The new county is entitled to the same number of members in the Legislature that the counties had in the aggregate before consolidation, and such number must be elected at each general election until a new apportionment.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-2-11
Legislative representation of consolidated county
Source: SL 1893, ch 45, § 13; RPolC 1903, § 787; RC 1919, § 5766; SDC 1939, § 12.0309; SL 2024, ch 26, § 14.
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