Welcome to the Hand County Township page, hosted by the Hand County Auditor’s Office.
On this page we hope you will find information useful for your townships. If you are just visiting the page, we hope you find it interesting.
We are always open to new content, ideas or suggestions, so if you want, contact us at [email protected] and we’ll see what we can do.
2022 Information
- Township annual meetings are approaching. I show March 1 as the first Tuesday of March. I will be mailing a postcard out soon requesting an update to the list of times and places for the township meetings.
- What is a “base levy“. The base levy is the amount of tax dollars that a township has authority to collect. It is not what they might actually collect. The base levy is built from year to year and is the levy that is allowed to increase without an opt-out. It can be increased by the CPI (Consumer Price Index) as reported by the Department of Revenue and it can increase if you have growth in your township. If you base is $5,000 in 2022 and the CPI is 1.3% and your have 0.55% growth, you 2023 base will be: $5,000 x 1.85% (CPI +Grown = $92.50) = $5,092.50 and you round it to the nearest dollar, so $5,093 is the new base. The same process will take place in future years. This is how the legislature allows you to deal with inflation without having to do an opt-out.
- OPT-OUTs. During your annual meetings, be sure to look over your opt-out files and see if they are expiring. It they are and you want to continue the opt-out into the future, you will need to do that ASAP. Please remember to the use the correct form for this and follow the law as it relates to notifications / publication.
- Tax Year 2022 Opt Out Information provided by the South Dakota Department of Revenue
- Opt Out Resolution Form / Template from SD DOR (Board Does not Hold Vote-People would refer)
- Opt Out Resolution Form / Template from SD DOR (Board Sets up Vote)
- Tax Year 2022 Opt Out Information provided by the South Dakota Department of Revenue
- Road & Bridge Levy. This is a levy townships can do without doing the opt-out process. The funds are specifically for use on roads and bridges. It is important to know the rules on this so you don’t get in trouble. Please use the form for this as well. It requires a resolution and all to often it is written into the minutes as a motion.
- MINUTES (They are very important)
- For each type of levy your township utilizes, a separate notation should be in your minutes. A paragraph for the general (base) levy, a paragraph of the opt-out levy and a paragraph for the resolution (in full text) for the road and bridge levy.
- Contacting Auditor DeBoer: I normally work everyday of the week, between 8a and 6p, sometimes 7p. The best way to contact me with questions is by email because I can answer them at any time, day or night, in the office and out.
- Email: [email protected]
- Office: 605-853-2182 (If I don’t answer the phone, leave a message with Carolyn)
- Text: 204*1049 (local area code) (I’m trying avoid spammers with the cryptic number scheme)
- Please don’t call my phone as I have the ringer off so I can answer the office phone.
- If you need disbursement information (money we’ve sent you, ask for Carolyn)
FORMS to DOWNLOAD:
- Request to the county auditor
- Oath of the Township Treasurer and Township Clerk (combined)
- Clerk’s Report of Township Board Member Contact (also used by Emergency Management)
REFERENCES:
FY 2021 Information
RURAL ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
The Rural Access Infrastructure Fund (RAIF) is a program created by South Dakota House Bill 1259. Entitled: “An Act to make an appropriation for rural access infrastructure improvement”
The state has provided some valuable tools to help townships navigate through this program and create the data that needed to secure funding for waterway structures that are 20′ (the size as which the county becomes responsible) or less, down to an opening of 16 square feet.
Please take the time to look over this information because all of it is important to understanding the program. There are two sources to acquire information, the first being:
The South Dakota Association of County Commissioners. On the “Highway Superintendent” page the following links are available for you to view and download:
- RAIF Fact Sheet
- RAIF Funding Process Guidance
- Small Structure Inventory Handbook
- Culvert Inventory Form
- Small Bridge Inventory Form
- Inventory Mobile App Instructions
The South Dakota Association of Towns & Townships. On the home page.
- Inventory Excel Spreadsheet
- Inventory Mobile App Instructions
- Paper worksheet for large Culvert Inventory
- Paper worksheet for Small Bridge Inventory
- Small Structure Inventory Handbook
- RAIF Fact Sheet
- RAIF Powerpoint Guidance
2021 Township Forms
May 25, 2020 — An ad valorem tax is a tax based on the assessed value of an item, such as real estate or personal property. The most common ad valorem taxes are property taxes levied on real estate. The Latin phrase ad valorem means “according to value.” So all ad valorem taxes are based on the assessed value of the item being taxed. (Ad Valorem Tax Definition (investopedia.com)
- Township Board Member Contact form.
- 2022 Property Tax Calculation Index (CPI) of 1.2%
- SD-DOR / Local Government Opt-Out Information for 2021 (Taxes payable in 2022)
- Township Road & Bridge Levy information
- Clerk’s “Notice to the Hand County Auditor” Form (combines several elements)
- Clerk’s “Township Contact List” ***New and Improved***
- Clerk & Treasurer’s “Oath of Office” on one page.
