Section 31-3-6 - Power of county commissioners and township supervisors to vacate, change, orlocate highway on petition--Contents of petition. - South-dakota Statutes

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31-3-6. Power of county commissioners and township supervisors to vacate, change, or locate highway on petition--Contents of petition. Upon receiving the petition of two or more voters of an organized civil township or of the number of voters equal to or greater than one percent of the ballots cast for the last gubernatorial election in the affected county, the board of supervisors of the township or the board of county commissioners wherein the highway is located or is proposed to be located may, except as provided in §§ 31-3-12 and 31-3-44, vacate, change, or locate any highway located or to be used within the township or county, if the public interest will be better served by the proposed vacating, changing, or locating of the highway. The petition of the voters shall set forth the beginning, course, and termination of the highway proposed to be located, changed, or vacated, together with the names of the owners of the land through which the highway may pass.

Source: SDC 1939, § 28.0410; SL 1984, ch 208, § 2; SL 1985, ch 233, § 1.

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31-3-6. Power of county commissioners and township supervisors to vacate, change, or locate highway on petition--Contents of petition. Upon receiving the petition of two or more voters of an organized civil township or of the number of voters equal to or greater than one percent of the ballots cast for the last gubernatorial election in the affected county, the board of supervisors of the township or the board of county commissioners wherein the highway is located or is proposed to be located may, except as provided in §§ 31-3-12 and 31-3-44, vacate, change, or locate any highway located or to be used within the township or county, if the public interest will be better served by the proposed vacating, changing, or locating of the highway. The petition of the voters shall set forth the beginning, course, and termination of the highway proposed to be located, changed, or vacated, together with the names of the owners of the land through which the highway may pass.

Source: SDC 1939, § 28.0410; SL 1984, ch 208, § 2; SL 1985, ch 233, § 1.

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31-3-6. Power of county commissioners and township supervisors to vacate, change, or locate highway on petition--Contents of petition. Upon receiving the petition of two or more voters of an organized civil township or of the number of voters equal to or greater than one percent of the ballots cast for the last gubernatorial election in the affected county, the board of supervisors of the township or the board of county commissioners wherein the highway is located or is proposed to be located may, except as provided in §§ 31-3-12 and 31-3-44, vacate, change, or locate any highway located or to be used within the township or county, if the public interest will be better served by the proposed vacating, changing, or locating of the highway. The petition of the voters shall set forth the beginning, course, and termination of the highway proposed to be located, changed, or vacated, together with the names of the owners of the land through which the highway may pass.

Source: SDC 1939, § 28.0410; SL 1984, ch 208, § 2; SL 1985, ch 233, § 1.