Whenever an emergency arises requiring immediate expenditure for the repair or rebuilding of bridges and approaches to bridges, when such bridges and approaches to bridges are required to be built immediately, and on such short time that in the judgment of the board of county commissioners the public would be seriously inconvenienced in awaiting the regular advertising for bids for such building and rebuilding of bridges and approaches, the board of county commissioners may enter into contract for any such building or rebuilding of bridges and approaches to bridges without advertising for the letting of any contract therefor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 31-14-24
Emergency contracts for repair of bridges and approaches authorized
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Bak v. Jones County (1973)
Most recently applied in Hamar Construction Co. v. Union County (December 1976)
Source: SL 1920 (SS), ch 33, § 1; SDC 1939, § 28.1410.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.