Except as provided by § 9-4-1, before a municipality may extend its boundaries to include contiguous territory, the governing body shall conduct a study to determine the need for the contiguous territory and to identify the resources necessary to extend the municipal boundaries.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-4-4.1
Study required before annexation without petition
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Save Our Neighborhood—Sioux Falls v. City of Sioux Falls (2014)
Most recently applied in Save Our Neighborhood—Sioux Falls v. City of Sioux Falls (June 2014)
Source: SDC 1939, § 45.2906 as added by SL 1955, ch 215, § 1; SDCL, § 9-4-3; SL 1979, ch 47, § 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.