Title 31, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

The department may contract for a highway improvement service by emergency procurement without advertising the procurement if there exists a threat to public health, welfare, or safety or for any other urgent and compelling reason. Failure to abide by the bid provisions of this c…

Payments from all funds made available for road and bridge construction contracts for the trunk highway system shall be made from time to time by the state treasurer upon estimates approved by the department. Upon partial payments made upon signed contracts, the approval of the d…

To more effectually preserve the historical, archaeological, and paleontological remains of the state, the department may enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of the state charged with preserving historical, archaeological, and paleontological remains to have these…

The Department of Transportation may enter into cost - sharing agreements with adjacent states for the land acquisition, construction, and operation of rest and recreation areas and rest and recreation facilities on or near state lines. Source: SL 1971, ch 180 .

The Transportation Commission may, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 , authorize the mowing of ditches on the state trunk highway system. The rules shall establish when mowing may be done, by whom mowing may be done, how and where mowing may be done, and the time limi…

Any person who violates any of the rules authorized pursuant to § 31-5-21 is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1975, ch 192 , § 2; SL 2004, ch 192 , § 2.

Before funds authorized by the Legislature for the construction or acquisition of district highway maintenance facilities are used, the Department of Transportation shall meet with the local governing bodies of the counties and first and second class municipalities where highway …

Written agreements as provided in § 1-24-3 , between the Department of Transportation and the local governing bodies shall be executed before joint use is initiated, and shall specify the joint use areas and how the costs are to be shared. Source: SL 1981, ch 224 , § 2.

Expenditures authorized by the Legislature for construction or acquisition of district highway maintenance facilities shall be contingent upon completing the procedure described in § 31-5-23 . However, nothing in §§ 31-5-23 to 31-5-26 , inclusive, prohibits the Department of Tran…

The design and construction of a joint facility is under the supervision of the state engineer, as provided in § 5-14-2 , is subject to the approval of the Transportation Commission and the governing body of the involved unit of government. Source: SL 1981, ch 224 , § 4.

The department may enter into an agreement with any county to provide that each may perform work or submit monetary contributions for the completion or improvement of a certain part of the state trunk highway within the county. Source: SL 1923, ch 285 ; SDC 1939, § 28.0211; SL 19…

All moneys levied and collected by the state by general state taxation for state highway purposes, or received from the sale of bonds, or appropriated for state highway purposes, shall be expended only in the laying out, marking, constructing, reconstructing, or maintaining publi…

To facilitate the use of areas with scenic, historical, and recreational values by our citizens and visitors to the state, the Transportation Commission may expend funds for roads in state parks and recreational areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Game, Fish and Par…

The State Transportation Commission shall each year establish a winter safe highway maintenance plan. The plan shall provide for the snow removal, sanding, and deicing of the state trunk highway system to provide safe highways during cold weather months. Source: SL 1988, ch 233 ,…