31-27-1. Power of Department of Transportation respecting grade crossings--Expenses of alteration or abolition of crossing.
The Department of Transportation may upon its own motion or upon complaint and after hearing and notice to all the parties in interest, including the owners of adjacent property and the railroad company, order any crossing now existing or hereafter constructed at grade or at the same or different levels to be relocated, altered, or abolished according to plans and specifications, terms and conditions to be prescribed by the department. The department shall determine the terms on which the separation should be made and shall allocate the expense of the alteration, or the abolition of the crossing, or the separation of the grade between the railroad companies affected or between the railroad companies and the county, municipality, or public authority at interest on the basis of the benefits received, if any, by each entity with an interest.
Source: SL 1919, ch 292; SDC 1939, §28.1101; SL 1980, ch 322, §111.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 31 - Highways and Bridges
Chapter 27 - Railroad Crossings
Section 31-27-3 - Filing required for establishment of crossing--Approval.
Section 31-27-5 - Expense of eliminating crossings.
Section 31-27-6 - Expense of land appropriated for relocation of crossings.
Section 31-27-7 - Determination to eliminate crossing when no right-of-way is needed.
Section 31-27-11 - Grading and approaches if no right-of-way needed.
Section 31-27-12 - Determination to eliminate dangerous crossing when new right-of-way is necessary.
Section 31-27-17 - Cost of right-of-way, grading, and approaches.
Section 31-27-18 - Minimum overhead clearance--Width of roadway--Approaches.