South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 13 - Township Roads
Section 31-13-55 - Indemnity requirement for construction or survey work within road right-of-way.

31-13-55. Indemnity requirement for construction or survey work within road right-of-way.
An organized township may require any person performing construction or survey work within any township road right-of-way which may damage such right-of-way to furnish an indemnity bond in a reasonable amount as determined by the township board to indemnify the township for any damage done beyond normal wear. However, if a registered professional engineer or a registered land surveyor is surveying land, as defined in §36-18A-4, for an individual landowner of the township, the provisions of this section do not apply.

Source: SL 1984, ch 213, §1; SL 1987, ch 29, §12.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 31 - Highways and Bridges

Chapter 13 - Township Roads

Section 31-13-1 - Township road system--Township board responsible for township roads.

Section 31-13-1.1 - Designation of minimum maintenance road--Level of maintenance.

Section 31-13-1.2 - Posting of warning signs on minimum maintenance roads.

Section 31-13-1.3 - Designation of full and minimum maintenance roads at annual meeting--Map.

Section 31-13-1.4 - Designation of no maintenance section line.

Section 31-13-1.5 - Posting of signs on no maintenance section line.

Section 31-13-1.6 - Designation of road unsafe for vehicle travel as no maintenance road.

Section 31-13-1.7 - Posting of signs that no vehicle travel is advised on no maintenance road.

Section 31-13-2 - Designation of board member as overseer--Compensation.

Section 31-13-3 - Hiring of help authorized.

Section 31-13-3.1 - Secondary road capital improvement fund.

Section 31-13-4 - Width of highway grades.

Section 31-13-7 - Written contracts required when let without advertising--Performance bond.

Section 31-13-8 - Payments on contracts.

Section 31-13-9 - Restriction on progress payments.

Section 31-13-10 - Township highway tax.

Section 31-13-11 - Township highway tax--Certification to county auditor--Collection.

Section 31-13-12 - County aid roads--Designation by county commissioners.

Section 31-13-13 - Joint contracts for construction and maintenance of township roads.

Section 31-13-14 - Motor vehicle license fees transferable to county.

Section 31-13-15 - Road districts.

Section 31-13-16 - Petition for improvement of road district--Notice to property owners.

Section 31-13-17 - Hearing on road district improvement--Assessments for improvement.

Section 31-13-18 - Affidavit of township failure to maintain mail route--Service of affidavit and notice on township.

Section 31-13-19 - County maintenance and repair of mail route or failure by township.

Section 31-13-20 - Payment from township funds for county repair and maintenance of mail routes--Expense limitation.

Section 31-13-21 - Registration of warrants when township funds insufficient to pay for repair of mail route--Call for payment.

Section 31-13-22 - Township snow removal reserve fund--Tax levy.

Section 31-13-23 - Intent of snow removal reserve fund law.

Section 31-13-24 - Expenditures from snow removal reserve fund.

Section 31-13-25 - Purposes of snow removal reserve fund.

Section 31-13-26 - Contracts for snow removal and repair of damages.

Section 31-13-27 - Snow removal contracts with or without advertising.

Section 31-13-27.1 - Snow creating emergency--Expenditures for removal without advertising for bids.

Section 31-13-28 - Accumulation of unexpended money as snow removal moneys.

Section 31-13-29 - Authority of township to open snowbound roads used for school bus routes.

Section 31-13-30 - Street improvements in unincorporated towns.

Section 31-13-31 - Validation of construction and repair contracts between townships and residents or landowners.

Section 31-13-32 - Improvement of platted streets by special assessment--Definition of terms.

Section 31-13-33 - Supervisors' resolution of necessity for improvement--Contents.

Section 31-13-34 - Combining of streets in one resolution--Uniformity required.

Section 31-13-35 - Combining of streets in one resolution when improvements not uniform.

Section 31-13-36 - Township assumption of cost--Referendum.

Section 31-13-37 - Publication of resolution--Notice of supervisors' meeting--Hearing of objections.

Section 31-13-38 - Resolution not requiring publication.

Section 31-13-39 - Notice by mail to property owners--Contents--Address to which sent.

Section 31-13-40 - Consideration of objections to improvement--Adoption of resolution--Notice to owners added by amendment.

Section 31-13-41 - Waiting period before actions on improvement--Ratification of prior actions.

Section 31-13-42 - Apportionment of benefits of improvement.

Section 31-13-43 - Costs paid by township--Deduction before assessment to property.

Section 31-13-44 - Assessment of costs to abutting property--Computation on front foot basis.

Section 31-13-45 - Assessment to nearby property of intersection costs.

Section 31-13-46 - Assessment according to special benefits--Investigation of benefits.

Section 31-13-47 - Intersection cost assumed by township.

Section 31-13-48 - Corner lot costs assumed by township or assessed to other property.

Section 31-13-49 - Cost assumed by township when street has been previously improved.

Section 31-13-50 - Use of special assessment law.

Section 31-13-51 - Annual front foot assessment for maintenance and repairs.

Section 31-13-52 - Levy of special assessments--Addition to general levy--Review and equalization.

Section 31-13-53 - Records maintained by township clerk--Destruction of certain records.

Section 31-13-54 - Contracts and assessments not invalidated by defects--Supervisors' determination conclusive.

Section 31-13-55 - Indemnity requirement for construction or survey work within road right-of-way.

Section 31-13-56 - Removal of baled or stacked foliage from right-of-way--Violation as petty offense.

Section 31-13-57 - Private landowner assessed for erosion repair costs.

Section 31-13-58 - Approval of conservation district for repair of erosion damage--Notice to landowner--Declaration.