S.D. Codified Laws § 9-3-5
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Voters' petition as application for incorporation--Number of signers--Petition contents--Name--Presentation to county commissioners
Official statutory text
The application for incorporation of a proposed municipality must be by a petition verified by the circulator and signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified voters who are either residents and registered voters in the proposed municipality or landowners in the proposed municipality who are also registered voters of this state. The application shall identify the type of government to be formed, the number of trustees, commissioners, or wards in the proposed municipality, the boundaries and area according to the survey, and the legal resident population according to the census taken. The application must include the name of the proposed municipality. The name may not be the same as any incorporated municipality in the state. The application must be filed with the county auditor and heard at a regular or special meeting of the board of county commissioners within sixty days of being filed.
Source: SDC 1939, § 45.0304; SL 1987, ch 67, § 20; SL 1999, ch 37, § 2; SL 2016, ch 48, § 6; SL 2024, ch 28, § 23.
Source: SDC 1939, § 45.0304; SL 1987, ch 67, § 20; SL 1999, ch 37, § 2; SL 2016, ch 48, § 6; SL 2024, ch 28, § 23.
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