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SD Codified L § 7-23-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 23 - Accounting For County Funds|Section 7-23-6 - Settlement by county officers for funds received--Payment into treasury.

7-23-6. Settlement by county officers for funds received--Payment into treasury.All treasurers, sheriffs, clerks, constables, and other officers chargeable with money belonging to any county shall render their accounts to and settle with the board of county commissioners at the time required by law and pay into the county treasury any balance which may be due the county, take duplicate receipts therefor, and deposit one of the same with the county auditor within five days thereafter. Source: SL 1868-9, ch 4, §36; SL 1874-5, ch 27, §35; PolC 1877, ch 21, §51; CL 1887, §615; RPolC 1903, §855; RC 1919, §5891; SDC 1939, §12.1907.
SD Codified L § 7-23-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 23 - Accounting For County Funds|Section 7-23-7 - Adjustment of accounts of delinquent officers--Forfeiture for delinquency.

7-23-7. Adjustment of accounts of delinquent officers--Forfeiture for delinquency.If any person thus chargeable shall neglect or refuse to render true accounts or settle, such board shall adjust the accounts of such delinquent according to the best information it can obtain, and ascertain the balance due the county, and order suit to be brought in the name of the county therefor; and such delinquent shall not be entitled to any commission and shall forfeit and pay to the county a penalty of twenty percent on the amount of funds due the county. Source: SL 1868-9, ch 4, §37; SL 1874-5, ch 27, §§36, 37; PolC 1877, ch 21, §52; CL 1887, §617; RPolC 1903, §857; RC 1919, §5893; SDC 1939, §12.1907.
SD Codified L § 7-24-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 24 - County Bonds|Section 7-24-1 - Purposes for which county building bonds authorized.

7-24-1. Purposes for which county building bonds authorized.Whenever any county having five hundred voters or more shall have been organized for four years or more and the county seat of such county has been permanently located as provided by law and the building or buildings occupied by such county for courthouse, office, or jail purposes are inadequate to the wants thereof or unsafe by reason of risk by fire or otherwise or whenever it is deemed necessary and for the best interests of said county to erect a suitable building or buildings for the care of the poor, such county may issue its bonds for the purpose of purchasing a site for a courthouse, office, or a jail building or for purchasing a site or grounds for a building or buildings suitable for the care of the county poor or for the erection of a courthouse, office, or jail, building or buildings suitable for the care of the poor under the restrictions and according to the provisions of this chapter. Source: SL 1897, ch 49, §1; RPolC 1903, §970; RC 1919, §6983; SL 1927, ch 78; SDC 1939, §12.2105; SL 1957, ch 27, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-24-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 24 - County Bonds|Section 7-24-2 - Election on bonds--Issuance.

7-24-2. Election on bonds--Issuance.Bonds shall be authorized, issued and sold as provided in chapter 6-8B if a majority of all registered voters voting at the bond election authorize the bond issue. Source: SL 1927, ch 65, §1; SL 1931, ch 91, §1; SL 1935, ch 64, §1; SDC 1939, §12.2105; SL 1957, ch 27, §1; SL 1984, ch 43, §63.
SD Codified L § 7-24-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 24 - County Bonds|Section 7-24-9 - Bond issue for satisfaction of judgment against county.

7-24-9. Bond issue for satisfaction of judgment against county.If a judgment has been recovered against a county upon any claim, and the judgment has become final by expiration of the time for appeal or decision upon appeal, the governing body of the county, by a resolution declaring it to be for the best interests of the county, passed and entered upon its records, published in its proceedings may without submitting the matter to a vote of the voters issue bonds of the county for the purpose of compromising the judgment. The bonds shall be delivered only to the judgment creditor or his successor in ownership of the judgment, upon a complete release and satisfaction of the judgment. The bonds may not exceed the amount due upon the judgment at date of the bonds. All bonds shall be issued and sold as provided in chapter 6-8B. Source: SL 1903, ch 81; RC 1919, §6997; SL 1929, ch 78; SDC 1939, §12.2103; SL 1975, ch 47, §2; SL 1983, ch 28, §11; SL 1984, ch 43, §64; SL 1984, ch 319, §5.
SD Codified L § 7-24-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 24 - County Bonds|Section 7-24-18 - Tax levy to pay county bonds--Proceeds placed in debt service fund.

