5:02:08:15. Municipal
initiative petition. The municipal initiative petition must be in the
following form:
MUNICIPAL
INITIATIVE PETITION
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ______________
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED qualified voters
of the municipality of __________________, the state of South Dakota, petition
that the following (ordinance) (resolution) be submitted to the voters of that
municipality for their approval or rejection pursuant to law.
The proposed (ordinance) (resolution)
in proper form is as follows:
Here state verbatim the proposed
(ordinance) (resolution).
(Here
insert instructions to voters and signature blanks prescribed in
§ 5:02:08:00.03.)
VERIFICATION
BY PERSON CIRCULATING PETITION
INSTRUCTIONS
TO CIRCULATOR: This section (bold) must
(unbold) be completed following circulation and
before filing.
Print name of the circulator Residence Address City State
I, under oath, state that I circulated the above initiative petition, that each signer personally signed this petition in my presence, that either the signer or I added the printed name, the residence address of the signer, the date of signing, and the county of voter registration, that I attest the legality of the signatures and that each person signing this petition is a resident and qualified voter of the municipality of ________________________.
________________________________
Signature
of Circulator
Sworn
to before me this _____ day of __________, ______.
(Seal)
________________________________
Signature of Officer Administering Oath
My
commission expires _________.
________________________________
Title
of Officer Administering Oath
Source:
4 SDR 26, effective October 27, 1977; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 25 SDR
8, effective August 3, 1998; 26 SDR 168, effective
June 25, 2000.
General
Authority: SDCL 12-1-9(7).
Law
Implemented: SDCL 9-20-2, 9-20-9.
