<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 31-12A-1.1 - Formation--Election--Qualification.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083547Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083547SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083547CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083547Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083547DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083547000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083547NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083547DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083547SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 31-12A-1.1 - Formation--Election--Qualification."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 31-12A-1.1 - Formation--Election--Qualification."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=31-12A-1.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083547Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-12A-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083547SENU">31-12A-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083547SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083547CL">Formation--Election--Qualification. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083547Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-12A" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont">31-12A</span></a><span class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont">, an area with three or fewer landowners may be formed into a road district pursuant to this chapter. Each landowner shall be a trustee at large and no election of trustees is required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083547Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont">After the district is incorporated and the number of landowners within the district is five or more, the district shall conduct an election pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-12A-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont">31-12A-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont"> to elect the board of trustees. The district shall conduct the election on the first Tuesday after the anniversary date of the formation of the district.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083547Statute"><span class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont">To serve as a trustee of a county road district that has one hundred or more eligible voters, the person shall be a resident and landowner of the district.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083547Statute"><span class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont">To serve as a trustee of a county road district with less than one hundred eligible voters, a person shall be a landowner who owns real property within the district.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083547Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083547000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083547NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083547DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083547SCL">SL 1999, ch 150, § 2; SL 2000, ch 32, § 4; SL 2014, ch 46, § 6; SL 2021, ch 126, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>