7-24-18. Tax levy to pay county bonds--Proceeds placed in debt service fund.When a county issues bonds, at or before the time of doing so, the governing body thereof shall levy a continuing annual tax sufficient to pay the interest and the principal thereof when due. All taxes so levied, when collected, shall be placed in a debt service fund. No part of the fund may be used for any other purpose than to pay the interest and principal of the bonds for which they were levied and collected. The levy authorized by this section is in addition to the levy authorized in §10-12-21. Source: SD Const, art 13, §5; RC 1919, §6998; SDC 1939, §12.2110; SL 1985, ch 77.
SD Codified L § 7-24-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 24 - County Bonds|Section 7-24-19 - Deposit and investment of debt service fund moneys--Resolution of county commissioners.

7-24-19. Deposit and investment of debt service fund moneys--Resolution of county commissioners.Every county maintaining a debt service fund for the payment of outstanding bonds shall keep the accumulations in said debt service fund deposited with the lawful depositories or invested in registered warrants or bonds of any municipal or public corporation of the State of South Dakota, including those of the county issuing such bonds, or bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by any federal land bank, federal intermediate credit bank, bank for cooperatives, or any or all of the federal farm credit banks, or obligations of the United States, or bonds or securities of any kind issued by the State of South Dakota, and the interest accruing on such investment shall be credited to such debt service fund. Moneys in any debt service fund shall be invested only in such of the above-named securities as will become due and payable on or before the date when the bonds for the payment of which such debt service fund was created become due and payable, except bonds of the United States or of the State of South Dakota. Where such debt service fund is invested in other bonds of such county, there shall be a levy of a tax upon the taxable property of such county of sufficient amount to pay the interest and also the principal thereof when due and such tax, when collected, shall be returned to the debt service fund for that purpose.In carrying out the provisions of this section, all transactions shall be by resolution of the board of county commissioners which resolution shall be regularly filed and recorded with the county auditor as a public record. Source: SL 1915, ch 277; RC 1919, §6999; SL 1933, ch 164; SDC 1939, §12.2111; SL 1979, ch 37, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-25-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-1 - Annual tax levy for construction or improvement of certain buildings--Fund accumulated--Cooperation with other subdivisions--Proceeds pledged to payments without limitation.

7-25-1. Annual tax levy for construction or improvement of certain buildings--Fund accumulated--Cooperation with other subdivisions--Proceeds pledged to payments without limitation.The board of county commissioners may levy a tax not to exceed ninety cents per thousand dollars of taxable valuation to be used or paid into a fund for the purpose of acquiring a site, constructing, renovating, improving, remodeling, altering, adding to, repairing, erecting, or maintaining a courthouse, office, jail building, county exhibition buildings, 4-H and extension buildings, grandstands and bleachers, highway maintenance buildings, or public library. The county may cooperate in a joint undertaking for any of the foregoing purposes with any other county, municipality or school district. The levy authorized by this section is in addition to the levy authorized in §10-12-21. The proceeds of the levy authorized by this section may be pledged by the county to payments under an agreement entered into pursuant to §7-25-19 without regard to the limitations of §7-25-3. Source: SL 1911, ch 123, §1; SL 1915, ch 126; RC 1919, §6953; SL 1931, ch 115, §1; SDC 1939, §12.2303; SL 1959, ch 31, §2; SL 1959, ch 32; SL 1963, ch 49; SL 1968, ch 21; SL 1970, ch 50; SL 1985, ch 15, §24; SL 1985, ch 77, §8; SL 1987, ch 185, §2; SL 1989, ch 87, §15C.
SD Codified L § 7-25-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-2 - Investment of building fund--Income paid into fund.

