Notice of Public Hearing to Adopt Rules

To all interested agencies, community boards, groups and persons:

Notice of Public Hearing to Adopt Rules 

A public hearing will be held in the Boardroom at South Dakota Housing Development Authority, 3060 E. Elizabeth St., Pierre, SD 57501 on May 31, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time, to consider the adoption and amendment of Administrative Rules of South Dakota numbered:

§§ 20:09:26:01 to 20:09:26:02, inclusive. 

1.     ARSD 20:09:26:01. Definitions.

Effect: Modify the definition of “political subdivision” to include political subdivisions of a federally recognized Indian tribe.

Reason: State law SDCL § 11-15-1 was amended to allow public infrastructure to be owned, maintained, or provided by a political subdivision of this state or federally recognized Indian tribe. 

2.     ARSD 20:09:26:01. Eligibility.

Effect: Modify the eligibility for the housing infrastructure program to eliminate the requirement that the political subdivision be of the state of South Dakota.   

Reason: State law SDCL § 11-15-1 was amended to allow public infrastructure to be owned, maintained, or provided by a political subdivision of this state or federally recognized Indian tribe.

Persons interested in presenting amendments, data, opinions, and arguments for or against the proposed rules may appear in-person at the hearing or remotely via Teams or teleconference or mail them to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority Board of Commissioners, 3060 E. Elizabeth St., PO Box 1237, Pierre, SD 57501-5876, or e-mail them to beverly@sdhda.org. The deadline to submit any such written comments for consideration by the South Dakota Housing Development Authority Board of Commissioners is May 27, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. midnight Central Time. All written and email comments must include the name, hometown/city, and state of the person submitting the comments.

At the hearing, the South Dakota Housing Development Authority Board of Commissioners will consider all written and oral comments it receives on the proposed rules. The South Dakota Housing Development Authority Board of Commissioners may modify or amend a proposed rule to include or exclude matters that are described in this notice.

For Persons with Disabilities: This hearing is being held in a physically accessible place. Please notify Andy Fuhrman, Section 504 Coordinator for South Dakota Housing Development Authority at least 48 hours before the public hearing if you have special needs for which special arrangements can be made by calling 605.773.5156.

Persons interested may attend remotely by calling 1-469-253-5858 and using conference ID 588 365 669#, or alternatively by using the Microsoft Teams link posted on SD Housing’s homepage sdhousing.org.

The proposed rules may be found at the SD Housing Development Authority’s website at the following address: https://www.sdhousing.org/develop-housing/infrastructure-financing#gsc.tab=0. They are also available at boardsandcommissions.sd.gov.

Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained without charge from:

South Dakota Housing Development Authority
3060 E. Elizabeth St.
PO Box 1237
Pierre, SD 57501-1237