Section 31-27-1 - Power of Department of Transportation respecting grade crossings--Expensesof alteration or abolition of crossing. - South Dakota Statutes

31-27-1. Power of Department of Transportation respecting grade crossings--Expenses of alteration or abolition of crossing. The Department of Transportation may upon its own motion or upon complaint and after hearing and notice to all the parties in interest, including the owners of adjacent property and the railroad company, order any crossing now existing or hereafter constructed at grade or at the same or different levels to be relocated, altered, or abolished according to plans and specifications, terms and conditions to be prescribed by the department. The department shall determine the terms on which the separation should be made and shall allocate the expense of the alteration, or the abolition of the crossing, or the separation of the grade between the railroad companies affected or between the railroad companies and the county, municipality, or public authority at interest on the basis of the benefits received, if any, by each entity with an interest.

Source: SL 1919, ch 292; SDC 1939, § 28.1101; SL 1980, ch 322, § 111.