No person, firm, or corporation may act as architect or engineer and also as contractor or construction manager on any public improvement project if the amount to be expended exceeds one hundred thousand dollars. Any public improvement of an emergency nature that affects the public health and safety of the state and is funded through the use of an emergency appropriation or special appropriation, and any full-service firm that specializes in the design, fabrication, or installation of cultural or educational exhibits is exempt from this section.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 5-18B-15

  • 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
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 2010, ch 31, § 54; SL 2017, ch 45, § 1.