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State of South Dakota
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NINETY-FIRST SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016 |
| 347X0019 | HOUSE BILL NO. 1060 |
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Introduced by: Representatives Schoenbeck, Anderson, Bolin, Brunner, Campbell, Deutsch,
DiSanto, Greenfield (Lana), Klumb, Latterell, Sly, Stalzer, Verchio, Wiik,
and Zikmund and Senators Greenfield (Brock), Curd, Holien, Monroe, and
Olson
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to repeal the South Dakota Board of Geographic Names.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 1-19C-2.1 be repealed.
1-19C-2.1. The South Dakota Board on Geographic Names is hereby created. The board
consists of the secretary of tribal relations and one representative each from the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, the State Historical
Society, and the Department of Tourism. The board shall elect a chair and vice chair from
among its membership and shall meet at least once each year to consider issues related to
geographical place names and to make recommendations to the appropriate local, state, and
federal agencies. The board shall investigate any proposed names, solicit public input, and make
a recommendation to the United States Board on Geographic Names as to whether the board
supports a new or replacement name. The board may establish procedures and standards to
recommend, evaluate, and select geographic place names by rules promulgated pursuant to
chapter 1-26. The rules shall be compatible with the standards of the United States Board on
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 1-19C-2.1 be repealed.
Geographic Names as contained in its manual, Principles, Policies and Procedures: Domestic
Names, Reston, Virginia, 1997. (http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro pol pro.pdf).
