Section 46A-5-13 - Adoption of plan of works by board of directors--Notice of call for bids, publication,contents. - South Dakota Statutes

46A-5-13. Adoption of plan of works by board of directors--Notice of call for bids, publication, contents. After adopting a plan of canal or canals, storage reservoirs and works, the board of directors shall give notice, by publication thereof not less than twenty days in one newspaper published in each of the counties in which the district is situated, if a newspaper is published therein, and in such other newspapers as it may deem advisable, calling for bids for the construction of the work or any portion thereof; if less than the whole work is advertised, the portion so advertised must be particularly described in such notice. The notice shall set forth that plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the board, and that the board will receive sealed proposals therefor, and that the contract will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, stating the time and place for opening the proposals, which at the time and place shall be opened in public; and as soon as convenient thereafter the board shall let such work, either in part or as a whole, to the lowest responsible bidder or it may reject any or all bids and readvertise for proposals, or may proceed to construct the work under its own superintendence.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0919; SDCL, § 46-13-13.