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2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-13 - Finding of slum area or blighted area required before approval of project.

11-8-13. Finding of slum area or blighted area required before approval of project.
A municipality shall not approve an urban renewal project for an urban renewal area unless the governing body has, by resolution, determined such area to be a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof and designated such area as appropriate for an urban renewal project.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (1).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-14 - Initiation of urban renewal plans--Submission to and recommendations by planning commission--Time allowed for review.

11-8-14. Initiation of urban renewal plans--Submission to and recommendations by planning commission--Time allowed for review.
The municipality may itself prepare or cause to be prepared an urban renewal plan, or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to a municipality. Prior to its approval of an urban renewal project, the local governing body shall submit such plan to the planning commission of the municipality, if any, for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the master plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed urban renewal plan to the local governing body within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning commission or, if no recommendations are received within said thirty days, then without such recommendations, the local governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed urban renewal project prescribed by §11-8-15.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (2).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-15 - Notice and hearing by governing body on urban renewal plan.

11-8-15. Notice and hearing by governing body on urban renewal plan.
The local governing body shall hold a public hearing on an urban renewal plan after public notice thereof. Such notice shall be given by publication once each week for two consecutive weeks, not less than ten nor more than thirty days prior to the date of the hearing in a legal newspaper having a general circulation in the urban renewal area of the municipality and by mailing a notice of such hearing not less than ten days prior to the date of the hearing to the persons whose names appear on the county treasurer's tax roll as the owner or reputed owner of the property within such proposed area, at the address shown on the tax roll. The notice shall describe the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing, shall generally identify the urban renewal area affected and shall outline the general scope of the urban renewal plan under consideration.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-16 - Findings required for approval of urban renewal project by governing body.

11-8-16. Findings required for approval of urban renewal project by governing body.
Following such hearing, the local governing body may approve an urban renewal project and the plan therefor if it finds that:
(1)A feasible method exists for the location of families who will be displaced from the urban renewal area in decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship to such families;
(2)The urban renewal plan conforms to the master plan of the municipality as a whole;
(3)The urban renewal plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities that may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the plan; and
(4)The urban renewal plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (4).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-17 - Findings required for approval of urban renewal project in open area.

11-8-17. Findings required for approval of urban renewal project in open area.
If the urban renewal area consists of an area of open land to be acquired by the municipality, such area shall not be so acquired unless:
(1)If it is to be developed for residential uses, the local governing body shall determine that a shortage of housing of sound standards and design which is decent, safe, and sanitary exists in the municipality; that the need for housing accommodations has been or will be increased as a result of the clearance of slums in other areas; that the conditions of blight in the area and the shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing cause or contribute to an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare; and that the acquisition of the area for residential uses is an integral part of and essential to the program of the municipality; or
(2)If it is to be developed for nonresidential uses, the local governing body shall determine that such nonresidential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the community in accordance with sound planning standards and local community objectives, which acquisition may require the exercise of governmental action, as provided in this chapter, because of defective or unusual conditions of title, diversity of ownership, tax delinquency, improper subdivisions, outmoded street patterns, deterioration of site, economic disuse, unsuitable topography, or faulty lot layouts, the need for the correlation of the area with other areas of a municipality by streets and modern traffic requirements, or any combination of such factors or other conditions which retard development of the area.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (4).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-18 - Requirements waived for rehabilitation of disaster area.

11-8-18. Requirements waived for rehabilitation of disaster area.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, where the local governing body certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe respecting which the Governor of the state has certified the need for disaster assistance under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, or other federal law, the local governing body may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project with respect to such area without regard to the provisions of §§11-8-16 and 11-8-17 and the provisions of §§11-8-12 and 11-8-15 requiring a general plan for the municipality and a public hearing on the urban renewal project.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (7).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-19 - Modification of urban renewal plan--Rights of lessee or purchaser protected.

11-8-19. Modification of urban renewal plan--Rights of lessee or purchaser protected.
An urban renewal plan may be modified at any time by the governing body: provided that if modified after the lease or sale by the municipality of real property in the urban renewal project area, such modification may be conditioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee, or successor in interest as the municipality may deem advisable and in any event shall be subject to such rights at law or in equity as a lessee or purchaser, or his successor or successors in interest, may be entitled to assert.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (5).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-20 - Plan or modification effective on approval by governing body.

