<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 7-2-3 - Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 7-2-3 - Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 7-2-3 - Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/7-2-3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=7-2-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960SENU">7-2-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960SENU">. </span><span class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960CL">Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960Statute"><span class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960DefaultParagraphFont">If at any election held under the provisions of this chapter, a majority of all the votes cast at the election in each of the affected counties are in favor of consolidation of two or more counties or the changing of the boundary lines of named counties, they must be declared consolidated or changed as per the ballot question and this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s991f9549341e4e5296904cc85192f960SCL">SL 1893, ch 45, §§ 5, 6; RPolC 1903, §§ 779, 780; RC 1919, §§ 5758, 5759; SDC 1939, § 12.0303; SL 2024, ch 26, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>