The right to propose an ordinance or resolution shall be exercised by filing with the auditor a petition in proper form containing the proposed ordinance or resolution, signed by the required number of qualified voters of the county. The signer or circulator of the petition shall add the signer's place of residence and the month and day of signing. The signer's post office box number may be given in lieu of a street address if the signer lives within a municipality of the second or third class.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-18A-11
Initiative petition--Form and contents
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Schafer v. Deuel County Board of Commissioners (2006)
Most recently applied in Schafer v. Deuel County Board of Commissioners (November 2006)
Source: SL 1975, ch 82, § 20; SL 1985, ch 53; SL 1990, ch 104, § 2; SL 1992, ch 110, § 3; SL 2010, ch 74, § 4.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.