11-8-20. Plan or modification effective on approval by governing body.
Upon the approval by the local governing body of an urban renewal plan or of any modification thereof, such plan or modification shall be deemed to be in full force and effect for the respective urban renewal area and the municipality may then cause such plan or modification to be carried out in accordance with its terms.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §7 (6).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-21 - Necessary powers granted to municipality.

11-8-21. Necessary powers granted to municipality.
Every municipality shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the powers granted by §§11-8-22 to 11-8-33, inclusive, in addition to others herein granted.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-22 - Municipal power to carry out projects and related activities--Contracts and instruments--Dissemination of information.

11-8-22. Municipal power to carry out projects and related activities--Contracts and instruments--Dissemination of information.
Every municipality shall have the power to undertake and carry out urban renewal projects and related activities within its area of operation; and to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this chapter; and to disseminate slum clearance and urban renewal information.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (1).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-23 - Municipal power to make urban renewal inspections and surveys--Property powers.

11-8-23. Municipal power to make urban renewal inspections and surveys--Property powers.
Every municipality shall have the power, within its area of operation, to enter into any building or property in any urban renewal area in order to make inspections, surveys, appraisals, soundings, or test borings, and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted; to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise, any real property, or personal property for its administrative purposes, together with any improvements thereon; to hold, improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any real property; to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contracts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter: provided, however, that no statutory provision with respect to the acquisition, clearance, or disposition of property by public bodies shall restrict a municipality or other public body exercising powers hereunder, in the exercise of such functions with respect to an urban renewal project and related activities, unless the Legislature shall specifically so state.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-24 - Municipal power to develop plans--Demonstration projects.

11-8-24. Municipal power to develop plans--Demonstration projects.
Every municipality shall have the power, within its area of operation, to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter and to contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out such plans and to adopt or approve, modify and amend such plans, which plans may include, but are not limited to:
(1)Plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements;
(2)Plans for the enforcement of state and local laws, codes and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements; and
(3)Appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other plans and work necessary to prepare for the undertaking of urban renewal projects and related activities;
and to develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight and developing and demonstrating new or improved means of providing housing for families and persons of low income and to apply for, accept, and utilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (7).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-25 - Acquisition and demolition of property prior to approval of plan--Losses when property not incorporated in project.

11-8-25. Acquisition and demolition of property prior to approval of plan--Losses when property not incorporated in project.
Every municipality shall have the power, with the approval of the local governing body, prior to approval of an urban renewal plan, or approval of any modifications of the plan, to acquire real property in an urban renewal area, demolish and remove any structures on the property, and pay all costs related to the acquisition, demolition, or removal, including any administrative or relocation expenses; and to assume the responsibility to bear any loss that may arise as the result of the exercise of authority under this section in the event that the real property is not made part of the urban renewal project.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (4).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-26 - Relocation assistance and payments to persons displaced from urban renewal area.

11-8-26. Relocation assistance and payments to persons displaced from urban renewal area.
Every municipality shall have the power to prepare plans for and assist in the relocation of persons, including individuals, families, business concerns, nonprofit organizations and others, displaced from an urban renewal area, and to make relocation payments to or with respect to such persons for moving expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed by the federal government.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (8).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-27 - Changes in streets and public places--Replanning.

11-8-27. Changes in streets and public places--Replanning.
Every municipality shall have the power to close, vacate, plan or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways or other places; and to plan or replan any part of the municipality.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (10).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-28 - Arrangement for services, repairs, and construction--Enforcement of federal labor standard requirements.

11-8-28. Arrangement for services, repairs, and construction--Enforcement of federal labor standard requirements.
Every municipality shall have the power to provide or to arrange or contract for the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with an urban renewal project; to install, construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements; and to agree to any conditions that it may deem reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistance and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in the undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project and related activities, and to include in any contract let in connection with such a project and related activities, provisions to fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable and appropriate.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (2).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-29 - Municipal appropriations and expenditures--Levy of assessments--Zoning--Agreements with urban renewal agency.

