If a contract is for the construction of a public improvement, the required advertisement shall state where the plans and specifications may be examined. The plans and specifications for the construction of any public improvement shall be and remain on file in the office of the purchasing agency at all times from the beginning of the publication of the advertisement for bids until the completion of the public improvement. The purchasing agency shall, upon request, furnish at least one copy of the plans and specifications, without charge, to each contractor resident in South Dakota who intends, in good faith, to bid upon the public improvement. The copy shall be available at the date of the first publication of the advertisement for bids. The purchasing agency may require the return of the copy at the time of the opening of the bids.

Source: SL 2010, ch 31, § 40.