S.D. Codified Laws § 34-3-2

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Election on establishment of department by adjacent counties--Establishment in other counties after failure in one county

Official statutory text

One or more adjacent counties may submit to the electors of said counties at a general or special election, the question of establishing a county health department. Upon affirmative majority vote in each county, such department may be jointly created. In the event any one county does not return a majority vote, nothing herein shall prevent the other county or counties from so creating said department.

Source: SL 1953, ch 129, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.18A01.

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