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SD Codified L § 9-36-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 36 - Flood Control And Stream Improvement|Section 9-36-16 - Powers of first or second class municipalities in implementing flood control projects.

9-36-16. Powers of first or second class municipalities in implementing flood control projects.Every municipality of five hundred or more population as shown by the last federal census may enter into agreements with the United States, with the State of South Dakota and with any authorized agency, subdivision or unit of government, federal or state, to cooperate in preventing or controlling flooding within or without its corporate limits which endangers property within its corporate limits or its water supply. Every municipality of five hundred or more may acquire by lease, purchase, gift, grant-in-aid, condemnation, or other lawful means and hold in its corporate name or use and control as provided by law both real and personal property and easements and rights-of-way within or without its corporate limits for all purposes necessary to prevent or control flooding and may levy taxes and appropriate moneys and issue general obligation bonds pursuant to chapter 9-26, for the purposes described in this section. Source: SL 1959, ch 275; SDC Supp 1960, §45.0210; SL 1983, ch 65, §1; SL 1984, ch 43, §71; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-36-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 36 - Flood Control And Stream Improvement|Section 9-36-17 - Validation of prior municipal proceedings to conserve water and control floods.

9-36-17. Validation of prior municipal proceedings to conserve water and control floods.All acts and proceedings had before July 1, 1959, and all contracts, appropriations, expenditures, and acquisitions theretofore made by any municipality of the state for the purpose of conserving its water resources or preventing or controlling flooding within or without its corporate limits which endangers property within its corporate limits or its water supply, either by such municipality acting alone or in cooperation with any authorized agency, subdivision, or unit of government, federal or state, are hereby legalized and declared valid. Source: SL 1957, ch 505; SL 1959, ch 463; SDC Supp 1960, §65.0337.
SD Codified L § 9-38-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-1 - Municipal authority to maintain facilities and issue bonds--Limitations on campgrounds and tourist accommodations.

9-38-1. Municipal authority to maintain facilities and issue bonds--Limitations on campgrounds and tourist accommodations.Each municipality may establish, improve, maintain, and regulate public parks, public squares, parkways, boulevards, swimming pools, camping, and other related facilities within or without the municipality, and to issue its bonds therefor, as provided by this title. A municipality may establish camping or tourist accommodation facilities if there is no existing private campground, inspected and approved by the Department of Health, located within fifteen miles of the municipality. However, a municipality may construct or expand camping or tourist accommodation facilities if there is an existing private campground within fifteen miles of the municipality if the owner of the existing campground approves the construction or expansion in writing. Camping and tourist accommodation facilities established before July 1, 1970, are deemed to have been established under the then existing authority to establish public parks, and municipalities may continue to maintain and regulate the facilities. The requirements of this section for the construction or expansion of a facility near an existing private campground do not apply to a municipality that leases camping and tourist accommodation facilities from the state which were in existence prior to January 1, 2017. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 7, 44; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 7, 44; SL 1913, ch 119, §53, subdiv 7, 44; RC 1919, §6169 (10); SDC 1939, §45.0201 (98); SL 1970, ch 63, §1; SL 1971, ch 66; SL 1990, ch 64; SL 2017, ch 59, §1.
SD Codified L § 9-38-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-2 - Municipal power to preserve trees and inclose public ground.

9-38-2. Municipal power to preserve trees and inclose public ground.Every municipality shall have power to plant and provide for the care and preservation of trees upon public grounds and along the streets and to inclose any public ground. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §22, subdiv 15; CL 1887, §1043, subdiv 15; SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 8 to 10, 44; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 8 to 10; RPolC 1903, §1438, subdiv 15; SL 1913, ch 119, §53, subdiv 8 to 10, 44; RC 1919, §6169 (11); SDC 1939, §45.0201 (99).
SD Codified L § 9-38-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-3 - Agreements with and grants from federal agency.

9-38-3. Agreements with and grants from federal agency.Every municipality shall have the power to enter into agreements with and receive grants from the United States Bureau of Outdoor Recreation or its successor. Source: SDC Supp 1960, §45.0201-1 (24) as added by SL 1965, ch 211, §1.
SD Codified L § 9-38-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-4 - Bonding power for park improvements.