7-25-2. Investment of building fund--Income paid into fund.The board of county commissioners shall have the power to loan or invest any balance of any such fund as referred to in §7-25-1 upon first mortgages upon real property worth at least double the value of the sum loaned, or upon bonds of the State of South Dakota, or upon bonds or warrants of the county, or upon bonds of any municipality or school district within the county, at such legal rate of interest as may be agreed, and may also loan or invest such funds in United States government bonds, and the income from such loans shall be paid into such fund. Source: SL 1911, ch 123, §2; RC 1919, §6954; SL 1931, ch 115, §2; SDC 1939, §12.2303; SL 1959, ch 31, §2; SL 1959, ch 32; SL 1963, ch 49; SL 1968, ch 21; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-25-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-3 - County commissioners authorized to construct and improve buildings--Maximum expenditure authorized without voters' approval.

7-25-3. County commissioners authorized to construct and improve buildings--Maximum expenditure authorized without voters' approval.The board of county commissioners shall have authority to provide for the erection, renovation, improvement, remodeling, alteration, addition to, and repairing of courthouses, jails, memorial buildings, which may contain an auditorium, and other necessary buildings within and for the county and to make contracts on behalf of the county for such purposes; but no expenditure for these purposes, greater than can be paid for out of the annual revenue of the county for the current year, including for courthouse, office, and jail buildings the revenue from the special levy provided by §7-25-1, together with the amount of any debt service fund theretofore provided for such purpose, shall be made unless the question of such expenditure shall have first been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of such county and shall have been approved by a majority of the votes so cast; and the board shall determine the amount and rate of taxes to be submitted to a vote for such purpose. Source: SL 1868-9, ch 4, §27; SL 1874-5, ch 27, §27; PolC 1877, ch 21, §43; CL 1887, §607; RPolC 1903, §847; SL 1913, ch 153; RC 1919, §5883; SL 1920 (SS), ch 42; SDC 1939, §12.2302; SL 1959, ch 31, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-25-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-4 - Building bonds approved by voters--Other funds applicable without additional approval.

7-25-4. Building bonds approved by voters--Other funds applicable without additional approval.Whenever the question of bonding the county for the purpose of bonding the county for the purpose of building or renovating, improving, remodeling, altering, adding to, or repairing a courthouse, jail, memorial building, or other county buildings shall have been submitted to a vote of the voters and such bond issue shall have been carried by a vote of the voters, then in addition to the proceeds raised from the sale of such bonds the board may, whenever there remains in the treasury of such county an unexpended balance of any special fund and all claims against such fund have been fully paid, or when there remains an unexpended balance of the general fund and all claims against such fund have been fully paid, in its discretion, apply the whole or any part of such accumulated funds to the purposes specified in this section and it shall not be necessary to submit the question of such expenditure to the voters of the county. Source: SL 1868-9, ch 4, §27; SL 1874-5, ch 27, §27; PolC 1877, ch 21, §43; CL 1887, §607; RPolC 1903, §847; SL 1913, ch 153; RC 1919, §5883; SL 1920 (SS), ch 42; SDC 1939, §12.2302; SL 1959, ch 31, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-25-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-5 - Commissioners' duty to use accumulated building fund.

7-25-5. Commissioners' duty to use accumulated building fund.After a fund for the construction of a courthouse, office, or jail building, county exhibition buildings, 4-H and extension buildings, grandstands and bleachers, and highway maintenance buildings has accumulated from any source, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners within one year from the time such fund becomes available to proceed to the erection of such building or buildings, if such fund shall in the judgment of the board be sufficient for that purpose. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, §49; PolC 1877, ch 21, §44; CL 1887, §608; RPolC 1903, §848; SL 1911, ch 123, §3; RC 1919, §§5884, 6955; SL 1931, ch 115, §3; SDC 1939, §12.2303; SL 1959, ch 31, §2; SL 1959, ch 32; SL 1963, ch 49; SL 1968, ch 21.
SD Codified L § 7-25-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-6 - Acquisition of ground for authorized county buildings--Board to supervise construction of all buildings.

