State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

390T0570   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1122  

Introduced by:    Representatives Sigdestad, Brunner, Gibson, Hawley, Kloucek, Olson (Betty), Russell, Schaefer, Schrempp, Street, Tulson, and Wismer and Senators Begalka, Bradford, Frerichs, Fryslie, Hansen (Tom), Hundstad, Nygaard, and Rhoden
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions relating to the vacation, change, or location of highways.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 31-18-3 be amended to read as follows:
    31-18-3. The board of county commissioners may vacate or change the location of any section-line highway within its county under its jurisdiction, and the board of supervisors of an organized township may vacate or change the location of any section-line highway within its township under its jurisdiction, as provided in this title, but neither board may vacate or change any portion of the state trunk highway system or any highway constructed by state or federal aid or any highway within the limits of a municipal corporation, nor may. Also, a board of supervisors may not vacate or change any portion of the county highway system, nor may a board of county commissioners vacate or change any portion of the township road system. In addition, no board of county commissioners or board of supervisors may vacate a section-line highway which provides access to public lands. This section does not prohibit the closing of a

section-line highway to vehicular traffic if the highway is unsafe for vehicular traffic. For the purposes of this section, public land does not include any school and public lands.