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SD Codified L § 31-12-47 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12 - County Highway Systems|Section 31-12-47 - Posting notification of minimum maintenance road.

31-12-47. Posting notification of minimum maintenance road.The board of county commissioners shall post signs on a minimum maintenance road to notify the motoring public that it is a minimum maintenance road and that the public travels on the road at its own risk. The signs shall be posted at the entry points to and at regular intervals along a minimum maintenance road. A properly posted sign shall be prima facie evidence that adequate notice of a minimum maintenance road has been given to the motoring public. Source: SL 1997, ch 176, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-12-48 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12 - County Highway Systems|Section 31-12-48 - Designation of no maintenance highway--Removal of manmade obstruction.

31-12-48. Designation of no maintenance highway--Removal of manmade obstruction.For any highway or segment of a highway the board of county commissioners determines, after public notice, is used less than is required for designation as a minimum maintenance highway under §31-12-46, the board may designate the highway as a no maintenance highway. The board shall, by resolution, identify the beginning and end point of the highway or segment of a highway designated as no maintenance. The board does not have any responsibility or duty of care on a no maintenance highway designated under this section, except upon knowledge of a manmade obstruction, to require removal or remediation of the manmade obstruction if needed, to maintain public access. Source: SL 2018, ch 172, §1; SL 2019, ch 128, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-12-49 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12 - County Highway Systems|Section 31-12-49 - Posting of signs along no maintenance highway.

31-12-49. Posting of signs along no maintenance highway.The board of county commissioners shall post signs on a no maintenance highway designated under §31-12-48 to notify the public that it is a no maintenance highway and that no travel is advised, and that the public travels at its own risk. The signs shall be posted at each entry point and at regular intervals along a no maintenance highway. A properly posted sign is prima facie evidence that adequate notice of a no maintenance highway has been given to the public. Source: SL 2018, ch 172, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-12-50 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12 - County Highway Systems|Section 31-12-50 - No maintenance highway open to public access--No duty to maintain or improve.

31-12-50. No maintenance highway open to public access--No duty to maintain or improve.A no maintenance highway designated under §31-12-48 is any highway that shall remain open to public access, but over which the board of county commissioners has no responsibility for maintenance or improvement, except as provided under §31-12-48. Source: SL 2018, ch 172, §3; SL 2019, ch 128, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-1 - Incorporation of road district.

31-12A-1. Incorporation of road district.Any area outside the boundary of a municipality, which is situated so that the construction or maintenance of roads becomes desirable, may be incorporated as a road district pursuant to this chapter. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §1; SL 1982, ch 224, §1; SL 1998, ch 36, §9; SL 1999, ch 150, §1; SL 1999, ch 151, §1; SL 2014, ch 46, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-1.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-1.1 - Formation--Election--Qualification.

31-12A-1.1. Formation--Election--Qualification. Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 31-12A, an area with three or fewer landowners may be formed into a road district pursuant to this chapter. Each landowner shall be a trustee at large and no election of trustees is required.After the district is incorporated and the number of landowners within the district is five or more, the district shall conduct an election pursuant to §31-12A-16 to elect the board of trustees. The district shall conduct the election on the first Tuesday after the anniversary date of the formation of the district.To serve as a trustee of a county road district that has one hundred or more eligible voters, the person shall be a resident and landowner of the district.To serve as a trustee of a county road district with less than one hundred eligible voters, a person shall be a landowner who owns real property within the district. Source: SL 1999, ch 150, §2; SL 2000, ch 32, §4; SL 2014, ch 46, §6; SL 2021, ch 126, § 1.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-1.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-1.2 - Eligible voter and landowner defined.

