S.D. Codified Laws § 31-34-5

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 31-34-5 - Criteria for award-Application resubmission

The board of county commissioners shall, at a minimum, consider the following criteria in awarding rural access infrastructure grants:

(1) Traffic use of the highway;

(2) Public safety;

(3) Residential, commercial, recreational, and other uses of the highway;

(4) Cost of the project;

(5) Length of detour if the project is not completed;

(6) Number of residences, farms, and ranches served by the project;

(7) Contribution from the township or others to the project and the ability of the township to fund the project without utilizing the rural access infrastructure fund;

(8) Confirmation the project is not located on a no maintenance road;

(9) Hydrological impact;

(10) If the highway does not terminate into a field entrance, driveway, single residence, farm, or ranch;

(11) The application, or group of applications, that best serves the citizens of this state; and

(12) Any other matters deemed applicable by the board of county commissioners.

The decisions of the county commissioners must be final and nonappealable. However, a denied application may be submitted in a subsequent year.

SDCL 31-34-5

SL 2021, ch 129, §5, eff. Mar. 25, 2021; SL 2024, ch 106, §2.

Amended by S.L. 2024, ch. 106,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2024.

Added by S.L. 2021, ch. 129,s. 5, eff. 3/25/2021.