The commissioner of school and public lands may select not more than fifty thousand acres from the school and endowment lands of the state, to be offered for sale in each fiscal year. However, in counties in which unsold school land amounts to more than five percent of the total acreage of the county, no more than twenty percent of the total acreage of such school land may be offered for sale, in any one year.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 5-9-1

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0301; SL 1949, ch 46; SL 1968, ch 34, § 1; SL 1975, ch 49; SL 1998, ch 31, § 1.