Any eligible entity establishing a brownfields program may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive, including the following:

(1) To acquire by lease, purchase, gift, or other lawful means and hold in its corporate name or use and control as provided by law both real and personal property and easements and rightsofway within or without the corporate limits for all purposes authorized by §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive, or necessary to the exercise of any power granted in §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46A-1-106

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(2) To convey, sell, give, dispose of, or lease both the personal and real property of the municipality or county as provided by §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive;

(3) To borrow money and to issue certificates, warrants, general obligation bonds and nonad valorem tax bonds for purposes of §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive;

(4) To accept funds, property, and services or other assistance, financial or otherwise, from federal, state, and other public and private sources to carry out the purposes of §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive;

(5) To contract or cooperate with any person, the state, or any political subdivision of the state, any federal agency, or any private or public entity to carry out the purposes of §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive;

(6) To plan, develop, construct, acquire, operate, clean, maintain, repair, alter, renovate, salvage, demolish, secure, abandon, consolidate, reclaim, or gather data and information concerning any brownfields site, or any related development, structure, or facility necessary to carry out the purposes of §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive;

(7) To apply for available grant funds and other governmental and nongovernmental financing options to promote the cleanup, reuse, revitalization, and economic development of the property consistent with the purposes of §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive; and

(8) To do and perform all acts authorized in §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive, and all other acts necessary and proper for carrying out and exercising the powers granted by §§ 46A-1-100 to 46A-1-106, inclusive.

Source: SL 2004, ch 275, § 7.