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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 6 LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY
Chapter 17. Cooperation Between Local Government Entities
§6-17-2 Resolution for governmental cooperation to be initiated by voters--Filing of petition--Number of signatures required.
SD Codified L § 6-17-2 (through 2011) What's This?
6-17-2. Resolution for governmental cooperation to be initiated by voters--Filing of petition--Number of signatures required. The right to propose a resolution of cooperation or consolidation to the government of a local government entity rests with the registered voters of the local government entity. Any resolution proposed under this chapter shall be referred to a vote of the registered voters of the local government entity by the filing, with the entity's person in charge of an election, of a petition signed by a number of voters equivalent to fifteen percent of those voting in the last preceding gubernatorial election in the local government entity. A petition to propose a resolution shall be filed with the person in charge of an election of each of the affected local government entities before an election may occur.
Source: SL 2001, ch 36, § 2.
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