Revision of the conservation standards, in whole or in part, may be proposed by the conservation district governing board or by a petition signed by the number of voters equal to ten percent of the qualified voters in a district.
S.D. Codified Laws § 38-8A-12
Governing board resolution or voter petition for revision of conservation standards
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Baker v. Jackson (1985)
Most recently applied in Beals v. Pickerel Lake Sanitary District (April 1998)
Source: SL 1976, ch 242, § 9; SL 1980, ch 269, § 1; SL 1981, ch 283; SL 2019, ch 179, § 3.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.