7-2-1. Petition for consolidation or boundary change–Filing with county auditors–Submission to vote. If fifteen percent of the registered voters, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, of each of two or more adjoining counties of this state, petition the board of county commissioners of their respective counties for […]
7-2-10. First election of county officers after consolidation. There shall be elected in each new county at the next general election succeeding the proclamation by the Governor, one set of county officers for such new county. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §13; RPolC 1903, §787; RC 1919, §5766; SDC 1939, §12.0309.
7-2-11. Legislative representation of consolidated county. Such new county shall be entitled to the same number of members in the Legislature that such counties had in the aggregate before consolidation, and such number shall be elected at each general election until a new apportionment shall have been made. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §13; RPolC […]
7-2-12. Property and indebtedness of consolidated counties. The property of each of such consolidated counties shall after consolidation become the property of the new county. The indebtedness, if any, of each of such counties shall after consolidation be paid out of the taxes levied on the property in the respective territory of the county having […]
7-2-13. Revision of commissioner districts after change of county boundaries. If the area of any county in this state has been altered by the changing of the boundaries and the county’s commissioners do not run at large, the board of county commissioners, at the first regular meeting thereafter, shall establish commissioner districts in the county. […]
7-2-14. Transcription of records after change of county boundaries. Whenever the boundaries of a county have been changed, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at once to secure a full, true, and complete transcript of such records of the original county as may relate to or in any manner affect […]
7-2-15. Tax levies, assessments, and retirement of indebtedness after change of boundaries. Where the boundaries of two or more counties have been changed, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and the county or counties from which area has been detached has indebtedness charged against such detached area, all levies of taxes, and special assessments, […]
7-2-16. Municipal election on adjustment of county boundaries to include all of municipality. In any case where a municipality in this state is so situated that its boundaries extend into, and its area is a part of two or more adjoining counties of the state, the governing body of such municipality shall, upon petition signed […]
7-2-17. Certification of municipal election results to county auditors–Submission to voters of counties. If a majority of the voters of such municipality are in favor of the change, the auditor or clerk of such municipality, shall certify the result of such election to the county auditor of each county affected, and thereupon the county commissioners […]
7-2-18. Questions submitted to county voters on boundary adjustment to include or exclude municipality. The question to be submitted at the general election in each county affected, shall be substantially in the following form: Shall the boundaries of ________ county be changed to exclude “or include, as the case may be,” that part of ________ […]
7-2-2. Notice and ballots for election on consolidation or change–General law governing. The auditor of each of such counties shall give thirty days’ notice of such election by publication and prepare official ballots therefor according to the provisions of this chapter and this code relating to elections and the submission of questions to the voters. […]
7-2-3. Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change. If at any election held under the provisions of this chapter, a majority of all the votes cast at such election in each of such counties shall be in favor of consolidation of two or more counties or the changing of the boundary lines of such counties, […]
7-2-4. Certification of canvass of election returns–Governor’s proclamation and notice to county auditors. After the canvassing of the returns of such election it shall be the duty of the county auditor of each of such counties to transmit within thirty days a certified report of such canvass to the Governor who shall, within twenty days […]
7-2-5. Effective date of consolidation or boundary change. If the result of such election is in favor of consolidation or change of boundaries, such consolidation or change of boundaries shall be in full force and take effect on the first day of January next after the general election held succeeding the proclamation as provided in […]
7-2-7. Name and county seat of consolidated county. Any new county formed pursuant to this chapter shall take the name of the senior county and the location receiving the highest number of votes, cast at such election in the two or more counties for the county seat of the consolidated county, shall be the county […]
7-2-8. Commissioner districts in consolidated county–First election of commissioners after consolidation. The board of county commissioners of each of such counties shall, after the proclamation of consolidation by the Governor, meet in joint session at the office of the county auditor of the county seat of one of such counties on the first Monday in […]
7-2-9. Continuation of terms of officers after consolidation of counties. The county officers in each of the counties that may have been consolidated shall continue to act in their respective counties until the officers of the new counties shall have been elected and qualified. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §16; RPolC 1903, §790; RC 1919, […]