31-12A-1.2. Eligible voter and landowner defined.As used in this chapter, the term, eligible voter, has the meaning specified in this section. Only persons or public corporations that are landowners of land located within the proposed or existing road district are eligible to vote in the formation election or any subsequent election of a road district, except as provided in this chapter. An eligible voter may reside within or outside the district. Any firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, estate, or corporation that holds title to land located within the proposed or existing road district is entitled to one vote and may designate an officer or agent to vote on its behalf by presenting a written instrument to that effect to the election officials. The vote of any eligible voter who is a minor or a protected person as defined by §29A-5-102, may be cast by the parent, conservator, or legal representative of the minor or protected person. However, if more than one person holds an interest in a lot, tract, or parcel of land, no more than one vote may be cast in any election with respect to any one lot, tract, or parcel of land, as the owners may among themselves determine.As used in this chapter, the term, landowner, means any owner of land other than a governmental entity, as evidenced by records in the offices of the register of deeds and the clerk of courts in the county containing a proposed or existing road district. If land is sold under a contract for deed that is of record in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the land is situated, the individual purchaser of the land, as named in the contract for deed, is treated as the landowner. Source: SL 2014, ch 46, §5.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-2 - Application for organization of road district--Verified survey and map required.

31-12A-2. Application for organization of road district--Verified survey and map required.Any person making application for the organization of a road district shall first obtain an accurate survey and map of the territory intended to be embraced within the limits of the road district, showing the boundaries and area of the district. The accuracy of the survey and map shall be verified by the affidavit of the surveyor. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §2; SL 2014, ch 46, §7.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-3 - Filing of petition--Contents.

31-12A-3. Filing of petition--Contents.Not less than twenty-five percent of the eligible voters as defined in §31-12A-1.2 who own land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a road district may file a petition with the board of county commissioners asking that a road district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. The petition shall be filed with the county auditor and presented to the board of county commissioners for consideration at its next meeting. The petition shall conform with the requirements of §6-16-2 and shall set forth:(1)The proposed name of the road district;(2)That there is need for road work in the territory described in the petition;(3)A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a road district;(4)A request that the board of county commissioners define the boundaries for the district; that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a road district in the territory; and that the board determine that such a district be created. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §3; SL 1982, ch 224, §2; SL 2014, ch 46, §8.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-4 - Public examination of survey, map, and petition.

31-12A-4. Public examination of survey, map, and petition.Such survey, map, and petition when completed and verified shall be left at some convenient public place, to be designated by the county auditor of the county in which the application for incorporation is to be filed, within such territory for a period of not less than twenty days for examination by those having an interest in such application. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-5.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-5.1 - Territory within subdivision jurisdiction of municipality--Requirement for approval of petition.

31-12A-5.1. Territory within subdivision jurisdiction of municipality--Requirement for approval of petition. If any territory is within the subdivision jurisdiction of a municipality, the petition for the incorporation described in §31-12A-3 shall first be submitted to the municipality's governing body for approval at its discretion, and upon approval shall be presented to the county board of commissioners. Source: SL 1982, ch 224, §7A; SL 2021, ch 127, § 1.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-5.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-5.2 - Transfer of jurisdiction over public highway to road district prohibited.

31-12A-5.2. Transfer of jurisdiction over public highway to road district prohibited.No political subdivision of the state may relinquish or transfer jurisdiction over any public highway to a road district. Source: SL 1999, ch 151, §13.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-6 - Order declaring territory incorporated--Name of district--Election.

31-12A-6. Order declaring territory incorporated--Name of district--Election.If the board of county commissioners is satisfied that the requirements of this chapter have been fully complied with, the board shall issue an order declaring that the territory shall, with the assent of the eligible voters, as specified in §6-16-2, in an election as provided in §6-16-4 to 6-16-6, inclusive, be an incorporated road district by the name specified in the petition. The name shall be different from that of any other road district in this state. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §6; SL 1998, ch 36, §11; SL 2014, ch 46, §10.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-10 - Incorporation of district by majority vote--Exclusion of agricultural property from district by notice to county auditor--Notation on survey and map.

