Title 6 — LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY
24 chapters · 201 sections in this title.
SDCL § 6-21-1 Townsite for historical or educational purposes authorized--Recording of plat--Name required
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Any nonprofit organization formed for historical or educational purposes, pursuant to chapter 47-22 may form and name a corporate townsite upon land owned by the corporation or in which it has a legal or equitable interest, by causing the land to be platted by a registered land s…
SDCL § 6-21-2 Townsite exempt from incorporation requirements
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A historical or educational townsite may be organized without meeting the minimum population or other requirements for municipalities as required by chapter 9-3 . Source: SL 2024, ch 28 , § 2.
SDCL § 6-21-3 Governing board--Rules and regulations
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The officers and directors of the corporation that forms and organizes the townsite are the governing body of a historical or educational townsite. The rules and regulations of the townsite must be provided in the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the corporation. Sourc…
SDCL § 6-21-4 Public moneys--Limited sources
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No historical or educational townsite may receive any state or local tax moneys or any distribution from either state or local sources except as provided under § 7-18-12 , or as approved by a local governing body or state agency from moneys allocated for tourism or educational or…
SDCL § 6-21-5 Exemption from public control
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No historical or educational townsite is subject to any management or control of the state except as specifically provided by the Legislature or under the normal police powers of the political subdivision in which the townsite is located. Source: SL 2024, ch 28 , § 5.
SDCL § 6-21-6 Duration of townsite--Active operation--Maintenance of property--Loss of designation
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A townsite incorporated pursuant to this chapter may exist so long as the corporation maintains in good condition and repair all land, buildings, fences, fixtures, billboards, signs, and other improvements of the townsite, the township is actively operating for the purposes for w…
SDCL § 6-21-7 Dissolution
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The county in which the historic or educational townsite is located may take action, pursuant to § 6-21-6 , to dissolve the historical or educational townsite. Source: SL 2024, ch 28 , § 7.