7-8-10. Decennial revision of commissioner districts.
The board of county commissioners, at its regular meeting in December of each year ending in the numeral 1, or within three months of the federal decennial census data becoming available, and after giving notice by publication for one week in the official newspapers of the county, shall change the boundaries of the commissioner districts if the change is necessary in order that each district is as regular and compact in form as practicable. The board shall divide and redistrict its county that each district complies with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as determined by the last preceding federal decennial census; or the board may, at that time, choose to have commissioners elected at large. The board may choose to have its members elected from single-member districts, from multi-member districts, or from a hybrid plan of single- and multi-member districts.
Source: SL 1890, ch 66, §1; RPolC 1903, §813; SL 1915, ch 124; RC 1919, §5864; SL 1937, ch 75; SL 1937, ch 88, §4; SDC 1939, §12.0608; SL 1966, ch 22; SL 1982, ch 64, §1; SL 2022, ch 19, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 08 - County Commissioners
Section 7-8-1 - Number and terms of office of commissioners--Staggered terms.
Section 7-8-2.2 - Candidate to be resident of district at time of signing declaration of candidacy.
Section 7-8-3 - Change in number of commissioners--Petition and submission at election.
Section 7-8-4 - Form of ballot on increase of number of commissioners.
Section 7-8-5 - Form of ballot on decrease in number of commissioners.
Section 7-8-6 - Redistricting and transition after increase in number of commissioners.
Section 7-8-7 - Redistricting and transition after decrease in number of commissioners.
Section 7-8-10 - Decennial revision of commissioner districts.
Section 7-8-12 - Publication and posting of notice of decennial redistricting.
Section 7-8-12.2 - Order affirming good cause exists for redistricting--Authorization for revision.
Section 7-8-12.3 - Revision of county commission districts--Notice.
Section 7-8-14 - Meetings--County commission--Special sessions.
Section 7-8-15 - Chair and vice chair--Election--Vacancy--Duties.
Section 7-8-17 - Recording of votes by county commissioners.
Section 7-8-18 - Tie vote of commissioners.
Section 7-8-19 - Preservation of order by county board--Enforcement of obedience to orders.
Section 7-8-20 - General powers of county commissioners.
Section 7-8-20.1 - Rewards for aid in arrest and conviction of felons.
Section 7-8-20.2 - Determination by commissioners of right to reward--Payment.
Section 7-8-23 - Rights-of-way on highways granted by county commissioners.
Section 7-8-24 - Memorial Day observance.
Section 7-8-25 - Distribution of surplus commodities.
Section 7-8-26 - Hospital and medical insurance contracts for county officers and employees.
Section 7-8-26.1 - Life and health insurance contracts for county officers and employees.
Section 7-8-26.2 - Health self-insurance plan for county officers and employees.
Section 7-8-26.3 - Annual report of self-insurance system--Audit.
Section 7-8-26.5 - Reinsurance arrangement required for self-insurance.
Section 7-8-27 - Appeal to circuit court from county commissioners--Bond for costs.
Section 7-8-28 - State's attorney's appeal from action of county commissioners.
Section 7-8-29 - Time allowed for appeal--Service of notice--Transcript of proceedings.
Section 7-8-30 - Filing of appeal and transcript--Docketing--Hearing and determination.
Section 7-8-31 - Circuit court judgment and order on appeal from county commissioners.
Section 7-8-32 - Appeal as exclusive remedy--Restrictions.
Section 7-8-33 - Declaration and abatement of nuisances by county.
Section 7-8-38 - County revenues--Economic development.
Section 7-8-40 - Conditions of public works program for payment of property taxes--Participation.
Section 7-8-41 - Passport applications--Assistance by county employees.