46A-3A-9. Contents and form of petition.
A petition arising under the provisions of §46A-3A-8 shall describe the exact boundaries of the area to be included within the proposed water development district, and each person signing the petition shall add to the person's signature, in the person's own handwriting, the person's place of residence, and the date of signing. The petition may contain more than one page, and each page shall have identical headings. Any number of identical petition forms may be circulated and each be a part of the petition, but each of the identical petition forms must be verified by the circulator as follows:
"I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, hereby depose that I circulated the above and foregoing petition, containing __________ signatures; that I personally witnessed each of the persons named upon the petition place their signatures on the petition and add in their own handwriting the information set forth after their respective signatures.
________________________________________________________________________
P.O. Address
________________________________________________________________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of __________, 20____
________________________________________________________________________
Notary Public".
Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §13B; SL 2011, ch 165, §325.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 03A - Water Development Districts--Establishment
Section 46A-3A-1 - Establishment of districts--Procedure--Political subdivision status.
Section 46A-3A-2 - Central Plains district.
Section 46A-3A-3 - East Dakota district.
Section 46A-3A-4 - James River district.
Section 46A-3A-5 - South Central district.
Section 46A-3A-6 - West Dakota district.
Section 46A-3A-7 - West River district.
Section 46A-3A-7.1 - Vermillion basin district.
Section 46A-3A-8 - Petition for election on establishment of district.
Section 46A-3A-9 - Contents and form of petition.
Section 46A-3A-10 - Approval of petition--Referral to election.
Section 46A-3A-11 - Ballots on establishment.
Section 46A-3A-12 - Conduct of election.
Section 46A-3A-13 - Separate districts for election--Vote required.
Section 46A-3A-14 - Approval by only some of election districts--Effect--Withdrawal from district.
Section 46A-3A-15 - Resolution creating district--Filing.