South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 28 - Taxation Of Railroad Operating Property
Section 10-28-18 - Determination by county commissioners of railroad valuations in taxing districts--Entry in assessment records--Notice to taxing districts.

10-28-18. Determination by county commissioners of railroad valuations in taxing districts--Entry in assessment records--Notice to taxing districts.
It shall be the duty of the county auditor, after receiving such statement from the Department of Revenue, to turn such statement over to the board of county commissioners, who, at its first meeting after receiving such statement, shall make and enter in the proper record an order stating and declaring the length of the main track of road, branches, and sidetracks and assessed valuation of such road, branches, and sidetracks lying within each township and lesser taxing district in the county through or into which such road or branches thereof run as fixed by the rate of assessment per mile as made by the Department of Revenue; and shall also enter in the proper record the assessment made by the Department of Revenue of the railroad property in such county located within the limits of each municipality transmitted to the city auditor or town clerk thereof, and the amounts so entered of record shall constitute the taxable value of such property for all taxable purposes. They shall transmit a copy of such order and record to the city auditor of each first or second class municipality, the clerk of each third class municipality or civil township, and the proper officer of each lesser taxing district and also to such railroad company.

Source: SDC 1939, §57.1308; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 10 - Taxation

Chapter 28 - Taxation Of Railroad Operating Property

Section 10-28-1 - Secretary to assess operating property.

Section 10-28-2 - Assets included in operating property.

Section 10-28-3 - Annual statement required of railroad company--Date of filing--Contents.

Section 10-28-4 - Annual statement of railroad property occupied by warehousemen and others.

Section 10-28-5 - Addition to assessment value on failure of railroad to make statements.

Section 10-28-6 - Annual list of warehousemen and other occupants of railroad property--Contents.

Section 10-28-7 - Time of annual assessment of operating property--Separation of main lines, branches and sidetracks.

Section 10-28-8 - Capital stock and other property included--Nonoperating property excepted.

Section 10-28-9 - Allocation of valuation for railroad operating partly without state.

Section 10-28-10 - Local assessment of nonoperating property permitted.

Section 10-28-11 - Nonoperating property defined--Rules.

Section 10-28-12 - Unit valuation of railroad operating property.

Section 10-28-13 - Cost approach, market approach and income approach considered in determination of value of railroad company property.

Section 10-28-14 - Department of Transportation to assist in valuation.

Section 10-28-15 - Notice to railroad of assessment--Hearing--Notice of equalized assessment.

Section 10-28-16 - Notice to county auditors of railroad mileage and assessments--Distribution.

Section 10-28-18 - Determination by county commissioners of railroad valuations in taxing districts--Entry in assessment records--Notice to taxing districts.

Section 10-28-19 - Railroad map filed with county auditor--Exemption of operating property from local assessment.

Section 10-28-20 - Notice to county auditor of deeds to railroads--Entry on railroad map.

Section 10-28-21 - Application of tax levies against railroad property--Extension in railroad tax book.

Section 10-28-21.2 - Tax credit for expenses of a capital nature incurred by public railroad or railway corporation--Application of credit.

Section 10-28-21.3 - Expenses of a capital nature defined.

Section 10-28-21.4 - Capital improvement plan required to claim tax credit.

Section 10-28-21.5 - Notification of completion of capital project--Inspection and audit--Eligibility for credit--Administrative hearing.

Section 10-28-21.6 - Promulgation of rules on capital expense tax credits.

Section 10-28-22 - Duplicate railroad tax book delivered to county treasurer--Collection and distribution of railroad taxes.

Section 10-28-23 - Collection of delinquent railroad taxes.

Section 10-28-24 - Exemption of railroad companies operating over state-owned rail lines.

Section 10-28-25 - Promulgation of rules concerning leased property.