- Treasurer’s Record of Disbursements (in Excel)
- Treasurer’s Record of Receipts (in Excel)
- Treasurer’s Annual Statement (in Excel)
- Annual Statement Instructions
- 2021 Hand County’s Opt-Out Summary (provided by SD-DOR)
2021 Property Tax Year (Posted December 22, 2020)
- FY2021 PT-73 Outlining School District Requests and the resulting levies to achieve those requests.
- FY2021 PT-73 Outlining Towns & Township Requests and the resulting levies to achieve those requests.
- FY2021 PT-75 Outlining the County, Secondary Roads, Fire District and Tax Incremental District Requests and the resulting levies to achieve those requests.
- FY2021 PT-74 Outlining the Total Taxes Levied by Geographic District (as related to school districts)
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Telephone: 605-352-8643
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South Dakota Association of Towns and Townships
- The auditor’s office will no longer be providing the “Township Laws” booklet.
- If you want additional copies, please visit: http://www.sdtownships.com/
- Contact Information:
- South Dakota Association of Towns & Townships
P.O. Box 903
Huron, South Dakota 57350
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 605-353-1439
Cell: 605-936-3883
- South Dakota Association of Towns & Townships
- Association Brief on Right of Way management
2020 Property Tax Year
- 2020 Application for Abatement of Property Taxes (Hand County Specific)
- 2020 Summary of Taxes Requested and Percentages (Internal Document)
- 2020 School District “Requests, Valuations and Tax Rates” (PT-73)
- 2020 Towns and Townships “Requests, Valuations and Tax Rates” (PT-73)
- 2020 Valuations for Towns and Townships in Hand County (PT74)
- 2020 Tax Levies for the county, secondary roads (unorganized townships), Fire Districts, Non-Tax Levy Response Areas and Miller Terminal (TIF) (PT75)
On November 23, 2020 I received word that the growth report (with utilities) was ready to use for calculating tax levies.
The report is broken down into two segments. The first is the report for the County as a while, the school districts and the fire districts. Only the Polo Fire District has taxing authority. All other fire departments negotiate with the townships for support.
The Tax Incremental Finance (TIF) District is also attached to this report. That portion only applies to the Harrold Terminal in Miller Township an used solely for the purposes of the TIF.
Click on this link to view or download this segment of the report: County, Schools, Fire Districts & TIF for 2021
The second segment contains the growth data for the Towns and Townships. It does not include the unorganized townships because they are part of what is called “Secondary Roads” which is included in the first segmented report.
Click on this link to view or download the second segment of the report: Towns & Townships for 2021
Important changes from 2019 to 2020:
*** PT-73 Report detailing Township tax requests payable in 2020 *** (gives you the dollar amount from which to build).
- The auditor’s office will no longer be providing the South Dakota Association of Towns and Townships “Township Laws” booklet.
- If you want additional copies, please visit: http://www.sdtownships.com/
- Contact Information:
- South Dakota Association of Towns & Townships
P.O. Box 903
Huron, South Dakota 57350
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 605-353-1439
Cell: 605-936-3883
- South Dakota Association of Towns & Townships
- We can not accept blank forms when you turn in your township reports. Forms with missing data will result in misinformation during filing.
- We can not edit your report forms, even with your township’s permission.
- Levy requests must be filled out completely using numeric values were appropriate.
- You may not submit levy forms which indicate that you want the “MAX”, numeric values must be presented.
- CPI values have been published and the form is available for viewing or download below.
In the next area you will find reports of previous years officers, Legal Notices file or to be filed related to our townships and Township Forms.
In accordance with: SDCL “8-5-14. Supervisor names and phone numbers to be posted on township website. A county official of any county that maintains an official website shall post thereon the name and phone number of each person serving on a board of township supervisors within the county.
Source: SL 2019, ch 52, § 1.”
Legal Notices for Townships
2019 Notice of Annual Meetings used to build 2020 Notice for Publication
Township TREASURER Forms:
Township Record of Receipts (Excel Spreadsheet)
Township Record of Receipts (PDF document)
Township Record of Disbursements (Excel Spreadsheet)
Township Record of Disbursements (PDF document)
Township Annual Report (Excel Spreadsheet)
Township Annual Report (PDF document)
Township Treasurer Oath of Office in PDF.
Township Treasurer Oath in MS-Word.
Township CLERK forms:
Combined Levy Request / Notice to Auditor and Board Member Contact Sheet
Township Clerk and Township Treasurer combined OATH of office form in PDF
Township Clerk and Township Treasurer combined OATH of office in MS-Word.
- Township Clerk Oath of Office in PDF.
- Township Clerk Oath of Office in MS-Word.
C.P.I.
Consumer Price Index Publication from the Department of Revenue for 2020 into 2021
OPT-OUT INFORMATION
- Publication from the SD-Department of Revenue for 2020
- Does not apply to school districts.
