Title 31 — HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
36 chapters · 798 sections in this title.
SDCL § 31-13-47 Intersection cost assumed by township
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In the resolution of necessity it may be provided that the township will pay any definite, specified portion or all of the cost of the improvements in street intersections. Source: SL 1979, ch 197 , § 15.
SDCL § 31-13-48 Corner lot costs assumed by township or assessed to other property
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In the resolution of necessity it may be provided that the township will pay any definite, specified portion or all of the cost of street improvements fronting or abutting on the long side of a corner lot, or it may be provided by a resolution that such portion of the cost may be…
SDCL § 31-13-49 Cost assumed by township when street has been previously improved
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In the resolution of necessity it may be provided that the township will pay any portion or all of the cost of resurfacing, rebuilding, or repaving the portion of any street in which pavement has previously been placed or which has been previously constructed within the township.…
SDCL § 31-13-50 Use of special assessment law
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Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 8-11 , the board of supervisors of a township may use, as a method for the financing or repayment for the improvement, the provisions of chapter 9-43 . Source: SL 1979, ch 197 , § 19; SL 1981, ch 225 .
SDCL § 31-13-51 Road maintenance and repairs--Annual front foot assessment
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The township board of supervisors or, if a township is no longer organized, the board of county commissioners, prior to the assessment of real property within the township, or unorganized township, for the next fiscal year, may levy annually for the purpose of maintaining, repair…
SDCL § 31-13-52 Levy of special assessments--Addition to general levy--Review and equalization
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The township board of supervisors prior to the assessment of real property may, by resolution, designate the real property, the lot, or the portion of lots or real property against which the assessment is to be levied, the amount of the assessment against the real property, lot, …
SDCL § 31-13-53 Records maintained by township clerk--Destruction of certain records
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The township clerk shall keep on file a record of all proceedings taken in the matter of opening, altering, vacating, paving, or otherwise improving any street, and after the confirmation of any report in such matters he shall record all the proceedings taken in relation to the i…
SDCL § 31-13-54 Contracts and assessments not invalidated by defects--Supervisors' determination conclusive
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No contract made or assessment levied for any such improvement shall be void by reason of any defect or irregularity in the resolution or notice or in the publication thereof. The determination of the board of supervisors as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of protests thereto…
SDCL § 31-13-56 Removal of baled or stacked foliage from right - of - way--Violation as petty offense
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If the right - of - way of a township road has been mowed and the cut foliage has been baled or stacked in the right - of - way, the person owning the baled or stacked foliage shall remove the bales or stacks from the right - of - way by the first day of November. A violation of …
SDCL § 31-13-57 Private landowner assessed for erosion repair costs
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If any landowner fails to prevent damage to a township road caused by severe and persistent wind or water erosion on the landowner's property, the township may repair the damage and assess the cost of the repairs against the landowner. If the landowner fails to pay the cost of th…
SDCL § 31-13-58 Approval of conservation district for repair of erosion damage--Notice to landowner--Declaration
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No operations to repair erosion damage pursuant to § 31-13-57 may be undertaken by the township unless the conservation district in which the land is located has by resolution approved such action and until a notice that the erosion on the lands constitutes a nuisance has been gi…
SDCL § 31-13-7 Written contracts required when let without advertising--Performance bond
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Contracts let by the board of township supervisors without advertising for bids shall also be in writing specifying the work to be done, the time in which it is to be completed, and the amount to be paid, and the board may require the contractor to furnish a bond with approved su…
SDCL § 31-13-8 Payments on contracts
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All work done under any contract let by the supervisors of any township shall be paid by the township treasurer out of the highway fund in his hands belonging to the township in which such work is done, on an order of the board of supervisors of such township certifying the amoun…
SDCL § 31-13-9 Restriction on progress payments
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In no case shall more than seventy - five percent of the contract price be paid on any contract let by a board of township supervisors until the work is completed and accepted by the board and so certified by it, except as provided in this title for payment upon estimates prepare…
SDCL 31-3-14
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Source: SL 1979, ch 197 , § 2; SL 2021, ch 43 , § 21.