11-8-29. Municipal appropriations and expenditures--Levy of assessments--Zoning--Agreements with urban renewal agency.
A municipality may appropriate funds and make expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and levy assessments for such purposes; zone or rezone any part of the municipality or make exceptions from building regulations; and enter into agreements with a housing authority or an urban renewal agency vested with urban renewal powers under §§11-8-38 and 11-8-39, which agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, respecting action to be taken by the municipality pursuant to any of the powers granted by this chapter.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (9); SL 1978, ch 62, §23.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-29.1 - Appropriations by municipality to finance projects.

11-8-29.1. Appropriations by municipality to finance projects.
A municipality may appropriate funds to finance the undertaking of any urban renewal project authorized by this chapter.
Source:
SL 1969, ch 193; SL 1978, ch 62, §24.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-30 - Acceptance of loans and grants--Agreement to conditions of federal assistance.

11-8-30. Acceptance of loans and grants--Agreement to conditions of federal assistance.
Every municipality shall have the power to borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, the state, county, or other public body, or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this chapter and to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith; and to include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government for or with respect to an urban renewal project and related activities such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as the municipality may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (6).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-31 - Investment of reserve and debt service funds--Redemption of bonds.

11-8-31. Investment of reserve and debt service funds--Redemption of bonds.
Every municipality shall have the power to invest any urban renewal funds held in reserves or debt service funds or any such funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds subject to their control; to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant to §11-8-66 at the redemption price established therein or to purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so redeemed or purchased to be canceled.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (5).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-32 - Coordination of urban renewal activities--Organization of municipal government.

11-8-32. Coordination of urban renewal activities--Organization of municipal government.
Every municipality shall have the power, within its area of operation, to organize, coordinate, and direct the administration of the provisions of this chapter as they apply to such municipality in order that the objective of remedying slum and blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within such municipality may be most effectively promoted and achieved, and to establish such new office or offices of the municipality or to reorganize existing offices in order to carry out such purpose most effectively.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (11).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-33 - Combination of powers exercised by municipality.

11-8-33. Combination of powers exercised by municipality.
Every municipality shall have the power to exercise all or any part or combination of powers granted in §§11-8-21 to 11-8-32, inclusive.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §8 (12).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-34 - Power of public bodies to assist in urban renewal projects--Enforcement of agreements by successor to municipality.

11-8-34. Power of public bodies to assist in urban renewal projects--Enforcement of agreements by successor to municipality.
For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of an urban renewal project and related activities authorized by this chapter, any public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
(1)Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property or grant easements, licenses, or other rights or privileges therein to a municipality;
(2)Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this section and §§11-8-35 to 11-8-37, inclusive;
(3)Do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out of an urban renewal plan and related activities;
(4)Lend, grant, or contribute funds to a municipality, and borrow money and apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal government, the state, county, or other public body, or from any other source;
(5)Enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with the federal government, a municipality or other public body respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this chapter, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal project and related activities;
(6)Cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished;
(7)Furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places;
(8)Plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the public body or make exceptions from building regulations; and
(9)Cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the municipality.
If at any time title to or possession of any urban renewal project is held by any public body or governmental agency, other than the municipality, which is authorized by law to engage in the undertaking, carrying out, or administration of urban renewal projects and related activities, including any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the provisions of the agreements referred to in this section shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by such public body or governmental agency. As used in this section, the term "municipality" shall also include an urban renewal agency or a housing authority vested with all of the urban renewal powers pursuant to the provisions of §§11-8-38 and 11-8-39.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §14 (1).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-35 - Municipal power to assist as public body.

11-8-35. Municipal power to assist as public body.
For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of any urban renewal project and related activities of an urban renewal agency or a housing authority hereunder, a municipality may, in addition to its other powers and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, do and perform any or all of the actions or things which, by the provisions of §11-8-34, a public body is authorized to do or perform, including the furnishing of financial and other assistance.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §14 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-36 - Appraisal and advertising not required before conveyance, lease or agreement by public body.

