Section 9-6-1 – Landowners’ petition to circuit court for dissolution by decree.
9-6-1. Landowners’ petition to circuit court for dissolution by decree. Whenever a municipality shall have less than two hundred fifty population, the owners of a majority of the real property therein, both in area and assessed valuation, may petition the circuit court of the county in which such municipality or any part thereof is situated […]
Section 9-6-2 – Contents of petition for dissolution by decree–Verification and filing.
9-6-2. Contents of petition for dissolution by decree–Verification and filing. Such petition must show the name of the municipality, the date of its incorporation, the fact that it contains a population of less than two hundred fifty persons, and that the petitioners are the owners of more than one-half of the real property contained within […]
Section 9-6-3 – Show cause order to municipality on petition for dissolution–Service.
9-6-3. Show cause order to municipality on petition for dissolution–Service. Upon the filing of a petition as provided in §§9-6-1 and 9-6-2 the circuit court shall issue an order to the municipality, returnable in not less than ten nor more than thirty days, to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Such order […]
Section 9-5-14 – Bonded indebtedness of annexed municipality–Tax levy.
9-5-14. Bonded indebtedness of annexed municipality–Tax levy. Except as otherwise provided in the plan for consolidation, the existing bonded indebtedness of the municipality annexed shall be paid by such municipality; and the governing body of the municipality as it exists after annexation is authorized, and it is made its duty, to provide for the payment […]
Section 9-5-15 – Enforcement of claims and demands against annexed municipality–Payment of judgments.
9-5-15. Enforcement of claims and demands against annexed municipality–Payment of judgments. Suits to enforce claims or demands existing at the time of annexation against the municipality annexed may be prosecuted or brought against the municipality to which annexation is made, and judgments obtained shall be paid as provided in §9-5-12 for the payment of the […]
Section 9-5-16 – School districts consolidated on annexation.
9-5-16. School districts consolidated on annexation. Upon consolidation of contiguous municipalities as herein provided, the school districts thereof shall ipso facto be consolidated, the school district of the annexed municipality becoming a part of the school district of the annexing municipality. Source: SL 1951, ch 249, §12; SDC Supp 1960, §45.29A12.
Section 9-5-17 – Title to school district property after consolidation–Assumption of debts and obligations.
9-5-17. Title to school district property after consolidation–Assumption of debts and obligations. The school district as enlarged by such consolidation shall have title to all real and personal property of both school districts. All debts and obligations of the school districts as enlarged by such consolidation, other than existing bonded indebtedness, shall be assumed and […]
Section 9-5-18 – Bonded indebtedness of annexing school district–Tax levy–Property in annexed district exempt.
9-5-18. Bonded indebtedness of annexing school district–Tax levy–Property in annexed district exempt. Except as otherwise provided in the plan for consolidation, all existing bonded indebtedness of the school district to which annexation is made shall be paid by such school district by a tax to be levied exclusively upon the property subject to taxation within […]
Section 9-5-3 – Notice, conduct, and canvass of elections on annexation.
9-5-3. Notice, conduct, and canvass of elections on annexation. Such elections on the proposition of consolidating such contiguous municipalities as fixed and called by resolution shall be noticed, held, conducted, and canvassed as provided for a special or annual election as the case be. Source: SL 1951, ch 249, §2; SL 1955, ch 214, §2; […]
Section 9-5-4 – Waiting period after rejection of annexation by voters.
9-5-4. Waiting period after rejection of annexation by voters. If either election fails no other election on the same question shall be held sooner than three years after the effective date of said resolutions proposing the plan for annexation. Source: SL 1951, ch 249, §2; SL 1955, ch 214, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §45.29A02.