To effectuate the foregoing policy municipalities and counties may establish a commission on human relations which may act to disseminate information, to engage in and co-operate with programs of research and education, to co-operate with persons or groups interested in similar objectives, to conduct public meetings and hearings, to mediate and conciliate in instances of alleged discrimination, and to initiate and hear complaints alleging discrimination with such investigation and inquiry as may reasonably appear necessary.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-12-5
Commissions on human relations authorized--Purposes and powers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Robinson v. Human Relations Commission (1987)
Most recently applied in Robinson v. Human Relations Commission (December 1987)
Source: SL 1970, ch 66, § 2; SL 1975, ch 165, § 3.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.