It shall be the duty of the Board of Regents, and the board has the power and authority, to consider the needs for new facilities or for the complete renovation of existing structures, at institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction of such board, and to make recommendations to the Legislature for specific legislative appropriation or authorization for expenditure or pledges from the educational facilities fund to meet such needs.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 13-51-4

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Source: SL 1965, ch 68; SL 1968, ch 60, § 1.