When the board of county commissioners is equally divided on any question, it shall defer a decision until the next meeting of the board and the matter shall then be decided by a majority of the board.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-8-18
Tie vote of commissioners
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Hanson v. Minnehaha County Commission (2014)
Most recently applied in Hanson v. Minnehaha County Commission (October 2014)
Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, § 7; PolC 1877, ch 21, § 21; CL 1887, § 582; RPolC 1903, § 820; RC 1919, § 5871; SDC 1939, § 12.0615.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.