STATE STATUTES & CODES

SOUTH DAKOTA STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 13 - Township Roads

• Section 31-13-1 - Township supervisors responsible for secondary roads.
• Section 31-13-1.1 - Designation of minimum maintenance road--Level of maintenance.
• Section 31-13-1.2 - Posting of warning signs on minimum maintenance roads.
• Section 31-13-2 - Designation of board member as overseer--Compensation.
• Section 31-13-3 - Hiring of help authorized.
• Section 31-13-4 - Width of highway grades.
• Sections 31-13-5, 31-13-6 - Repealed
• Section 31-13-7 - Written contracts required when let without advertising--Performance bond.
• Section 31-13-8 - Payments on contracts.
• Section 31-13-9 - Restriction on progress payments.
• Section 31-13-10 - Township highway tax.
• Section 31-13-11 - Township highway tax--Certification to county auditor--Collection.
• Section 31-13-12 - County aid roads--Designation by county commissioners.
• Section 31-13-13 - Joint contracts for construction and maintenance of township roads.
• Section 31-13-13.1 - Repealed.
• Section 31-13-14 - Township funds from motor vehicle license fees--Transfer to county.
• Section 31-13-15 - Road districts.
• Section 31-13-16 - Petition for improvement of road district--Notice to property owners.
• Section 31-13-17 - Hearing on road district improvement--Assessments for improvement.
• Section 31-13-18 - Affidavit of township failure to maintain mail route--Service of affidavit and notice ontownship.
• Section 31-13-19 - County maintenance and repair of mail route or failure by township.
• Section 31-13-20 - Payment from township funds for county repair and maintenance of mail routes--Expense limitation.
• Section 31-13-21 - Registration of warrants when township funds insufficient to pay for repair of mailroute--Call for payment.
• Section 31-13-22 - Township snow removal reserve fund--Tax levy.
• Section 31-13-23 - Intent of snow removal reserve fund law.
• Section 31-13-24 - Expenditures from snow removal reserve fund.
• Section 31-13-25 - Purposes of snow removal reserve fund.
• Section 31-13-26 - Contracts for snow removal and repair of damages.
• Section 31-13-27 - Snow removal contracts with or without advertising.
• Section 31-13-27.1 - Snow creating emergency--Expenditures for removal without advertising for bids.
• Section 31-13-28 - Accumulation of unexpended money as snow removal moneys.
• Section 31-13-29 - Authority of township to open snowbound roads used for school bus routes.
• Section 31-13-30 - Street improvements in unincorporated towns.
• Section 31-13-31 - Validation of construction and repair contracts between townships and residents orlandowners.
• Section 31-13-32 - Improvement of platted streets by special assessment--Definition of terms.
• Section 31-13-33 - Supervisors' resolution of necessity for improvement--Contents.
• Section 31-13-34 - Combining of streets in one resolution--Uniformity required.
• Section 31-13-35 - Combining of streets in one resolution when improvements not uniform.
• Section 31-13-36 - Assumption of portion of cost by township--Referendum.
• Section 31-13-37 - Publication of resolution--Notice of supervisors' meeting--Hearing of objections.
• Sections 31-13-38, 31-13-39 - Resolution not requiring publication. Notice by mail to property owners--Contents--Address to which sent
• Section 31-13-40 - Consideration of objections to improvement--Adoption of resolution--Notice toowners added by amendment.
• Section 31-13-41 - Waiting period before actions on improvement--Ratification of prior actions.
• Section 31-13-42 - Apportionment of benefits of improvement.
• Section 31-13-43 - Costs paid by township--Deduction before assessment to property.
• Section 31-13-44 - Assessment of costs to abutting property--Computation on front foot basis.
• Section 31-13-45 - Assessment to nearby property of intersection costs.
• Section 31-13-46 - Assessment according to special benefits--Investigation of benefits.
• Section 31-13-47 - Intersection cost assumed by township.
• Section 31-13-48 - Corner lot costs assumed by township or assessed to other property.
• Section 31-13-49 - Cost assumed by township when street has been previously improved.
• Section 31-13-50 - Use of special assessment law.
• Section 31-13-51 - Annual front foot assessment for maintenance and repairs.
• Section 31-13-52 - Levy of special assessments--Addition to general levy--Review and equalization.
• Section 31-13-53 - Records maintained by township clerk--Destruction of certain records.
• Section 31-13-54 - Contracts and assessments not invalidated by defects--Supervisors' determinationconclusive.
• Section 31-13-55 - Indemnity requirement for construction or survey work within road right-of-way.
• Section 31-13-56 - Removal of baled or stacked foliage from right-of-way--Violation as petty offense.
• Section 31-13-57 - Private landowner assessed for erosion repair costs.