<html> <head> <title>Rule 05:02:08:23 Form of petition for change in municipal government.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 05:02:08:23"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 05:02:08:23 Form of petition for change in municipal government."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} /* Page Definitions */ @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:49.7pt 63.35pt 49.7pt 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><a name="_GoBack"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>5:02:08:23.&nbsp;&nbsp;Form of petition for change in municipal government.</b> The form of a petition for either proposing a change in the type of municipal government or for increasing or decreasing the number of commissioners, wards, or trustees, or both, shall be as follows:</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>PETITION FOR ELECTION TO CHANGE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WE, THE UNDERSIGNED qualified voters of the municipality of __________________, petition that the municipal government of ____________________ be changed as follows and that the proposal be submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection pursuant to SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=9-11-5">9-11-5</A>:</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Here: either describe the proposed new form of government or the increase or decrease in the number of commissioners, wards, or trustees, or both.)</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'>&nbsp;</p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The balance of this petition form is prescribed in &#167;&nbsp;5:02:08:00.03.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 42 SDR 15, effective August 11, 2015.</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=12-1-9">12-1-9(7).</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=9-11-5">9-11-5.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>