<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 38-8-15 - Election of initial supervisors--District as governmental subdivision. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062118Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2062118SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062118CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062118Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2062118DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062118000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062118SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062118SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2062118Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-8-15"><span class="s2062118SENU">38-8-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062118SENU">. </span><span class="s2062118CL">Election of initial supervisors--District as governmental subdivision.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062118Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062118DefaultParagraphFont">At the general election that includes the referendum on the establishment of a conservation district, five supervisors shall be elected as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-8-39"><span class="s2062118DefaultParagraphFont">38-8-39</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062118DefaultParagraphFont">. The election of the supervisors is null and void if the referendum on the establishment of the district fails. The district is a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, upon the taking of the proceedings described in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-8-16"><span class="s2062118DefaultParagraphFont">38-8-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062118DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-8-17"><span class="s2062118DefaultParagraphFont">38-8-17</span></a><span class="s2062118DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062118Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062118000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062118Normal"><span class="s2062118SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062118SCL-000002"> SL 1937, ch 19, §§ 5, 7; SDC 1939, §§ 4.1507, 4.1509; SL 1947, ch 11; SL 1947, ch 12; SL 1953, ch 7, § 1; SL 1957, ch 4, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 4.1507 (6), 4.1509 (1); SDCL, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-8-38"><span class="s2062118SCL-000002">38-8-38</span></a><span class="s2062118SCL-000002">; SL 1968, ch 1, § 5; SL 1994, ch 316, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html>