6-17-8. Election officials duty on receiving petition--Governing board action--Submission to voters.
When a petition to initiate a resolution is filed with a person in charge of an election, that person shall present it to the local government entity governing board at its next regular or special meeting. The local person in charge of an election shall certify that the minimum number of signatures required pursuant to §6-17-2 have been filed.
The local government entity governing boards shall submit the resolution to a vote in the next general election after filing in all affected local government entities. The filing in all affected local government entities shall occur not later than the second Tuesday in August of a general election year for the question to appear on that year's ballot.
Source: SL 2001, ch 36, §8.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 6 - Local Government Generally
Chapter 17 - Cooperation Between Local Government Entities
Section 6-17-3 - Majority vote required to approve resolution of cooperation--Effective date.
Section 6-17-4 - Subject matter of initiated resolution.
Section 6-17-5 - Promulgation of rules.
Section 6-17-6 - Signer's address and date of signing--Certain signatures invalid.
Section 6-17-7 - Affidavit required of circulators of petition.
Section 6-17-9 - Costs of election.
Section 6-17-10 - Resolution ballot printing and distribution.
Section 6-17-11 - Preservation of resolution petitions--Public inspection.
Section 6-17-12 - Waiting period before second vote on resolution.
Section 6-17-13 - Local government entity authorized to initiate resolution.
Section 6-17-14 - Judicial notice of local government entities.