SDCL § 31-34-5: Criteria for award--Application resubmission.

The board of county commissioners shall, at a minimum, consider the following criteria in awarding rural access infrastructure grants:

(1) Traffic use of the highway;

(2) Public safety;

(3) Residential, commercial, recreational, and other uses of the highway;

(4) Cost of the project;

(5) Length of detour if the project is not completed;

(6) Number of residences, farms, and ranches served by the project;

(7) Contribution from the township or others to the project and the ability of the township to fund the project without utilizing the rural access infrastructure fund;

(8) Confirmation the project is not located on a no maintenance road;

(9) Hydrological impact;

(10) If the highway does not terminate into a field entrance, driveway, single residence, farm, or ranch;

(11) The application, or group of applications, that best serves the citizens of this state; and

(12) Any other matters deemed applicable by the board of county commissioners.

The decisions of the county commissioners must be final and nonappealable. However, a denied application may be submitted in a subsequent year.