9-38-4. Bonding power for park improvements.Every municipality shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the corporation for the purpose of constructing buildings and making improvements for public parks, and to issue its negotiable bonds therefor in the manner provided by law. Source: SL 1933 (SS), ch 14; SDC 1939, §45.2535.
SD Codified L § 9-38-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-5 - Libraries, museums, and art galleries in parks.

9-38-5. Libraries, museums, and art galleries in parks.The governing body shall have authority to authorize the building and maintenance of public libraries, museums, and art galleries in any park. However, in municipalities of the first class, where a park board has been established according to law, such board shall be consulted by the governing body before action is taken authorizing any such building. Source: SDC 1939, §45.2522 as added by SL 1967, ch 222, §2; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-6 - Athletic facilities in parks--Fee for use--Special park fund.

9-38-6. Athletic facilities in parks--Fee for use--Special park fund.A municipality may establish, maintain, and operate golf courses, tennis courts, ball grounds, and other athletic amusements, and necessary facilities in connection therewith, as a part of its park system, and charge fees for the use thereof. All fees received under this section and any other money received for use of the board including tax revenues which may be appropriated for park purposes, shall be kept in a special park fund and shall be paid upon requisition by the president and secretary of the board and warrant drawn and executed as other warrants. Source: SL 1941, ch 206; SDC Supp 1960, §45.0201-1 (4); SL 1978, ch 62, §11; SL 1979, ch 58.
SD Codified L § 9-38-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-7 - Governing body to control parks unless board created.

9-38-7. Governing body to control parks unless board created.Except as provided for first or second class municipalities under a commission form of government the public parks of every municipality, whether within or without the limits of the municipality, shall be under the control and supervision of the governing body thereof unless a park board shall have been created as provided in this chapter. Source: RC 1919, §6433; SDC 1939, §45.2501; SL 1970, ch 63, §2; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-8 - Park boards in second and third class municipalities--Composition and functions--Qualifications of members--Teams.

9-38-8. Park boards in second and third class municipalities--Composition and functions--Qualifications of members--Teams.All municipalities other than cities of the first class may create by ordinance a park board, serve without pay, the number of which shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body. The park board shall control and supervise the public parks of the municipality whether within or without the limits of the municipality. The park board shall be under the control and supervision of the governing body of the municipality, and the governing body shall prescribe all rules, regulations, and responsibilities of the park board. The ordinance creating the board shall specify the qualifications, the term of office of the members, the frequency of board meetings, the officers to be selected and a description of their duties, the number of members necessary for a quorum, and the scope of the board's authority. Source: SL 1955, ch 219; SDC Supp 1960, §45.0209; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 1995, ch 49, §1.
SD Codified L § 9-38-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-9 - Abolition of board in city-manager city.

9-38-9. Abolition of board in city-manager city.The park board of any first or second class municipality employing a city manager may be abolished by ordinance. Thereupon its powers and duties shall be vested in the governing body. Source: SL 1935, ch 158, §15; SDC 1939, §45.0911; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-10 - Park board in municipality of first class--Qualifications and teams of members--Salaries of board members.

9-38-10. Park board in municipality of first class--Qualifications and teams of members--Salaries of board members.All municipalities of the first class may create by ordinance a park board. The ordinance creating the board shall specify the number, the qualifications, the term of office of the members, the frequency of board meetings, the officers to be selected and a description of their duties, the number of members necessary for a quorum, and the scope of the board's authority.The salaries of the members of the board shall be fixed by such ordinance and be paid as provided for in the ordinance. Source: SL 1909, ch 272, §§1, 10; RC 1919, §§6434, 6443; SDC 1939, §45.2502; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 1995, ch 49, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-11 - Boards of park supervisors continued as park boards.

9-38-11. Boards of park supervisors continued as park boards.A board of park supervisors created before July 1, 1939, by vote of the voters of a municipality of the first class shall be continued as a park board under §§9-38-10 to 9-38-58, inclusive, and shall have all of the powers of a board created by ordinance. Source: SDC 1939, §45.2502; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-13 - Bonds of park board members--Payment of premiums.

