34-10-3. Election on district establishment and for trustees--Election officials and precincts.
The board of county commissioners at the next regular, adjourned, or special session shall canvass the petition or petitions and if signed by the requisite number of resident electors, it shall order an election to be held in all voting precincts in the proposed district not less than forty nor more than sixty days from the date of such order, upon the question of the creation of the district and, subject to the creation thereof, for the election of seven trustees of such proposed district. It shall appoint from the resident electors of each voting precinct as established for the purpose of the last general election, and included within the boundaries of said proposed district, three judges and two clerks of election for each said voting precinct. If only a portion of a precinct as established under the general election laws is included in said district, the board shall have authority in its order calling said election to attach said territory to an adjacent precinct for the purpose of such election or to establish said area as a new precinct.
Source: SL 1959, ch 135, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §27.19B03.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 10 - Public Hospital Districts
Section 34-10-1 - Purpose of chapter--Types of institutions included.
Section 34-10-4 - Joint action of county commissioners of two or more counties.
Section 34-10-5 - Notice of election on establishment of district--General election laws applicable.
Section 34-10-6 - List of electors obtained from county auditors.
Section 34-10-7 - Qualifications of electors on establishment of district.
Section 34-10-10 - Annexation of territory by district--Petition, hearing, and order.
Section 34-10-11 - Board of trustees to manage district.
Section 34-10-12 - Terms of office of trustees--Election of first board.
Section 34-10-13 - Nomination of trustees--Date and notice of elections.
Section 34-10-14 - Trustees unpaid--Vacancy on board--Records of actions.
Section 34-10-18 - Failure of bond issue on failure of district.
Section 34-10-21 - Tax levy for retirement of bonds.
Section 34-10-22 - Reduction of tax levy on payment of other moneys into debt service fund.
Section 34-10-24 - Collection of taxes levied--Transfer of collections to district treasurer.
Section 34-10-26 - Tax levy for operation and maintenance of hospital--Maximum levy.
Section 34-10-27 - Accounting for district funds--Disbursements.
Section 34-10-28 - Lease of hospital facilities to others.
Section 34-10-29 - Annual audit of district affairs--Report of audit.
Section 34-10-30 - Dissolution of district--Provision for indebtedness.
Section 34-10-31 - Effective date of dissolution--Certification as to indebtedness.