<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 9-14-24 - Qualifications and duties of city engineer--Preservation of surveys, plans and estimates. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036374Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2036374SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036374CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036374Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2036374DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036374Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2036374000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036374SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036374SCL-000003 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2036374Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-14-24"><span class="s2036374SENU">9-14-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036374SENU">. </span><span class="s2036374CL">Qualifications and duties of city engineer--Preservation of surveys, plans and estimates.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036374Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">If a municipality chooses to employ or retain a person to serve as a city engineer, the city engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-18A"><span class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">36-18A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">. If the city engineer is not also licensed as a land surveyor under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-18A"><span class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">36-18A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">, the city engineer shall delegate any duties that are defined in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-18A"><span class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">36-18A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont"> as the practice of land surveying to a licensed land surveyor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036374Normal-000001"><span class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">The governing body shall by ordinance or agreement prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the city engineer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036374Normal-000001"><span class="s2036374DefaultParagraphFont">All surveys, profiles, plans, or estimates made by the city engineer for the municipality are the property of the municipality and shall be carefully preserved in the municipality's office or the office of the city engineer and are open to public inspection.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036374Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036374000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036374Normal"><span class="s2036374SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036374SCL-000003"> SL 1890, ch 37, art XII; RPolC 1903, § 1281; SL 1913, ch 119, § 100; RC 1919, § 6298; SDC 1939, § 45.1130; SL 2009, ch 35, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>