AN ACT

        ENTITLED, An Act to authorize township boards to increase the front foot assessment for road maintenance, repairs, and improvements and to revise certain provisions concerning road districts established by townships.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 31-13-51 be amended to read as follows:
    31-13-51. The township board of supervisors or, in the case of any township which is no longer organized, the board of county commissioners, prior to the assessment of real property within the township, or unorganized township, for the next fiscal year, may levy annually for the purpose of maintaining or repairing street surfaces, whether of a permanent type or not, a special front foot assessment not to exceed two dollars per front foot upon the real property fronting and abutting the roadway. Such assessment shall be apportioned on a front foot basis and shall be levied pursuant to § 31-13-52. If the board of county commissioners is levying a special assessment on real property pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners shall perform the duties, as applicable, that are required of the township board of supervisors pursuant to §§ 31-13-32 to 31-13-54, inclusive.
    Section 2. That § 31-13-15 be amended to read as follows:
    31-13-15. Each organized township may divide the roads or streets in the township into road districts which shall include not more than:
            (1)    One-half mile of township road which provides access to a rural subdivision or unincorporated town;
            (2)    Three miles of streets in an unincorporated town; or
            (3)    Five miles of streets in a rural subdivision as defined in § 31-13-32.
    Section 3. That § 31-13-17 be amended to read as follows:
    31-13-17. At the time and place of hearing pursuant to § 31-13-16, the board of supervisors shall consider the petition. If the supervisors determine it advisable, the supervisors may, by resolution, assess such properties in the road district for purposes of road improvement for an amount as the supervisors determine advisable. The assessment may not exceed the amount set forth in the petition and in no event may the assessment exceed two dollars a foot front in any one calendar year. The assessment shall be certified to the county and collected as a part of the real estate taxes against the property so assessed and may only be used by the township for the purpose of road improvement in the road district, or part thereof, in which assessed.
An Act to authorize township boards to increase the front foot assessment for road maintenance, repairs, and improvements and to revise certain provisions concerning road districts established by townships.

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I certify that the attached Act originated in the

SENATE as Bill No. 156

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Secretary of the Senate
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President of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

Senate Bill No. 156
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______  
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

20____ at ____________ M.


By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___

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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State