2015 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 9 - MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 39 - Municipal Utilities In General
§ 9-39-38 Election on sale, lease or operating contract for utility--Percentage of favorable votes required.
9-39-38. Election on sale, lease or operating contract for utility--Percentage of favorable votes required.
Upon the filing of such petition it shall be the duty of the auditor or clerk to submit such proposition upon a separate ballot to the voters of the municipality at a regular or special election as prayed for in such petition.
If sixty percent of the voters of such municipality voting thereon shall vote in favor of such proposition, a sale, conveyance, lease, or contract for the operation of such plant, equipment, or public utility shall be deemed authorized.
Source: SL 1917, ch 314; RC 1919, § 6169 (19); SL 1925, ch 242; SL 1929, ch 201; SL 1931, ch 195; SDC 1939, § 45.1305.
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