31-12A-10. Incorporation of district by majority vote--Exclusion of agricultural property from district by notice to county auditor--Notation on survey and map.If a majority vote in favor of the incorporation, the territory is deemed a road district by the name and style specified in the order of incorporation issued by the board of county commissioners; otherwise, no further proceedings may be taken. However, any owner of land classified as agricultural property for the purposes of taxation may exclude that property from the district by notifying the county auditor in writing within sixty days after the incorporation of the district. The district shall note any alterations to the district resulting from exclusion upon the survey and map filed pursuant to this chapter. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §10; SL 1998, ch 36, §15.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-11 - Order of incorporation--Order as conclusive of fact of incorporation.

31-12A-11. Order of incorporation--Order as conclusive of fact of incorporation.If satisfied with the legality of the election, the board of county commissioners shall issue an order declaring that the road district is incorporated by the name adopted. The order shall be conclusive of the fact of such incorporation in all suits by or against the road district. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §11; SL 1998, ch 36, §16.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-12 - District as governmental subdivision and public body.

31-12A-12. District as governmental subdivision and public body.Such road district, created and established under this chapter, shall be a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §13.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-13 - Expenditure of county funds authorized for application and election costs--Expenditure of transportation department funds allocated to county.

31-12A-13. Expenditure of county funds authorized for application and election costs--Expenditure of transportation department funds allocated to county.The board of county commissioners is authorized to expend funds of the county, in the manner and to the extent permitted by law for other county expenditures, in the payment of necessary costs of preparation of petitions, surveys, maps, and applications submitted under the provisions of this chapter, and of the holding of elections on the incorporation of road districts hereunder. The county board is also authorized to accept and expend any funds appropriated to the State Department of Transportation and allocated by that department to the county for these purposes. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §12.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-15 - Annual election of officers--Time and place--Conduct.

31-12A-15. Annual election of officers--Time and place--Conduct.In each road district, after the initial election provided for in §§6-16-5 and 6-16-5.2, an annual election of officers shall be held on the first Tuesday in May at a place in the district as the board of trustees shall designate. Unless otherwise specified, the election shall be conducted according to chapter 8-3, at a meeting of the eligible voters of the road district. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §16; SL 2002, ch 144, §1; SL 2003, ch 158, §1; SL 2010, ch 74, §26; SL 2014, ch 46, §11.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-15.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-15.1 - Notice of meeting and election--Contents--Notice upon vacancy.

31-12A-15.1. Notice of meeting and election--Contents--Notice upon vacancy.Notice of the meeting and election required by §31-12A-15 shall be given by the secretary-treasurer by one publication in a legal newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is situated or notice may be given by posting in a public place within the district and delivering the notice to each eligible voter of the district. The notice shall include the time and place of the election and candidate names for each vacancy to be filled at the election. The meeting shall be held not less than seven days nor more than fourteen days after the date of publication or delivery of the notice.The same type of notice shall be given setting forth each vacancy occurring by termination of the term of office of any elective officer. The notice shall also state the time and place where nominating petitions may be filed for each office. The notice shall be given not less than thirty days prior to the deadline for filing nominating petitions. Source: SL 2002, ch 144, §2; SL 2005, ch 152, §1; SL 2014, ch 46, §12.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-16 - Election of trustees at large--Terms of office--Annual elections.

31-12A-16. Election of trustees at large--Terms of office--Annual elections.There shall be elected from among the eligible voters of the district at the first election of a road district, held pursuant to §6-16-5 or 6-16-5.2, three trustees at large, who shall respectively hold their offices, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. The person having the highest number of votes shall serve for a term of three years, the person receiving the second highest number of votes shall serve for a term of two years, and the person receiving the third highest number of votes shall serve for a term of one year, and such persons shall be declared elected to such offices. Thereafter, in accordance with §§31-12A-15 and 31-12A-15.1, there shall be elected annually one trustee for a term of three years. The judges shall subscribe and certify a statement of the persons elected to fill the offices of trustees in the road district and file the statement with the county auditor within ten days after the date of the election. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §15; SL 2014, ch 46, §13.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-17 - Nominations for trustee--Certificates of nomination.

