CHAPTER 70

(SB 44)

Access to state highways, administrative rules
to regulate access authorized.

         ENTITLED, An Act  authorize the Transportation Commission to promulgate administrative rules regarding access to state highways.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That chapter 11-3 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     The Transportation Commission may adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, governing the following elements in granting written approval for access to state highways as provided for in § §  11-3-12.1 and 31-24-6:

             (1)    Access location, width, and spacing;

             (2)    Signal spacing;

             (3)    Median design;

             (4)    Access application process;

             (5)    Access construction standards; and

             (6)    Safety.

     Nothing in the rules promulgated pursuant to this section supersedes county or municipal planning and zoning authority.

     Signed February 28, 2000.

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