SDCL § 7-25A-44: Factors for consideration by commission.

The county commission after conducting a hearing pursuant to this chapter, shall consider the following:

(1) Whether all statements contained within the petition have been found to be true and correct;

(2) Whether all the debts will be paid or assumed prior to termination;

(3) Whether fifty percent of the owners have consented to the termination or contraction;

(4) Whether, in the sound discretion of the county commissioners, there is good cause for termination or contraction of the district;

(5) Whether, in a proposed expansion, the expansion of the district is consistent with any applicable comprehensive plan or effective local government plan;

(6) Whether, in a proposed expansion, the affected area is sufficiently contiguous to the existing district to be developable with the existing district as one functional interrelated community; and

(7) Whether, in a proposed expansion, the probable beneficial impact of the expansion of the district outweighs any probable adverse socioeconomic impact of the proposed expansion of the district.