11-8-36. Appraisal and advertising not required before conveyance, lease or agreement by public body.
Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in §11-8-34 may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §14 (2).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-37 - General obligation bonds issued by municipality to aid urban renewal project--Laws applicable.

11-8-37. General obligation bonds issued by municipality to aid urban renewal project--Laws applicable.
For the purposes of §§11-8-34 to 11-8-36, inclusive, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of an urban renewal project and related activities of a municipality, the municipality may in addition to any authority to issue bonds pursuant to §11-8-66, issue and sell its general obligation bonds. All bonds issued by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be authorized, issued, and sold as provided in chapter 6-8B. Nothing in this section or §§11-8-34 to 11-8-36, inclusive, may limit or otherwise adversely affect any other section of this chapter.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §14 (4); SL 1984, ch 43, §101.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-38 - Municipal election to delegate powers to urban renewal agency--Exercise of powers through other officers.

11-8-38. Municipal election to delegate powers to urban renewal agency--Exercise of powers through other officers.
A municipality may itself exercise its urban renewal powers, as defined in §11-8-39, or may, if the local governing body by resolution determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have such powers exercised by the urban renewal agency, created by §11-8-40, or by the housing authority, if one exists or is subsequently established in the community. In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency or the housing authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all of the urban renewal powers in the same manner as though all such powers were conferred on such agency or authority instead of the municipality. If the local governing body does not elect to make such determination, the municipality in its discretion may exercise its urban renewal powers through a board or commissioner or through such officers of the municipality as the local governing body may by resolution determine.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §16.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-40 - Urban renewal agency created--Finding and election required before exercise of powers.

11-8-40. Urban renewal agency created--Finding and election required before exercise of powers.
There is hereby created in each municipality a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "urban renewal agency" of the municipality; provided, however, that such agency shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the local governing body has made the finding prescribed in §11-8-8 and has elected to have the urban renewal powers exercised by an urban renewal agency as provided in §§11-8-38 and 11-8-39.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §17 (1).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-41 - Appointment and terms of office of commissioners of urban renewal agency.

11-8-41. Appointment and terms of office of commissioners of urban renewal agency.
If the urban renewal agency is authorized to transact business and exercise powers hereunder, the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the local governing body, shall appoint a board of commissioners of the urban renewal agency which shall consist of not less than five, nor more than nine commissioners, which number shall be determined by the local governing body. The term of office of each such commissioner shall be one year.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §17 (2); SL 1991, ch 113.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-42 - Commissioners and urban renewal officers not to hold other public office.

11-8-42. Commissioners and urban renewal officers not to hold other public office.
No commissioner or other officer of any housing authority, urban renewal agency, board, or commission exercising powers pursuant to this chapter shall hold any other public office under the municipality other than his commissionership or office with respect to such housing authority, urban renewal agency, board, or commission. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §20.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-43 - Reimbursement of expenses of commissioners--Tenure of office--Certificate of appointment.

11-8-43. Reimbursement of expenses of commissioners--Tenure of office--Certificate of appointment.
A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services but shall be entitled to the necessary and actual expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has been qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §17 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-44 - Removal of commissioner from office--Notice and hearing.

11-8-44. Removal of commissioner from office--Notice and hearing.
For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed only after a hearing and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to such hearing and have had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §17 (4).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-45 - Urban renewal agency powers exercised by commissioners--Quorum--Majority required for action--Residence of commissioners.

11-8-45. Urban renewal agency powers exercised by commissioners--Quorum--Majority required for action--Residence of commissioners.
The powers of an urban renewal agency shall be exercised by the commissioners thereof. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the agency and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the agency upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws shall require a larger number. Any persons may be appointed as commissioners if they reside within the area of operation of the agency, which shall be coterminous with the area of operation of the municipality, and are otherwise eligible for such appointments under this chapter.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §17 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-46 - Chairman and vice-chairman of urban renewal agency--Employment of director and personnel--Legal assistance.

11-8-46. Chairman and vice-chairman of urban renewal agency--Employment of director and personnel--Legal assistance.
The mayor shall designate a chairman and vice-chairman from among the commissioners. An agency may employ an executive director, technical experts, and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. For such legal service as it may require, an agency may employ or retain its own counsel and legal staff.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §17 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-47 - Annual report by urban renewal agency to governing body--Contents--Publication of notice of filing.

