The Building Authority may acquire by purchase, condemnation (including the power of condemnation in accordance with chapter 21-35), gift or otherwise, construct, complete, remodel, maintain, and equip buildings and other facilities as the Legislature by law declares to be in the public interest. In the course of such activities, the authority may acquire property of any kind and description, whether real, personal or mixed, by gift, purchase or otherwise. It may also acquire real estate of the State of South Dakota controlled by any officer, department, board, commission, or other agency of the state, the jurisdiction of which is transferred by such officer, department, board, commission, or other agency, to the authority.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 5-12-11

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1967, ch 276, § 5; SL 1994, ch 50, § 2.