ENTITLED, An Act  to revise the recall provisions for elected municipal officials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 9-13-30 be amended to read as follows:
     9-13-30.   A petition signed by fifteen percent of the registered voters of the first or second class municipality, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, demanding the election of a successor to the mayor, commissioner, or alderman sought to be removed shall be filed with the auditor and presented by the auditor to the governing body. The allowable grounds for removal are misconduct, malfeasance, nonfeasance, crimes in office, drunkenness, gross incompetency, corruption, theft, oppression, or gross partiality. The petition shall contain a specific statement of the grounds on which removal is sought. The form for the municipal recall petition shall be prescribed by the state Board of Elections pursuant to chapter 1-26. No signature on a petition is valid if signed more than sixty days prior to the filing of the petitions.

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An Act to revise the recall provisions for elected municipal officials.

========================= I certify that the attached Act originated in the SENATE as Bill No. 141

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Secretary of the Senate

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President of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

Senate Bill No. 141
File No. ____
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Received at this Executive Office this ____ day of _____________ ,

19___ at _____ M.

By _________________________
for the Governor

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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 19___

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Governor

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 19___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State