11-8-47. Annual report by urban renewal agency to governing body--Contents--Publication of notice of filing.
An agency authorized to transact business and exercise powers under this chapter shall file, with the local governing body, on or before March thirty-first of each year a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year, which report shall include a complete financial statement setting forth its assets, liabilities, income and operating expense as of the end of such calendar year. At the time of filing the report, the agency shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the community a notice to the effect that such report has been filed with the municipality and that the report is available for inspection during business hours in the office of the city clerk and in the office of the agency.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §17 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-48 - Accounts of urban renewal agency--Annual report to auditor-general and governing body.

11-8-48. Accounts of urban renewal agency--Annual report to auditor-general and governing body.
Each agency shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and shall annually on or before March thirty-first, make a report thereof to the auditor-general, and to the governing body of the municipality, such reports to be in a form prescribed by the auditor-general for the period of the preceding year.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §18.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-49 - Investigations and examinations by auditor-general--Enforcement of compliance by attorney general.

11-8-49. Investigations and examinations by auditor-general--Enforcement of compliance by attorney general.
The auditor-general may investigate the affairs of agencies and their dealings, transactions, and relationships. He shall have the power to examine into the properties and records of agencies and to prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of periodic reports in relation to projects undertaken by agencies, which accounts and reports shall not be inconsistent with any system of accounts or reports prescribed pursuant to any contract for federal financial assistance. Compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the auditor-general may be enforced by the attorney general by writ of mandamus or other appropriate proceedings.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §18.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-50 - Eminent domain power for urban renewal--Property devoted to prior public use.

11-8-50. Eminent domain power for urban renewal--Property devoted to prior public use.
A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal project and related activities under this chapter. A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in chapter 21-35, or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner; provided, that no real property belonging to the United States, the state, or any political subdivision of the state, may be acquired without its consent.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §9.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-51 - Evidence of unlawful uses and substandard conditions admissible on question of damages in eminent domain proceedings.

11-8-51. Evidence of unlawful uses and substandard conditions admissible on question of damages in eminent domain proceedings.
In any proceeding to fix or assess compensation for damages for the taking of property, or any interest therein, through the exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, evidence or testimony bearing upon the following matters shall be admissible and shall be considered in fixing such compensation or damages, in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible:
(1)Any use, condition, occupancy, or operation of such property, which is unlawful or violative of, or subject to elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction under, any law or any ordinance or regulatory measure of the state, county, municipality, other political subdivision, or any agency thereof, in which such property is located, as being unsafe, substandard, unsanitary or otherwise contrary to the public health, safety, or welfare;
(2)The effect on the value of such property, of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation, or of the elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation.
The foregoing testimony and evidence shall be admissible notwithstanding that no action has been taken by any public body or public officer toward the abatement, prohibition, elimination, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation. Testimony or evidence that any public body or public officer charged with the duty or authority so to do has rendered, made or issued any judgment, decree, determination, or order for the abatement, prohibition, elimination, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and character of such use, condition, or operation.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §9.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-52 - Voluntary acquisition of urban renewal property by commissioner or agency employee prohibited--Disclosure of involuntary acquisition--Violation as misconduct in office.

11-8-52. Voluntary acquisition of urban renewal property by commissioner or agency employee prohibited--Disclosure of involuntary acquisition--Violation as misconduct in office.
No public official or employee of a municipality, or board or commission thereof, and no commissioner or employee of a housing authority or urban renewal agency, which has been vested by a municipality with urban renewal powers under §§11-8-38 and 11-8-39, shall voluntarily acquire any personal interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project of such municipality or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with such urban renewal project. Where such acquisition is not voluntary, the interest acquired shall be immediately disclosed in writing to the local governing body and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §20.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-53 - Disclosure by urban renewal official or employee of interest in property involved--Disqualification from participation in agency action--Violation as misconduct in office.

