FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions regarding county zoning.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 11-2-30 be amended to read:
    11-2-30. After the hearing, the board shall by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, either adopt or reject the amendment, supplement, change, modification, or repeal, with or without minor amendment. If adopted, the board shall publish a notice of the fact of adoption once in a legal newspaper of such the county and take effect on the twentieth day after its publication. The provisions of § 11-2-22 are applicable to this section.
    Section 2. That § 11-2-55 be amended to read:
    11-2-55. Appeals An appeal to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the county affected by any decision of the administrative officer, that is not a ministerial act or other preliminary act to bring an application or matter before the board for hearing and a final decision. The appeal shall be taken

within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board of adjustment, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the board of adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds of the appeal. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall transmit to the board of adjustment all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. All appeals relating to a particular action or property shall be consolidated and heard on an expedited basis.
    Section 3. That § 11-2-56 be amended to read:
    11-2-56. An appeal to the board of adjustment stays all proceedings in the action appealed from, except ministerial or other preliminary acts necessary to allow consolidated appeals on all matters prior to final decision by the board of adjustment, or unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken files a certificate that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would in the officer's opinion cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case proceedings may not be stayed other than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board of adjustment or by a court of record, on application, on notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.
    Section 4. That § 11-2-59 be amended to read:
    11-2-59. The concurring vote of two-thirds of the members of the board of adjustment is necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any such administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any such ordinance, except as to conditional uses where the county has chosen to adopt a different standard, as set forth in subdivision 11-2-53(3), or to effect any variation in the ordinance.
    Section 5. That § 11-2-60 be amended to read:
    11-2-60. In lieu of appointing the board of adjustment provided by § 11-2-49, the board of

county commissioners having adopted and in effect a zoning ordinance may act as and perform all the duties and exercise the powers of the board of adjustment. The chair of the board of county commissioners is chair of the board of adjustment as so composed. The concurring vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the board as so composed is necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any administrative official, or to decide in favor of the appellant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any zoning ordinance, except as to conditional uses where the county has chosen to adopt a different standard as set forth in subdivision 11-2-53(3), or to effect any variation in the ordinance.
    Section 6. That § 11-2-61 be amended to read:
    11-2-61. Any person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the county, aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment may present to a court of record a petition duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board of adjustment. An appeal to the circuit court may only commence upon filing a bond in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars with one or more sureties to be approved by the county auditor, on condition that the appellant shall prosecute the appeal without delay and pay all costs the appellant may be adjudged to pay in the circuit court. The bond shall be executed to the county and may be sued in the name of the county upon breach of any condition in the bond.
    Section 7. That § 11-4-19 be amended to read:
    11-4-19. Appeals to the Board of Adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the municipality affected by any decision of the administrative officer which is not a ministerial act or other preliminary act to bring an

application or matter before the board for hearing and a final decision on the merits. Such appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of such board, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the board of adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. All appeals relating to a particular action or property shall be consolidated and heard on an expedited basis.
    Section 8. That § 11-4-20 be amended to read:
    11-4-20. An appeal to the board of adjustment stays all proceedings in the action appealed from, except ministerial or other preliminary acts necessary to allow consolidated appeals on all matters prior to final decision by the board of adjustment, or unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken shall file a certificate that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would in his opinion cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board of adjustment or by a court of record, on application, on notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.
    Section 9. That § 11-4-25 be amended to read:
    11-4-25. Any person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the Board of Adjustment, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the municipality, aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment may present to a court of record a petition duly verified, setting forth that such decision is illegal, in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of the illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board. An appeal to the circuit court shall only be commenced upon filing a bond in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars with one or more

sureties to be approved by the county auditor conditioned that the appellant shall prosecute the appeal without delay and pay all costs that he may be adjudged to pay in the circuit court. Such bond shall be executed to the county and may be sued in the name of the county upon breach of any condition therein.