The Department of Transportation may acquire and improve strips of land necessary for acquisition of publicly owned and controlled rest areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public. However, the Transportation Commission may not expend any funds for the acquisition, construction or improvement of hotels, motels, restaurants, or other accommodations of like nature.
S.D. Codified Laws § 31-29-12
Rest areas and facilities--Commercial accommodations prohibited
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case STATE HIGHWAY COM'N, ETC. v. Wieczorek (1976)
Most recently applied in State Highway Commission ex rel. State v. Wieczorek (December 1976)
Source: SL 1966, ch 85, § 2; SL 1974, ch 204, § 1; SL 2010, ch 145, § 151.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.