<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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906Normal { text-align: center; 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.s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8"><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="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906Normal"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906HG4C">ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Mayor--Term of office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Mayor and alderman--Qualifications--Effect of moving residence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Mayor--Vacancy--Resignation--Temporary absence or disability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Mayor--Powers and duties--Veto power.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Common council--Composition--Election and terms of aldermen--Vacancy--Resignation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-4.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Municipalities with less than three thousand residents--Authorized to elect aldermen at-large.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Common council--Power to judge members and govern proceedings--Expulsion--Vacating office for bribery, attendance issues.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 1979, ch 50, § 3.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Common council--President and vice president--Term--Election--Vacancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-9</span></a><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2013, ch 35, § 1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Common council--Meetings--Voting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Reconsideration of council action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e75f7effbdc4880b3b151c6138de906DefaultParagraphFont">    Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore--Duties and authority.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036197Normal { 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.s2036197SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036197CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036197Normal-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.s2036197DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036197000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036197SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036197SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2036197Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-8-1"><span class="s2036197SENU">9-8-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036197SENU">. </span><span class="s2036197CL">Mayor--Term of office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036197Normal-000000"><span class="s2036197DefaultParagraphFont">The chief executive officer of a municipality under the aldermanic form is the mayor. The mayor holds office for a term of not less than two nor more than five years as determined by ordinance. A mayor may hold office for more than one term.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036197Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036197000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036197Normal"><span class="s2036197SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036197SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 45.0701; SL 1959, ch 267; SL 1984, ch 53, § 1; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1992, ch 61, § 1; SL 2001, ch 42, § 1; SL 2017, ch 56, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fNormal { 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.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fStatute { 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.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51f000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fNoIndent { 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.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-1.1 - Mayor and alderman--Qualifications--Effect of moving residence."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-1.1 - Mayor and alderman--Qualifications--Effect of moving residence."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-1.1"><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="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fSENU">9-8-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fSENU">. </span><span class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fCL">Mayor and alderman--Qualifications--Effect of moving residence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fDefaultParagraphFont">An individual may be nominated, elected, or appointed as a mayor or as an alderman, if the person is a citizen of the United States, a voter of the municipality, and a resident of the municipality in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-14-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fDefaultParagraphFont">9-14-2</span></a><span class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fDefaultParagraphFont">. An alderman representing a ward must be a voter of and resident of the ward for which the person is to hold office. If the mayor or an alderman at large moves to a permanent residence outside the corporate limits of the municipality, the office is immediately vacated. If an alderman representing a ward moves to a permanent residence outside the boundaries of his or her ward, the office is immediately vacated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51f000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s78c6c5e24fc7495fbd37a54c10c6d51fSCL">SL 1992, ch 61, § 2; SL 2017, ch 56, § 2; SL 2025, ch 38, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eNormal { 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.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eStatute { 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.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9e000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eNoIndent { 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.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-2 - Mayor--Vacancy--Resignation--Temporary absence or disability."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-2 - Mayor--Vacancy--Resignation--Temporary absence or disability."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-2"><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="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eSENU">9-8-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eSENU">. </span><span class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eCL">Mayor--Vacancy--Resignation--Temporary absence or disability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont">If there is a vacancy from any cause in the office of the mayor, the vacancy must be filled by appointment by a majority vote of all the aldermen, as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs, to serve until the office is filled by election for the unexpired term at the next annual municipal election or by special election as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13-14.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont">9-13-14.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont">. Until the vacancy is filled, the powers and duties of mayor are executed by the mayor pro tempore, as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont">9-8-13</span></a><span class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eStatute"><span class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont">A resignation by the mayor must be in writing and must specify the effective date of the resignation. A temporary absence or temporary incapacitation of the mayor is not a vacancy in the office of the mayor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9e000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s3e3adeabc35241178fa62ddb5d16ff9eSCL">SL 1890, ch 37, art III, § 2; RPolC 1903, §§ 1182, 1184; SL 1907, ch 89; RC 1919, § 6205; SDC 1939, § 45.0701; SL 1959, ch 267; SL 1981, ch 64; SL 2005, ch 48, § 1; SL 2017, ch 56, § 3; SL 2025, ch 38, § 19.