7-25-6. Acquisition of ground for authorized county buildings--Board to supervise construction of all buildings.The board of county commissioners when authorized to erect any county building or joint county and municipal building shall have power to acquire ground for a site by purchase or condemnation.The board shall also have the entire supervision of the construction of all county buildings and monuments. Source: SL 1897, ch 49, §4; RPolC 1903, §973; RC 1919, §6985; SDC 1939, §12.2307.
SD Codified L § 7-25-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-7 - Advertising and award procedure for building construction contracts.

7-25-7. Advertising and award procedure for building construction contracts.If any county building is to be constructed, the board shall proceed as required by chapter 5-18B. The time specified for opening of bids shall be at one of the regular or duly adjourned sessions of the board. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, §49; PolC 1877, ch 21, §45; CL 1887, §609; SL 1889, ch 49, §1; SL 1895, ch 53, §1; RPolC 1903, §849; SL 1915, ch 129; RC 1919, §5885; SDC 1939, §12.2308; SL 1955, ch 22; SL 1963, ch 51; SL 1972, ch 34, §2; SL 2011, ch 2, §113.
SD Codified L § 7-25-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-8 - Building plans and specifications to be on file--Petty offense to permit removal.

7-25-8. Building plans and specifications to be on file--Petty offense to permit removal.One copy of the plans and specifications for any building to be erected shall be on file in the office of the county auditor at all times from the beginning of the publication of the advertisement for bids until the completion of the building. Any county auditor who allows or permits the original of any building plans or specifications filed in the office to be removed from the office commits a petty offense. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, §49; PolC 1877, ch 21, §45; CL 1887, §609; SL 1889, ch 49, §1; SL 1895, ch 53, §1; RPolC 1903, §849; SL 1915, ch 129; RC 1919, §5885; SDC 1939, §§12.2308, 12.9904; SL 1955, ch 22; SL 1963, ch 51; SL 1981, ch 43, §8; SL 2016, ch 44, §64.
SD Codified L § 7-25-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-9 - Security posted by bidders on construction contract--Return of security to unsuccessful bidders.

7-25-9. Security posted by bidders on construction contract--Return of security to unsuccessful bidders.Each bid shall contain a certified check, cashier's check, or bank money order, in the sum equal to five percent of the amount of the bid. The check or money order shall be certified or issued by either a state or national bank domiciled within this state made payable to the county or the county treasurer. In lieu of a check or money order, a bid bond for ten percent of the bid may be submitted. The bond shall be issued by a surety authorized to do business in this state and payable to the county or the county treasurer as a guaranty that the bidder will enter into contract, if the contract is awarded to the bidder, and furnish a bond as provided by this chapter. If the successful bidder forfeits a check, money order, or bid bond, the proceeds of the check, money order, or bid bond shall be turned into the county general fund. The check, money order, or bid bond of each unsuccessful bidder shall be, by the board, immediately returned to the bidder. No more time may elapse between the opening of the bids and either the acceptance of the bid of the lowest responsible bidder, or the rejection of all bids presented than is permitted in subdivision 5-18A-5(7). Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, §49; PolC 1877, ch 21, §45; CL 1887, §609; SL 1889, ch 49, §1; SL 1895, ch 53, §1; RPolC 1903, §849; SL 1915, ch 129; RC 1919, §5885; SDC 1939, §12.2308; SL 1955, ch 22; SL 1963, ch 51; SL 1969, ch 24; SL 1979, ch 46, §1; SL 1987, ch 72; SL 2011, ch 2, §114.
SD Codified L § 7-25-9.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-9.1 - Waiver of security requirements on bids less than two thousand dollars.

