AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the qualification process for municipal
office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 9-14-5 be amended to read:
9-14-5. Each appointive municipal officer shall begin discharging the duties of the office as soon as the officer has qualified by filing an oath or affirmation of office in the usual form provided by law. The officer shall file the form within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the appointment. The officer shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of a successor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 9-14-5 be amended to read:
9-14-5. Each appointive municipal officer shall begin discharging the duties of the office as soon as the officer has qualified by filing an oath or affirmation of office in the usual form provided by law. The officer shall file the form within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the appointment. The officer shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of a successor.
Each elective municipal officer, if elected to fill a vacancy, shall begin discharging the duties of
the office as soon as the officer has qualified by filing an oath or affirmation of office in the usual
form provided by law. The officer shall file the form within ten days after the first meeting of the
month following the election. Except as otherwise provided, each officer, if elected for a full term,
shall begin discharging the duties of the office on the first meeting of the month next succeeding the
election or as soon thereafter as the officer has qualified.
Section 2. That § 9-14-7 be amended to read:
9-14-7. In third class municipalities the clerk, director of equalization, treasurer, and marshal, within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the election or appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation of office in the form required by the Constitution and furnish an undertaking to be approved by the Board of Trustees in such sum as it shall direct.
Section 3. That § 9-14-10 be amended to read:
9-14-10. The removal of any municipal officer from the ward or municipality for which the officer was elected or appointed, or the officer's failure, within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the election or appointment, to qualify and begin the duties of office, causes a
An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the qualification process for municipal office.
Section 2. That § 9-14-7 be amended to read:
9-14-7. In third class municipalities the clerk, director of equalization, treasurer, and marshal, within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the election or appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation of office in the form required by the Constitution and furnish an undertaking to be approved by the Board of Trustees in such sum as it shall direct.
Section 3. That § 9-14-10 be amended to read:
9-14-10. The removal of any municipal officer from the ward or municipality for which the officer was elected or appointed, or the officer's failure, within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the election or appointment, to qualify and begin the duties of office, causes a
vacancy in the office.
An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the qualification process for municipal office.
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I certify that the attached Act originated in the
HOUSE as Bill No. 1103
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Chief Clerk ____________________________
Speaker of the House
Attest:
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Chief Clerk
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Attest:
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Secretary of the Senate
House Bill No. 1103 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______ |
Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 20___
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Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
____________________________ Secretary of State
By _________________________ |