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157Normal { 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.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157Statute { 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.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157NoIndent { 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.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-3 - Mayor--Powers and duties--Veto power."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-3 - Mayor--Powers and duties--Veto power."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-3"><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="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157SENU">9-8-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157SENU">. </span><span class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157CL">Mayor--Powers and duties--Veto power.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157DefaultParagraphFont">The mayor presides at all meetings of the council. The mayor votes only in the case of a tie, except pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-10</span></a><span class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157DefaultParagraphFont">. The mayor performs other duties as may be prescribed by the laws and ordinances, and takes care that the laws and ordinances are faithfully executed. The mayor shall annually, or as may be necessary, give the council information relative to the affairs of the municipality, and recommend for the council's consideration the measures the mayor deems prudent. The mayor may sign or veto any ordinance or resolution passed by the common council. The mayor may veto any part or item of an ordinance or resolution appropriating money.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2197d639a3f34767a7bc6dd7e1621157SCL">SL 1890, ch 37, art III, §§ 4, 8, 10, 14; RPolC 1903, §§ 1185, 1189, 1191, 1195; RC 1919, §§ 6206 to 6208; SDC 1939, § 45.0702; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2017, ch 56, § 4; SL 2025, ch 38, § 20.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8Normal { 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.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8Statute { 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.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8NoIndent { 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.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-4 - Common council--Composition--Election and terms of aldermen--Vacancy--Resignation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-4 - Common council--Composition--Election and terms of aldermen--Vacancy--Resignation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-4"><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="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8SENU">9-8-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8SENU">. </span><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8CL">Common council--Composition--Election and terms of aldermen--Vacancy--Resignation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont">The common council consists of the mayor elected at large and two aldermen elected from and by the voters of each ward of the municipality. The term of office is two years, unless a municipality adopts an ordinance establishing the term of office to be three, four, or five years. Except as otherwise provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont">, the mayor and aldermen hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. At the first election of aldermen, the council shall stagger the initial terms of the alderman in each ward to provide that two aldermen from the same ward are not up for reelection in the same year. A person may hold office for more than one term. The vacancy of an alderman is filled as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13-14.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont">9-13-14.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13-14.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont">9-13-14.2</span></a><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8Statute"><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont">A resignation by an alderman must be in writing and must specify the effective date of the resignation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s9e90effc099e461facc1adb1156addf8SCL">SDC 1939, § 45.0703; SL 1998, ch 44, § 1; SL 2005, ch 48, § 2; SL 2017, ch 56, § 5; SL 2025, ch 38, § 21.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbNormal { 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.s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD - Municipalities with less than three thousand residents--Authorized to elect aldermen at-large."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Municipalities with less than three thousand residents--Authorized to elect aldermen at-large."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><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="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-4.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbSENU">9-8-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbSENU">. </span><span class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbCL">Municipalities with less than three thousand residents--Authorized to elect aldermen at-large.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont">9-8-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont">, the voters of any second or third class municipality may, by majority vote, choose to elect aldermen to the common council at large using the process provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-11-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont">9-11-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont">. The voters may revert to electing aldermen by ward in the same manner provided in this section, subject to the waiting period in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-11-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont">9-11-8</span></a><span class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fb000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s0164c049ae9d42519f316c6eb137a3fbSCL">SL 2022, ch 21, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fNormal { 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.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fStatute { 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.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94f000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fNoIndent { 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.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-5 - Common council--Power to judge members and govern proceedings--Expulsion--Vacating office for bribery, attendance issues."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-5 - Common council--Power to judge members and govern proceedings--Expulsion--Vacating office for bribery, attendance issues."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-5"><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="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fSENU">9-8-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fSENU">. </span><span class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fCL">Common council--Power to judge members and govern proceedings--Expulsion--Vacating office for bribery, attendance issues.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fStatute"><span class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fDefaultParagraphFont">The council is the judge of the election and qualification of its members. The council may, by ordinance, determine its rules of procedure and code of conduct, and may punish its members for disorderly conduct while performing the duties of office, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the aldermen, may expel a member.