31-12A-17. Nominations for trustee--Certificates of nomination.If the initial trustees are to be elected at the meeting at which the incorporation election is held as provided in §6-16-5, the trustees shall be nominated by the eligible voters in attendance at the meeting. Otherwise, the initial trustees shall be nominated as provided in §6-16-5.2. Any trustee to be elected at any subsequent election, shall be nominated by filing with the district clerk not less than fifteen days before the subsequent election, a certificate of nomination for the office of trustee. The certificate shall be in writing and shall contain the name of the candidate, residence, business address, and the office for which the candidate is named, and shall be signed by at least five percent of the eligible voters. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §17; SL 1998, ch 36, §18; SL 2014, ch 46, §14.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-18 - Trustees not compensated--Election of president.

31-12A-18. Trustees not compensated--Election of president.The members of the board of trustees shall serve without compensation. They shall organize by electing one of their number president, whose duty it shall be to preside over all meetings of said board and to call all special meetings of said board when he or a majority of said board deems such meeting necessary and, in case said president should fail or refuse to call such meeting or meetings, then such meeting or meetings may be called by a majority of said board. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §18.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-19 - Rules and regulations of trustees--Meetings--Quorum.

31-12A-19. Rules and regulations of trustees--Meetings--Quorum.The board of trustees shall adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of the business of said board, and shall fix a stated time at which the regular meetings of said board shall be held. A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. A concurrence of the majority shall be necessary to any action of such board. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §19.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-20 - Record of proceedings required of trustees.

31-12A-20. Record of proceedings required of trustees.The board of trustees shall cause to be kept a full, complete, accurate, and itemized account of all of its proceedings, ordinances, orders, resolutions, rules, and regulations. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §20.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-20.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-20.1 - Sanitary district assuming road district powers.

31-12A-20.1. Sanitary district assuming road district powers.The board of trustees of any sanitary district incorporated under chapter 34A-5 may submit to the voters of the district at an annual election or a special election called and held in accordance with chapter 9-13 the question of whether the district shall be authorized to exercise the powers of road districts incorporated under this chapter, or the petitioners' application for incorporation filed in accordance with §34A-5-6 may request such authority. Upon approval of the grant of such authority by a majority of the voters voting on the question, or upon entry of the order incorporating the district if the application has requested such authority, the board of trustees shall be authorized to exercise all powers which a road district organized under this chapter may exercise, including the powers granted by §§31-12A-21 to 31-12A-26, inclusive. Source: SL 1979, ch 196.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-21 - Powers of trustees.

31-12A-21. Powers of trustees.The board of trustees may:(1)Appoint a treasurer and a clerk, an engineer, attorney, and other employees for the road district and fix their compensation. These officers shall hold their respective offices at the pleasure of the board, and be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties as may be required by the board;(2)Sue and be sued and contract in the name of the district;(3)Adopt a corporate seal;(4)Construct roadways and maintain them;(5)Borrow money, levy taxes, and special assessments, and issue bonds pursuant to §31-12A-23;(6)Establish speed and weight limits and other restrictions on roads under the road district's jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of §§32-14-3 to 32-14-7, inclusive, 32-22-47 and 32-25-9.1. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §21; SL 1982, ch 224, §3; SL 1999, ch 151, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-12A-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 12A - County Road Districts|Section 31-12A-22 - Power of trustees to pass and enforce ordinances and regulations.

31-12A-22. Power of trustees to pass and enforce ordinances and regulations.The board of trustees shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances, resolutions, orders, rules, and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of said road district, and to carry into effect the ordinances, orders, resolutions, rules, and regulations of said road district for the business for which such district is formed. Source: SL 1977, ch 241, §23.