PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The South Dakota House Local Government Committee heard SB236 on Thursday.  The bill create the county and township infrastructure fund for the accounting, safekeeping, and allocation of unobligated rural access infrastructure fund moneys.

Prime sponsor on the bill was Senator Michael Rohl of Aberdeen.

Executive Director of the South Dakota Association of County Commissioners, Kris Jacobsen talks about how RAIF works and why the bill was needed.

The committee passed the bill on a 10-1 vote and now heads to the South Dakota House.