11-8-53. Disclosure by urban renewal official or employee of interest in property involved--Disqualification from participation in agency action--Violation as misconduct in office.
If any official, commissioner, or employee referred to in §11-8-52 presently owns or controls or owned or controlled within the preceding two years, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property which he knows is included or planned to be included in an urban renewal project, he shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body, and any such official, commissioner, or employee shall not participate in any action by the municipality (or board or commission thereof), housing authority, or urban renewal agency affecting such property. Any disclosure required to be made by this section to the local governing body shall concurrently be made to a housing authority or urban renewal agency which has been vested with urban renewal powers by the municipality pursuant to the provisions of §§11-8-38 and 11-8-39. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §20.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-54 - Temporary operation and maintenance of urban renewal property by municipality.

11-8-54. Temporary operation and maintenance of urban renewal property by municipality.
A municipality may temporarily operate and maintain real property acquired by it in an urban renewal area for or in connection with an urban renewal project pending the disposition of the property as authorized in this chapter, without regard to the provisions of §§11-8-55 to 11-8-59, inclusive, for such uses and purposes as may be deemed desirable even though not in conformity with the urban renewal plan.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §10 (3).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-55 - Lease or transfer of property for urban renewal development--Covenants and conditions--Approval by governing body.

11-8-55. Lease or transfer of property for urban renewal development--Covenants and conditions--Approval by governing body.
A municipality may sell, lease or otherwise transfer real property or any interest therein acquired by it for an urban renewal project, and may enter into contracts with respect thereto, in an urban renewal area for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, educational, or other uses or for public use, or may retain such property or interest for public use, in accordance with the urban renewal plan, subject to such covenants, conditions, and restrictions, including covenants, running with the land, as it may deem to be necessary or desirable to assist in preventing the development or spread of future slums or blighted areas or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this chapter: provided that such sale, lease, other transfer, or retention, and any agreement relating thereto, may be made only after the approval of the urban renewal plan by the local governing body. The purchasers or lessees and their successors and assignees shall be obligated to devote such real property only to the uses specified in the urban renewal plan, and may be obligated to comply with such other requirements as the municipality may determine to be in the public interest, including the obligation to begin within a reasonable time any improvements on such real property required by the urban renewal plan.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §10 (1).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-58 - Negotiated sale of urban renewal property--Advertising and invitation for proposals.

11-8-58. Negotiated sale of urban renewal property--Advertising and invitation for proposals.
A municipality may dispose of real property in an urban renewal area to private persons on a negotiated basis at a price not less than its fair market value. Notice of the intent of the municipality to dispose of the real property and an invitation to submit proposals shall be published for one week. The transfer shall be authorized on the terms and in the manner provided by resolution of the governing body.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §10 (2); SL 1977, ch 105; SL 1979, ch 94; SL 1982, ch 60, §12.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-59 - Restriction on lease or reconveyance in conveyance to purchaser or lessee of urban renewal property.

11-8-59. Restriction on lease or reconveyance in conveyance to purchaser or lessee of urban renewal property.
The municipality in any instrument of conveyance to a private purchaser or lessee may provide that such purchaser or lessee shall be without power to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the real property without the prior written consent of the municipality until he has completed the construction of any or all improvements which he has obligated himself to construct thereon.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §10 (1).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-60 - Municipal conveyance conclusively presumed valid.

11-8-60. Municipal conveyance conclusively presumed valid.
Any instrument executed by a municipality and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of such property is concerned.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §15.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-61 - Recording of urban renewal plan and contract for transfer of property.

11-8-61. Recording of urban renewal plan and contract for transfer of property.
Any contract for such transfer and the urban renewal plan, or such part or parts of such contract or plan as the municipality may determine, may be recorded in the land records of the county in such manner as to afford actual or constructive notice thereof.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §10 (1).
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs › Chapter 08 - Urban Renewal › Section 11-8-62 - Formalities waived in disposition of property acquired prior to approval of plan.

11-8-62. Formalities waived in disposition of property acquired prior to approval of plan.
Any real property acquired pursuant to §11-8-25 may be disposed of without regard to the provisions of §§11-8-55 to 11-8-61, inclusive, if the local governing body has consented to the disposal.
Source:
SL 1966, ch 149, §10 (4).