5:02:08:25.  Form of petition for irrigation district director by division. The nominating petition for a director of an irrigation district by division shall be in the following form:

 

NOMINATING PETITION FOR IRRIGATION DISTRICT DIRECTOR BY DIVISION

NONPARTISAN ELECTION

 

          Only owners of not less than thirty-five acres of land within the area to be represented by the candidate are eligible to sign this petition.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE: The heading of this petition and the declaration of candidacy must be fully completed before the petition is circulated for signatures.

          WE, THE UNDERSIGNED electors of Director Division ____________________, of the  _________________________ Irrigation District, nominate ___________________ of ______________ County, State of South Dakota, whose mailing address is ______________________________, __________________, SD _______, as a candidate for the office of irrigation district director for Director Division ____________________, of the ___________________ Irrigation District in the annual election to be held on October ____, 20____.

______________________________________________________________________________

 

DECLARATION OF CANDIDATE

 

          I, ______________________ (print name here exactly as you want it on the ballot), under oath, declare that I am an elector in the area that I will represent and that I am eligible to seek the office for which I am a candidate. If nominated and elected, I will qualify and serve in that office.

 

                                                                                  (Signed)_______________________________

 

Sworn to before me this ______ day of __________, 20____.

 

(Seal)                                                                                    ________________________________

                                                                                              Signature of Officer Administering Oath

My commission expires _________.

                                                                                              ________________________________

                                                                                              Title of Officer Administering Oath

 

          The balance of this petition form is prescribed in § 5:02:08:00.03.

 

          Source: 11 SDR 120, effective March 11, 1985; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 47 SDR 37, effective October 6, 2020.

          General Authority: SDCL 12-1-9(7).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 46A-4-27.1, 46A-4-28.