SD Codified L § 31-13-55 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-55 - Indemnity requirement for construction or survey work within road right-of-way.

31-13-55. Indemnity requirement for construction or survey work within road right-of-way.An organized township may require any person performing construction or survey work within any township road right-of-way which may damage such right-of-way to furnish an indemnity bond in a reasonable amount as determined by the township board to indemnify the township for any damage done beyond normal wear. However, if a registered professional engineer or a registered land surveyor is surveying land, as defined in §36-18A-4, for an individual landowner of the township, the provisions of this section do not apply. Source: SL 1984, ch 213, §1; SL 1987, ch 29, §12.
SD Codified L § 31-13-56 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-56 - Removal of baled or stacked foliage from right-of-way--Violation as petty offense.

31-13-56. Removal of baled or stacked foliage from right-of-way--Violation as petty offense.If the right-of-way of a township road has been mowed and the cut foliage has been baled or stacked in the right-of-way, the person owning the baled or stacked foliage shall remove the bales or stacks from the right-of-way by the first day of November. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SL 1985, ch 235.
SD Codified L § 31-13-57 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-57 - Private landowner assessed for erosion repair costs.

31-13-57. Private landowner assessed for erosion repair costs.If any landowner fails to prevent damage to a township road caused by severe and persistent wind or water erosion on the landowner's property, the township may repair the damage and assess the cost of the repairs against the landowner. If the landowner fails to pay the cost of the repairs before the first day of November in the year in which the repairs are performed, the cost shall be assessed against the landowner's property. Source: SL 1991, ch 233, §3.
SD Codified L § 31-13-58 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 13 - Township Roads|Section 31-13-58 - Approval of conservation district for repair of erosion damage--Notice to landowner--Declaration.

31-13-58. Approval of conservation district for repair of erosion damage--Notice to landowner--Declaration.No operations to repair erosion damage pursuant to §31-13-57 may be undertaken by the township unless the conservation district in which the land is located has by resolution approved such action and until a notice that the erosion on the lands constitutes a nuisance has been given to the owner by the township. Notice shall be given by personal service upon the owner or by personal service upon the person in actual possession of the premises, with a copy of the declaration filed in the office of the county auditor. The declaration shall state that unless the owner corrects the damage within thirty days of the declaration, repairs shall be undertaken by the township, and the cost shall be assessed against the landowner's property if not paid before the first of November. The resolution of assessment shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of county commissioners, the original delivered by the clerk of the board to the county auditor, and a copy sent by registered mail to the landowner at the address shown on the records of the county auditor and to the operator. Source: SL 1991, ch 233, §4; SL 1992, ch 203, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-14-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 14 - County And Township Bridges And Culverts|Section 31-14-1 - Definition of terms.

31-14-1. Definition of terms.Terms used in this chapter mean:(1)"Bridge," a structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction, as water, highway, or railway, the structure having a length measured along the center of the roadway of more than twenty feet between undercopings of abutments or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes and pipes where the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening;(2)"Culvert," any structure not classified as a bridge that provides an opening under any roadway;(3)"Department," the Department of Transportation. Source: SDC 1939, §28.1441 as enacted by SL 1953, ch 153; SL 2010, ch 145, §94.
SD Codified L § 31-14-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 14 - County And Township Bridges And Culverts|Section 31-14-2 - County commissioners' responsibility for bridges and culverts.

31-14-2. County commissioners' responsibility for bridges and culverts.The duty to construct and maintain all bridges and culverts throughout the county, except upon the state trunk highway system, is hereby imposed upon the board of county commissioners, subject to conditions relating to bridges and culverts on secondary highways in townships. Source: SL 1919, ch 333, §29; SDC 1939, §28.1402; SL 1955, ch 102, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-14-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 14 - County And Township Bridges And Culverts|Section 31-14-3 - Drainage investigation of new or replacement bridge site.

31-14-3. Drainage investigation of new or replacement bridge site.After determining the necessity for any new or replacement bridge in the county, the board of county commissioners shall advise the county highway superintendent of the determination, and require the superintendent or a registered engineer retained by the board of county commissioners for that purpose to make a drainage investigation of the bridge site.  Source: SL 1919, ch 333, §31; SL 1921, ch 386; SDC 1939, §28.1404; SL 1961, ch 142, §1; SL 2018, ch 168, §39.
SD Codified L § 31-14-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 14 - County And Township Bridges And Culverts|Section 31-14-4 - Plans and specifications for bridge construction--Preparation by department or engineer.

31-14-4. Plans and specifications for bridge construction--Preparation by department or engineer.Any bridge, abutment, and approach or repair to a bridge required in any county of this state, shall be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the department or a registered engineer retained by the board of county commissioners for such purpose. The plans and specifications shall show and describe the style and size thereof, the kind, weight, and quality of all materials to be used in the construction and the proper proportion of the ingredients for mixture and reinforcements. Source: SL 1919, ch 333, §32; SL 1920 (SS), ch 89; SDC 1939, §28.1405; SL 1961, ch 142, §2; SL 2010, ch 145, §95.
SD Codified L § 31-14-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 14 - County And Township Bridges And Culverts|Section 31-14-5 - Bridge plans and specifications--Design requirements--Filing by county auditor.

31-14-5. Bridge plans and specifications--Design requirements--Filing by county auditor.A registered engineer retained by the board of county commissioners or the department shall prepare plans and specifications for bridge repair or construction work. Plans and specifications prepared by a registered engineer retained by the board of county commissioners shall conform to the design requirements of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The plans and specifications, whether prepared by the department or by a registered engineer retained for that purpose, shall be forwarded to the proper county auditor who shall place them on file in the auditor's office. A copy shall be forwarded to the department for the department's records. Source: SL 1919, ch 333, §31; SL 1921, ch 386; SDC 1939, §28.1404; SL 1961, ch 142, §1; SL 2010, ch 145, §96; SL 2018, ch 168, §40.