FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions pertaining to the sale of small tracts of public land.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 5-9-34 be amended to read as follows:
     5-9-34.   Whenever a civil, state, religious, or public organization shall make makes an application for the purchase of any common school or endowment land to be used for public purposes, not exceeding ten one hundred sixty acres in a square form, located on a section line or on a regularly established highway at one corner of a legal subdivision, and, however, when a civil or public organization in cooperation with the department of transportation shall make an application for the purchase of land without restriction as to area or shape to be used as a landing field and provided that such land applied for shall be adjacent to a regularly established highway, or section line , and files a plat and a statement of the purpose for which the land is to be used , shall have been filed in the Office of the Commissioner of School and Public Lands, the commissioner is authorized to direct an appraisement of such tract, and the same may be appraised may appraise the tract in the manner provided by law for the appraisement of school and public lands. The provisions of this section and §   5-9-35 shall include and apply to the

acquisition of an easement for the unrestricted passage of aircraft in the air space over state lands.

     Section  2.  That § 5-9-35 be amended to read as follows:
     5-9-35.   Upon the payment of the full amount of the appraised price of such tract, a conveyance shall may be executed by the Governor, attested by the commissioner of school and public lands, with the seal affixed, conditioned that should such lands cease to be used for two successive years for the purpose given stated in the application, the title shall revert to the state.

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BILL HISTORY
1/13/98 First read in Senate and referred to State Affairs.   S.J.   21
1/16/98 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/16/98 State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, AYES 9, NAYS 0.   S.J.   54
1/16/98 State Affairs Place on Consent Calendar.
1/17/98 Second reading of consent calendar items.
1/17/98 Second reading of consent calendar items.   S.J.   70
1/17/98 Senate Do Pass, Passed, AYES 30, NAYS 0.   S.J.   70
1/20/98 First read in House and referred to State Affairs.   H.J.   136
2/13/98 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/13/98 State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, AYES 9, NAYS 0.   H.J.   640
2/13/98 State Affairs Place on Consent Calendar.
2/14/98 Second reading of consent calendar items.
2/17/98 House of Representatives Deferred to another day.   H.J.   733
2/18/98 Motion to Amend, Passed.   H.J.   759
2/18/98 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 60, NAYS 5.   H.J.   759