S.D. Codified Laws § 8-1-14

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Adjustment of assets and indebtedness after division, reorganization or merger of townships

Official statutory text

If any civil township is subdivided, reorganized, or merged according to the provisions of this chapter, which has been bonded for school or other purposes, or against which there is any other outstanding indebtedness, and if money raised by taxation in the township has been expended for the erection of school buildings or other public improvements, which on such subdivision, reorganization, or merger inures to the benefit of one of the new townships to a greater extent than is equitable, the matter shall be adjusted as provided in §§ 8-1-15 to 8-1-19 , inclusive.

Source: SDC 1939, § 58.0112; SL 1996, ch 58, § 8.

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