Title 50 — AVIATION

Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0106; SL 1949, ch 2 , § 4; SL 2010, ch 227 , § 24; SL 2014, ch 222 , § 20; SL 2019, ch 203 , § 6; SL 2020, ch 203 , § 26.

Each person engaged in selling aircraft fuel to retailers or consumers at wholesale, shall, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, file a sworn statement and report with the department, upon forms provided by the department, showing the number of gallons of aircraft fuel s…

The aircraft fuel tax collected on aircraft fuel purchased, imported, received, or distributed for subsequent sale for use in aircraft shall be appropriated and used as provided in §

The state aeronautics fund and the accumulations to the fund as appropriated by the Legislature may be used for: (1) The construction, development, and maintenance of public airports; (2) The lighting, marking, and maintenance of runways, taxiways, and parking areas of public air…

The funds appropriated by § 50-4-14 may not be construed to be a limitation on moneys expendable by the commission for the purposes therein specified, notwithstanding other and further appropriations from the state general fund for said or similar purposes. Source: SL 1989, ch 11…

The department shall make an allocation of a portion of the aircraft fuel tax collected under §§ 10-47B-1 and 10-47B-4 , to each eligible airport. The allocation rate shall be determined by the commission. The monthly allocation shall be determined by the department from the mont…

The department shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall issue warrants to expend the funds appropriated by §

The department may, out of appropriations and other funds or grants made available, construct, maintain, and operate airports and aviation facilities, and financially assist any county, municipality, or organized township in constructing, maintaining, and operating airports and a…

The department may cooperate with any agency or department of the United States in the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of airports and aviation facilities in this state. Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0108 as added by SL 1945, ch 2 ; SL 1949, ch 2 , § 5;…

The department may accept and receive federal grants and other funds, either public or private, for and on behalf of the state, any county, or any municipality, for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of airports and aviation facilities, whether the work is …

The department shall act as an agent of any airport sponsor of this state upon the request of the airport sponsor, in accepting, receiving and receipting for any grants or funds for airports or other aviation purposes, and in contracting for the acquisition, construction, mainten…

Any grant paid by the United States government under § 50-4-4 or 50-4-5 shall be retained by the state or appropriated to the airport sponsor under the terms and conditions imposed by the United States government in making the grant. Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0108 as added by SL 1945…

Any contract for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of airports or aviation facilities made by the department, either as the agent of this state or as the agent of any airport sponsor, shall be made in accordance with the laws of this state governing the ma…

All grants or funds accepted for disbursement by the department under §§ 50-4-3 to 50-4-7 , inclusive, shall be deposited in the state treasury, and, unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the grants or funds are received, kept in separate funds, designated accor…