Title 31, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

Counties, townships, and municipalities may expend highway funds for the maintenance of local service roads, overpasses, and underpasses constructed in connection with the interstate highway system upon assuming maintenance obligations by agreement with the department. Source: SD…

The provisions of this chapter do not alter the duties of the department in laying out, constructing, or maintaining the state trunk highway system, nor do they prohibit or require that the interstate system follow or cease to follow any of the designated portions of the state tr…

No person may camp at any rest area established by the department within and adjacent to the national system of interstate highways in South Dakota. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SL 1973, ch 193 , § 1; SL 2010, ch 145 , § 61.

For the purposes of § 31-7-15 , camping is defined as temporary lodging out - of - doors and presupposes the occupancy of a shelter, including any vehicle, designed or used for such purposes. A camper is defined as an occupant of any such shelter. Source: SL 1973, ch 193 , § 2.

No person temporarily resting in any vehicle is in violation of the provisions of § 31-7-15 . For purposes of this section, temporarily resting means stopping, parking, or otherwise keeping or occupying any vehicle in a rest area, or any portion thereof not officially designated …

Any person violating the provisions of § 31-7-15 , in addition to the penalty provided by § 22-6-7 , may be fined an amount as determined by the court which may be necessary to reimburse the department for the expense of repairing any damage to such rest area resulting from such …

The department may employ such assistants, agents, engineers, and engineering consultants and to enter into such contractual relations in behalf of the state and to do and perform all such acts as are necessary for the public good agreeable to the provisions of this chapter. Sour…

The department, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, or other agencies of the United States government, may locate and construct the South Dakota sections of the National System of Interstate Highways according …

The department may determine the location of toll-free highways along alignments consistent with interstate highway standards. Source: SL 1955, ch 104 , § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 28.0233 (1); SL 2010, ch 145 , § 51.

The department may acquire right-of-way, borrow pits, and other land and materials under the provisions of §§ 31-19-1 to 31-19-19 , inclusive. Source: SL 1955, ch 104 , § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 28.0233 (2); SL 2010, ch 145 , § 52.

The department may designate locations and establish, limit, and control points of ingress and egress to ensure proper operation of highways of the national system of interstate highways and prohibit entrance to or egress from the highways at points not so designated. Source: SL …

The department may construct grade separations at intersections with other public roads and to adjust the lines and grades of such other roads so as to accommodate the design of toll-free roads of the national system of interstate highways. Source: SL 1955, ch 104 , § 3; SDC Supp…

The department, in cooperation with the United States government and adjacent states, may establish control areas and control points between control areas as set forth in this chapter and program the construction on the interstate system in a manner that will permit use of new co…

The department may mark the highways with the names or numbers that are selected for use as identification of the highways by the states through which the interstate routes pass. Source: SL 1955, ch 104 , § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 28.0234; SL 2010, ch 145 , § 56.