<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 50-7-1 - Municipalities includes organized townships and counties. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2071289Normal { 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.s2071289SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071289CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2071289Normal-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.s2071289DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071289000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071289SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071289SCL-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="s2071289Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=50-7-1"><span class="s2071289SENU">50-7-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071289SENU">. </span><span class="s2071289CL">Municipalities includes organized townships and counties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071289Normal-000000"><span class="s2071289DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of this chapter, the term, municipalities, includes organized townships and organized counties, with any power and authority to be conferred upon organized townships and organized counties as is conferred upon municipalities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071289Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071289000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071289Normal"><span class="s2071289SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071289SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 2.0206 as enacted by SL 1949, ch 5; SL 1951, ch 2; SL 2014, ch 222, § 42; SL 2019, ch 203, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html>