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2010 South Dakota Code
Title 1 - STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT
Chapter 19C - Historical Names
Section 1-19C-1 - Legislative findings regarding offensive geographic place names.
1-19C-1. Legislative findings regarding offensive geographic place names. The Legislature finds that certain geographic place names are offensive and insulting to all South Dakota's people, history, and heritage. These place names should be replaced by names that reflect South Dakota's people, history, and heritage without resorting to harmful or offensive stereotypes, names, words, or phrases. Sections 1-19C-5 and 1-19C-6 list the currently known geographic names that are harmful or offensive. All state and local government agencies shall make changes to maps and any other reference materials to reflect the changes provided in this chapter.Source: SL 2001, ch 9, § 1; SL 2009, ch 2, § 2.
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