Section 31-5-8 - Moneys to be expended on highways and expenses of commission. - South Dakota Statutes

31-5-8. Moneys to be expended on highways and expenses of commission. 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 public highways forming the trunk highway system and for the expenses of the Transportation Commission. However, twenty-five percent of all such moneys accruing to the state highway fund, other than from federal funds, may be used by the department in marking, constructing, reconstructing, repairing, or maintenance of highways of the state.

Source: SL 1919, ch 333, § 54; SL 1920 (SS), ch 89; SL 1923, ch 284, § 5; SDC 1939, § 28.0212; SL 1953, ch 140; SL 2010, ch 145, § 31.