9-38-13. Bonds of park board members--Payment of premiums.Each member of the board before entering upon his official duties shall give bond to the first or second class municipality as may be required by the governing body for the faithful performance of his duties and shall take and file in the auditor's office with any such bond the usual oath of office required from appointive officers of the municipality. The municipality shall pay any premium for bonds required to be given by members of the board or its officers or employees.All official bonds required under the provisions of this section and §9-38-27 shall be approved by the governing body. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §2; SL 1917, ch 305, §1; RC 1919, §6445; SL 1925, ch 237, §1; SDC 1939, §45.2504; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-19 - Legal assistance to park board.

9-38-19. Legal assistance to park board.The city attorney as a part of his duties shall conduct all court proceedings under §§9-38-10 to 9-38-58, inclusive, and shall be the legal adviser of the board. When in its judgment the interests of the first or second class municipality demand, the board may employ special counsel to assist the city attorney. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §47; RC 1919, §6491; SL 1923, ch 236, §2; SDC 1939, §45.2516; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-20 - Regulations for park board business--Contracts on behalf of city.

9-38-20. Regulations for park board business--Contracts on behalf of city.Subject to the approval of the governing body the board shall make bylaws, rules, and regulations for the orderly transaction and conduct of its business. Subject to the approval of the governing body, the board may make and enforce contracts in the name of the city to carry out the purposes expressed in §§9-38-10 to 9-38-58, inclusive. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §8; RC 1919, §6451; SL 1925, ch 237, §4; SDC 1939, §45.2506; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 1995, ch 49, §8.
SD Codified L § 9-38-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-22 - Park board records as evidence.

9-38-22. Park board records as evidence.The records of such board, kept by its secretary, or copies of any such records when duly certified by the secretary shall be competent evidence of the proceedings of such board. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §5; RC 1919, §6448; SDC 1939, §45.2509.
SD Codified L § 9-38-23 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-23 - Reports by park board to governing body--Records subject to inspection.

9-38-23. Reports by park board to governing body--Records subject to inspection.The board shall make an annual report to the governing body of its acts and all its expenditures, showing the condition of all affairs under its control.The governing body may require a report from such board at any time, and the records, books, papers, and accounts of the board shall at all times be subject to inspection by the mayor, auditor, or any committee appointed by the governing body for that purpose. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §60; RC 1919, §6503; SDC 1939, §45.2515.
SD Codified L § 9-38-24 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-24 - Board authority over parks and boulevards--Concessions.

9-38-24. Board authority over parks and boulevards--Concessions.The board may establish, improve, care for, regulate, and manage a system of public parks, parkways, and boulevards and with the approval of the governing body may acquire land for such purposes. The board may regulate the planting and trimming of trees and shrubbery in such areas and may establish the channel of any stream or watercourse forming a part of the park system and improve the banks of the stream or watercourse. The board may provide parkways and boulevards for the streets and maintain and regulate the care of the parkways and boulevards. The board may cause the cost of construction and maintenance of the street parkways and boulevards to be assessed against the abutting property as provided in chapter 9-43. The board may establish, maintain, and conduct with or without charge or grant concessions for places of public amusement, recreation, or refreshment within or in connection with such parks. No concession lease or grant may be made for longer than three years, and no professional shows or exhibitions for which an admission price is charged may be given in such parks. However, a lease or grant to a concession may be made by the board for a period not to exceed fifty years if the concession requires a realty improvement or capital investment or any combination thereof of at least fifty thousand dollars. Source: SL 1909, ch 272, §7; SL 1915, ch 260, §§9, 65; SL 1917, ch 305, §2; RC 1919, §§6440, 6452, 6508; SL 1919, ch 274; SL 1925, ch 237, §9; SL 1925, ch 238; SDC 1939, §45.2510; SL 1982, ch 79; SL 1993, ch 74; SL 2012, ch 57, §70; SL 2017, ch 59, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-25 - Placement under park board of trees, vegetation, sidewalks, and crossings along parks and thoroughfares.

