31-34-5. Criteria for award--Application resubmission.The board of county commissioners shall, at a minimum, consider the following criteria in awarding rural access infrastructure grants:(1)Traffic use of the highway;(2)Public safety;(3)Residential, commercial, recreational, and other uses of the highway;(4)Cost of the project;(5)Length of detour if the project is not completed;(6)Number of residences, farms, and ranches served by the project;(7)Contribution from the township or others to the project and the ability of the township to fund the project without utilizing the rural access infrastructure fund;(8)Confirmation the project is not located on a no maintenance road;(9)Hydrological impact;(10)If the highway does not terminate into a field entrance, driveway, single residence, farm, or ranch;(11)The application, or group of applications, that best serves the citizens of this state; and(12)Any other matters deemed applicable by the board of county commissioners.The decisions of the county commissioners must be final and nonappealable. However, a denied application may be submitted in a subsequent year. Source: SL 2021, ch 129, §5, eff. Mar. 25, 2021; SL 2024, ch 106, §2.
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