7-25-9.1. Waiver of security requirements on bids less than two thousand dollars.Notwithstanding the provisions of §7-25-9, the requirement of a bid bond, certified check, money order, cash, or other security may be waived when the bid submitted does not exceed two thousand dollars. Source: SL 1968, ch 276; SL 1979, ch 46, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-25-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-10 - Lowest responsible bid accepted--Progress payments permitted in contract--Interest on payments withheld.

7-25-10. Lowest responsible bid accepted--Progress payments permitted in contract--Interest on payments withheld.The lowest responsible bid in all cases shall be accepted and the contract for the building or buildings may permit progress payments, but if so shall provide for retention of not less than the following percentages: twelve percent of the amount of the contract up to fifty thousand dollars; five percent of the next two hundred thousand dollars of the amount of the contract and two and one-half percent of the amount of the contract in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars until the contract is fully executed and the building or buildings completed to the satisfaction and acceptance of the board of county commissioners. However, if the contractor has furnished the board all required records and reports and a final inspection has been made, the board shall pay to the contractor interest at the Category A rate of interest as established in §54-3-16 on the amounts retained and on the final payment due the contractor beginning sixty days after the work under the contract has been completed, as evidenced either by the completion date established in the superintendent's or architect's letter of acceptance or by the use and occupancy of the building, and running until the date when payment is tendered to the contractor unless delay in payment has been the result of federal participation in such contract, in which event interest may not begin until sixty days after payment by the federal authority involved. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, §49; PolC 1877, ch 21, §45; CL 1887, §609; SL 1889, ch 49, §1; SL 1895, ch 53, §1; RPolC 1903, §849; SL 1915, ch 129; RC 1919, §5885; SDC 1939, §12.2308; SL 1955, ch 22; SL 1963, ch 51; SL 1983, ch 28, §14; SL 1984, ch 319, §6.
SD Codified L § 7-25-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-11 - Execution of construction contracts.

7-25-11. Execution of construction contracts.All contracts shall be made and set forth in writing and shall be signed on behalf of the board by the chairman and attested by the county auditor with the county seal affixed after such contract has been voted upon and carried by a majority of the board. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, §49; PolC 1877, ch 21, §45; CL 1887, §609; SL 1889, ch 49, §1; SL 1895, ch 53, §1; RPolC 1903, §849; SL 1915, ch 129; RC 1919, §5885; SDC 1939, §12.2308; SL 1955, ch 22; SL 1963, ch 51.
SD Codified L § 7-25-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-12 - Performance bond required of construction contractor.

7-25-12. Performance bond required of construction contractor.The board shall require a bond from the contractor in a sum equal to the contract price, conditioned that the contractor executes the contract and completes the building according to the plans and specifications and to the full satisfaction of the board. The contractor shall account for all moneys paid to the contractor and pay all bills and claims on account of labor or materials furnished in and about the performance of the contract including all demands of subcontractors. The bond shall stand as security for the bills, claims, and demands and be a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do a surety bonding business in the state or a personal bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of county commissioners. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, §49; PolC 1877, ch 21, §45; CL 1887, §609; SL 1889, ch 49, §1; SL 1895, ch 53, §1; RPolC 1903, §849; SL 1915, ch 129; RC 1919, §5885; SDC 1939, §12.2308; SL 1955, ch 22; SL 1963, ch 51; SL 2016, ch 44, §65.
SD Codified L § 7-25-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 25 - County Buildings And Improvements|Section 7-25-13 - Payment required if building occupied before acceptance.

7-25-13. Payment required if building occupied before acceptance.It is further provided that in the event the board elects to use and occupy the public improvement before acceptance, the board shall pay all amounts due under the contract except double the amount the superintendent or architect shall estimate necessary to complete the improvement in accordance with the plans and specifications or one percent of the contract price, whichever is the greater, or in any event not less than three hundred dollars, and no interest shall be allowed thereon until sixty days after said work has been fully completed. Source: SDC 1939, §12.2308 as added by SL 1963, ch 51.