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State of South Dakota
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SEVENTY-SECOND
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 1997 |
| 663A0556 |
SENATE BILL
NO.
141
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| Introduced by: Senators Vitter, Lange, and Shoener and Representatives Barker, Jorgensen, and Pummel |
FOR AN ACT 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
six months
sixty days
prior to the
filing of the petitions.
750 copies of this document were printed by the South Dakota
Legislative Research Council at a cost of $.015 per page. . Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.
Deletions from existing statutes are indicated byoverstrikes.
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
Legislative Research Council at a cost of $.015 per page. . Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.
Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by
