<html> <head> <title>Rule 12:09:04:01 Council districts.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 12:09:04:01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 12:09:04:01 Council districts."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"CG Times \(W1\)"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"CG Times (W1)",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>12:09:04:01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Council districts.</b> For purposes of the election of successors to the members of the council, the state is divided into </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>nine</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> council districts as follows:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;District 1, consisting of Hanson, Davison, Aurora,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Brule, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Douglas, and Hutchinson</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> counties;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;District 2, consisting of Clay, Union, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif'>Bon Homme, Charles Mix, and Yankton</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> counties;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;District 3, consisting of McCook, Minnehaha, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Turner, </span><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>and </span><span style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Lincoln</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> counties;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;District 4, consisting of Miner,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Sanborn, Lake, Moody,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> and Brookings counties;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5)&nbsp;&nbsp;District 5, consisting of </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Pennington, Haakon, Hughes, Hyde, Hand, Beadle, Custer, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Buffalo, Jerauld, Mellette, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Bennett, Todd, Tripp, and Gregory</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> counties;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6)&nbsp;&nbsp;District 6, consisting of Codington, Grant, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Deuel, Hamlin, and Kingsbury</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> counties; </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (7)&nbsp;&nbsp;District 7, consisting of Brown, Edmunds, McPherson, Campbell, Corson, Harding, and Perkins counties</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (8)&nbsp; District 8, consisting of Marshall, Roberts, Day, and Clark counties; and</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (9) District 9, consisting of Butte, Meade, Ziebach, Dewey, Walworth, Potter, Faulk, Spink, Lawrence, Stanley, and Sully counties.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 11 SDR 88, effective January 8, 1985; 12 SDR 128, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1, 1986; 19 SDR 145, effective March 29, 1993; 24 SDR 179, effective June 28, 1998</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; 45 SDR 159, July 5, 2019.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=38-29-3">38-29-3.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=38-29-2">38-29-2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=38-29-3">38-29-3.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>