Section 9-20-17 – Waiting period for new action after referendum election.
9-20-17. Waiting period for new action after referendum election. No referred ordinance or resolution may be again voted upon by the government of any municipality within one year from the date of the election thereon. Source: SDC Supp 1960, §45.1022 as enacted by SL 1961, ch 246.
Section 9-20-18 – Legislative finding–Actions of municipal governing boards subject to referendum.
9-20-18. Legislative finding–Actions of municipal governing boards subject to referendum. The Legislature finds that in making past grants of decision-making authority to municipal governing authorities, its intent was to grant that authority to the governing bodies of municipalities and that such actions, unless otherwise excluded from the referendum and initiative process by other state law, […]
Section 9-20-19 – Legislative decision of governing body subject to referendum–Administrative decision not subject to referendum.
9-20-19. Legislative decision of governing body subject to referendum–Administrative decision not subject to referendum. Any legislative decision of a governing body is subject to the referendum process. A legislative decision is one that enacts a permanent law or lays down a rule of conduct or course of policy for the guidance of citizens or their […]
Section 9-21-1 – Fiscal year of municipalities.
9-21-1. Fiscal year of municipalities. The fiscal year of each municipality shall commence on the first day of January of each year. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art VII, §7; SL 1890, ch 37, art XV, §1; RPolC 1903, §1295; SL 1913, ch 119, §114; RC 1919, §6333; SL 1921, ch 298; SDC 1939, §45.1401.
Section 9-21-2 – Annual appropriation ordinance–Time of introduction–Contents–Enterprise and trust and agency funds.
9-21-2. Annual appropriation ordinance–Time of introduction–Contents–Enterprise and trust and agency funds. The governing body of each municipality shall, no later than its first regular meeting in September of each year or within ten days thereafter, introduce the annual appropriation ordinance for the ensuing fiscal year, in which it shall appropriate the sums of money necessary […]
Section 9-21-3 – Appropriations limited to municipal powers.
9-21-3. Appropriations limited to municipal powers. No money belonging to any municipality shall be appropriated except for such objects and the defraying of such expenses as necessarily arise in the exercise of the powers granted to it. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §24; CL 1887, §1045; RPolC 1903, §1443; RC 1919, §6345; SDC 1939, §45.1406.
Section 9-20-13 – Ballots used in referendum election–Form and contents.
9-20-13. Ballots used in referendum election–Form and contents. The auditor or clerk shall have ballots printed for the vote upon such referred ordinance or resolution and cause the same to be distributed as other official ballots are distributed. Such ballots shall conform as near as may be to the law governing the submission of questions […]
Section 9-20-14 – General municipal election law applicable to referendum elections.
9-20-14. General municipal election law applicable to referendum elections. The elections provided for in this chapter shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 9-13 except as to the form of the ballots otherwise specifically provided. Source: SL 1899, ch 94, §9; RPolC 1903, §§1222, 1227; SL 1913, ch 119, §§46, 51; RC 1919, §6265; […]
Section 9-20-5.1 – Year’s waiting period required before amendment or repeal.
9-20-5.1. Year’s waiting period required before amendment or repeal. No initiated ordinance or resolution may be amended or repealed by the governing body of a municipality until at least one year has passed from its effective date. Source: SL 1977, ch 72.
Section 9-20-6 – Time for filing referendum petition.
9-20-6. Time for filing referendum petition. The required number of voters residing in any municipality may file within twenty days after the publication of any ordinance or resolution subject to referendum a petition with the auditor or clerk, requiring the submission of any such ordinance or resolution to a vote of the voters of the […]