§ 9-42-4 — Plans and specifications for local improvements--Notice and advertising for bids.

If any local improvement other than a sidewalk or bulkhead is ordered by the governing body, the governing body shall have plans and specifications prepared and filed in the office of the auditor or clerk. The governing body shall designate a time, not less than two weeks from the date of the filing, at which sealed bids for the construction of the improvement will be received. The governing body shall publish notice in the official paper, or elsewhere if deemed advisable, in accordance with the provisions of chapters 5-18A and 5-18B . The notice shall specify whether the improvement shall be paid for in cash or by special assessment certificates and the rate of interest which the certificates shall bear.

Legislative History

SL 1909, ch 110; RC 1919, § 6348; SDC 1939, § 45.1502; SL 1972, ch 34, § 3; SL 1979, ch 59, § 1; SL 1983, ch 28, § 22; SL 2011, ch 2, § 117.