If the matter intended to be covered by the referendum petition is the whole of any ordinance or resolution, the petition shall contain the title of such ordinance or the subject of such resolution, and the date of its passage, but if only a portion of such ordinance or resolution is intended to be covered by the petition, such portion shall be set out at length.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-20-7
Description in referendum petition of matter covered
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Christensen v. Carson (1995)
Most recently applied in Christensen v. Carson (June 1995)
Source: SL 1899, ch 94, § 3; RPolC 1903, § 1216; SL 1913, ch 119, § 40; RC 1919, § 6255; SL 1921, ch 300, § 1; SDC 1939, § 45.1012; SL 1957, ch 245, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.