9-38-25. Placement under park board of trees, vegetation, sidewalks, and crossings along parks and thoroughfares.The governing body may place under the control and management of the board the planting, maintenance, trimming, and removal of trees, shrubs, and plants in any and all public grounds, thoroughfares, or lands appurtenant thereto throughout the limits of the first or second class municipality, the cutting of weeds and grass upon all public grounds and thoroughfares and lands adjacent or appertaining thereto, and the location of all sidewalks or crossings upon or adjacent to such public grounds or thoroughfares. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §11; RC 1919, §6454; SL 1925, ch 237, §5; SDC 1939, §45.2511; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-26 - Qualifications and appointment of park superintendent--Duties and salary--Employment of other officers and employees.

9-38-26. Qualifications and appointment of park superintendent--Duties and salary--Employment of other officers and employees.With the approval of the governing body the park board may appoint a park superintendent who shall be the chief executive officer under the board and who may or may not be a landscape architect. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the board and receive such salary as the board may determine with the approval of the governing body and shall on its behalf have charge, supervision and direction of all work and of all officers and employees under the board.With the approval of the governing body, the board may also appoint and employ other officers and employees and shall prescribe and fix their duties and compensation. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §6; RC 1919, §6449; SL 1925, ch 237, §3; SDC 1939, §45.2512; SL 1984, ch 59, §1.
SD Codified L § 9-38-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-27 - Bonds required of park board officers and employees.

9-38-27. Bonds required of park board officers and employees.The board may require all of its officers and employees, except laborers, to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties in such sum as shall be fixed by it, which bonds shall be filed with the auditor. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §7; RC 1919, §6450; SDC 1939, §45.2513.
SD Codified L § 9-38-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-28 - Destruction of weeds in first or second class municipality--Notice to property owners by publication.

9-38-28. Destruction of weeds in first or second class municipality--Notice to property owners by publication.The board shall have power to require all noxious and unsightly weeds on any lot in the first or second class municipality to be destroyed by the owner thereof.General notice to property owners to destroy such weeds may be given by the secretary by publication once a week for two successive weeks. Source: SL 1909, ch 272, §6; RC 1919, §6439; SDC 1939, §45.2538; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-29 - Destruction of weeds by park board--Special assessment against property to cover cost.

9-38-29. Destruction of weeds by park board--Special assessment against property to cover cost.Should the owner of any lot fail to cause such weeds to be destroyed within two days after the last publication, the board may cause the same to be done. The expense thereof shall be paid out of the fund appropriated for the board and shall be certified to the auditor, and the same shall be levied as a special assessment against the property upon which such weeds were destroyed and when collected shall be covered into the park fund and be subject to the order of the park board. Source: SL 1909, ch 272, §6; RC 1919, §6439; SDC 1939, §45.2538.
SD Codified L § 9-38-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-30 - Division of first or second class municipality into park districts--Change in districts on change in municipal boundaries.

9-38-30. Division of first or second class municipality into park districts--Change in districts on change in municipal boundaries.Upon the recommendation of the board the governing body may divide the first or second class municipality into park districts.Whenever the municipality shall extend or change its limits, the governing body upon the recommendation of the board may divide the added territory into new park districts or add the same to districts already established. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §12; RC 1919, §6455; SDC 1939, §45.2518; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 9-38-31 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 9 - Municipal Government|Chapter 38 - Municipal Parks And Recreational Facilities|Section 9-38-31 - Acquisition of property for parks and boulevards--Sources of payment.

9-38-31. Acquisition of property for parks and boulevards--Sources of payment.Upon recommendation of the board the governing body may provide by ordinance for the purchase, condemnation, or otherwise obtaining of land within or without the city limits for public parks, parkways, and boulevards, and establish the same.Payment for any such land so selected and acquired may be made by cash, by purchase by installment payments with or without a mortgage, by entering into lease-purchase agreements, or by lease with option to purchase, out of the general fund, park fund, or by the issue and sale of bonds of the first or second class municipality after authorization as and in the manner provided by this title. No mortgage given hereunder shall provide as security property other than the specific land acquired pursuant to the provisions hereof. Source: SL 1915, ch 260, §13; RC 1919, §6456; SL 1921, ch 303; SDC 1939, §45.2519; SL 1969, ch 182; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.