# S.D. Codified Laws § 1-2-1: Commissioners to negotiate boundaries authorized--Compacts dependent on ratification

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 1-2-1
- **Heading:** Commissioners to negotiate boundaries authorized--Compacts dependent on ratification
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-1

## Text

The Governor of South Dakota may appoint commissioners to represent the State of South Dakota on joint commissions composed of commissioners representing boundary states, to be constituted by the states for the purpose of negotiating and entering into agreements or compacts between the states to establish the boundaries between the states. Any compact made on behalf of the states is not binding or obligatory upon either state, unless it has been ratified by the Legislatures of the compacting states and approved by the Congress of the United States.

Source: SL 1957, ch 316, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.5601; SL 1988, ch 2, § 1.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 1-2-1 Commissioners to negotiate boundaries authorized--Compacts dependent on ratification](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T1_C2_S1-2-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 1-2-2 Meeting with commissioners of other participatory state--Report--Disbandment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T1_C2_S1-2-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 1-2-8 1-2-8. Ratification and approval--Text](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T1_C2_S1-2-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 1-2-9 Effective date of compact--Notice of ratification](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T1_C2_S1-2-9.md)

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