Section 9-14-43 – City fire department employees–Hours of employment.
9-14-43. City fire department employees–Hours of employment. The hours of employment of full-time employees of city fire departments are governed by mutual agreements with the respective municipal corporations. The hours of employment for any such employee may not exceed two hundred twelve hours during a twenty-eight-day work period or two hundred four hours during a […]
Section 9-14-36 – Life insurance and retirement programs authorized for municipal employees–Salary deductions–Groups covered–Required participation.
9-14-36. Life insurance and retirement programs authorized for municipal employees–Salary deductions–Groups covered–Required participation. The governing body of any municipal corporation in this state is hereby empowered and authorized to enter into insurance contracts for the protection and benefit of its employees and such insurance contracts may be in the form of group life insurance, salary […]
Section 9-14-37 – Neglect of duty or misconduct by municipal officer as misdemeanor–Removal from office.
9-14-37. Neglect of duty or misconduct by municipal officer as misdemeanor–Removal from office. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any member of the governing body or other municipal officer to commit a palpable omission of duty or to intentionally commit oppression, misconduct, or malfeasance in the discharge of the duties of his office. Upon […]
Section 9-14-39 – Delivery of records and property to successor in office–Liability and penalties for refusal.
9-14-39. Delivery of records and property to successor in office–Liability and penalties for refusal. Any person having been an officer of any municipality shall, within five days after demand, deliver to his successor in office all books, property, and effects of every description in his possession belonging to the municipality or pertaining to his office. […]
Section 9-14-40 – Housing for police officers and personnel–Terms–Rent.
9-14-40. Housing for police officers and personnel–Terms–Rent. Any second or third class municipality within the State of South Dakota may erect, purchase, lease, rent, equip, furnish, insure, sell, and move dwellings to be used as housing for police officers and other police personnel of the municipality. Such municipality may establish the terms and rental amounts […]
Section 9-14-41 – Payment by occupant of municipal dwelling of amount equal to property tax on property.
9-14-41. Payment by occupant of municipal dwelling of amount equal to property tax on property. The occupant of any dwelling owned by a municipality pursuant to §9-14-40 shall pay to each taxing agency within each taxing jurisdiction in which the property is situated, in lieu of taxes on the property, the amount of the property […]
Section 9-14-42 – Criminal background check of persons seeking employment with municipalities.
9-14-42. Criminal background check of persons seeking employment with municipalities. Each person over eighteen years of age seeking employment with a municipality shall submit, subject to the discretion of the municipality, to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal […]
Section 9-14-27 – Additional duties prescribed for municipal officers.
9-14-27. Additional duties prescribed for municipal officers. The governing body may prescribe by ordinance additional duties to be performed by any municipal officer not inconsistent with the laws of this state. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art XXII, §2; RPolC 1903, §1381; RC 1919, §6283; SDC 1939, §45.1117.
Section 9-14-28 – Salaries and compensation of municipal officers.
9-14-28. Salaries and compensation of municipal officers. Except as otherwise specially provided, the governing body of every municipality shall fix and determine by ordinance or resolution the amount of salaries and compensation of all municipal officers and the times at which the same shall be paid. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §44; CL 1887, §1069; […]
Section 9-14-29 – Civil process fees accounted for by policemen.
9-14-29. Civil process fees accounted for by policemen. Every chief of police or other policeman, receiving a salary for his services, shall account for and pay over on or before the end of each month to the treasurer all fees received by him in the service of any civil process, taking a receipt therefor and […]