Except such resolutions or ordinances as may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the county government and its existing public institutions; which provide for an election or hearing on an improvement or assessment; or which call for bids which take effect upon the passage and publication thereof, every resolution or ordinance passed by a board shall take effect on the twentieth day after its completed publication unless suspended by operation of a referendum.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-18A-8
Effective date of ordinances and resolutions--Exceptions
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Olson, Blake, Massie v. Butte County Commission (2019)
Most recently applied in Olson, Blake, Massie v. Butte County Commission (March 2019)
Source: SL 1975, ch 82, § 10.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.