<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:29:10:14 Nominating petition -- Burden of proof.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:29:10:14"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:29:10:14 Nominating petition -- Burden of proof."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>74:29:10:14.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nominating petition -- Burden of proof.</b> Any citizen, organization, or agency that submits a nominating petition pursuant to §&nbsp;74:29:10:12 carries the burden of proving, during a hearing on the nominating petition, that the lands the nominating petition applies to are eligible for inclusion on the preliminary list of special, exceptional, critical, or unique lands. Failure to appear at or carry the burden of proof during the hearing constitute grounds for dismissal of the nominating petition by the board.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 17 SDR 86, effective December 25, 1990.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=45-6B-81">45-6B-81.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=45-6B-33.4">45-6B-33.4.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>