South Dakota § 31-34-5 - Criteria for award--Application resubmission.
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§ 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.
Source: SL 2021, ch 129, § 5, eff. Mar. 25, 2021; SL 2024, ch 106, § 2.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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