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fStatute"><span class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fDefaultParagraphFont">The office of a mayor or any alderman convicted of a crime that involves bribery is deemed vacated upon entry of a judgment of conviction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fStatute"><span class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fDefaultParagraphFont">The council may, by ordinance, establish requirements for attendance at regular meetings and provide for the expulsion of a member in violation of the attendance requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94f000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s032c6c7c98304f65850c178174c0d94fSCL">SL 1890, ch 37, art IV, §§ 6, 7; RPolC 1903, §§ 1203, 1204; RC 1919, § 6210; SDC 1939, § 45.0704; SL 2017, ch 56, § 6; SL 2025, ch 38, § 22.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036203Normal { 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.s2036203SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036203CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2036203Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-8-6"><span class="s2036203SENU">9-8-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036203SENU">. </span><span class="s2036203CL">Repealed by SL 1979, ch 50, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5NoIndent { 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.s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-7 - Common council--President and vice president--Term--Election--Vacancy."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-7 - Common council--President and vice president--Term--Election--Vacancy."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-7"><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="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5SENU">9-8-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5SENU">. </span><span class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5CL">Common council--President and vice president--Term--Election--Vacancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5Statute"><span class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5DefaultParagraphFont">At the first regular meeting after the annual election in each year and after the qualification of the newly elected aldermen, the council shall elect from among its members a president and vice president, who shall hold their respective offices until a president and vice president are elected the following year. In a year when there is no annual election, the council shall elect from among its members a president and vice president at the first regular meeting that occurs no more than one year after the president and vice president were last elected from among the council s members.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5Statute"><span class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5DefaultParagraphFont">If an emergency prevents the first regular meeting from occurring, the election must take place at either the next regular meeting or a special meeting. If there is a vacancy in the office of the president, the council must elect a president from among its members at the first regular or special meeting that occurs after the vacancy occurred.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5Statute"><span class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5DefaultParagraphFont">If there is a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the council must elect a vice president from among its members at the first regular or special meeting that occurs after the vacancy occurred. If the vacancy in the office of the vice president occurs during a meeting, the council may choose to elect a vice president from among its members during the same meeting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s1a224404e7f54945b0b5febc35e318b5SCL">SL 1890, ch 37, art IV, § 10; RPolC 1903, § 1207; RC 1919, § 6213; SDC 1939, § 45.0706; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2017, ch 56, § 7; SL 2025, ch 38, § 23.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Normal { 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.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute { 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.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20NoIndent { 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.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-8 - Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-8 - Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-8"><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="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SENU">9-8-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SENU">. </span><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20CL">Common council--Meetings--Quorum--Open to public--Minutes kept.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">The council holds its regular meetings on the first Monday of each month but may, by ordinance, change the day of its regular monthly meetings. The council may prescribe by ordinance the manner in which special meetings may be called.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">A majority of all the aldermen constitutes a quorum to do business. When a seat on a council is vacant due to removal, resignation, death, or by operation of law, the quorum consists of the majority of all the aldermen who are qualified to serve as aldermen by election or appointment pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">9-13</span></a><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">. The council may compel the attendance of absentees under the penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Statute"><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont">The meetings of the council are open to the public. The council shall keep minutes of its meetings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s0a9f2a7d42174ce1be651bcf1d610e20SCL">SL 1890, ch 37, art IV, §§ 9, 11; RPolC 1903, §§ 1205, 1206, 1208; RC 1919, §§ 6211, 6212, 6214; SDC 1939, § 45.0705; SL 2017, ch 56, § 8; SL 2025, ch 38, § 24.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT9-8-9 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 9-8-9 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 9-8-9"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 9-8-9. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2013, ch 35, &#167;&nbsp;1.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8Normal { 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.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8Statute { 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.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8NoIndent { 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.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-10 - Common council--Meetings--Voting."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-10 - Common council--Meetings--Voting."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-10"><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="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-10" rel="noopener"><span class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8SENU">9-8-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8SENU">. </span><span class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8CL">Common council--Meetings--Voting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8Statute"><span class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8DefaultParagraphFont">All votes must be taken orally or by roll call. A vote may not be taken by secret ballot. If any member of the council requests a roll call vote, a roll call vote must be taken. All votes must be entered in the minutes of the council s proceedings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8Statute"><span class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8DefaultParagraphFont">The majority vote of all the aldermen is necessary to pass an ordinance or proposal that expends or appropriates money. The mayor may not break a tie on an ordinance or proposal to expend or appropriate money. The mayor may break a tie on all other ordinances or proposals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8Statute"><span class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8DefaultParagraphFont">A two-thirds vote of the aldermen is required to sell any city property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sdf494c0efea94d3398e4256a9b3a80e8SCL">SL 1890, ch 37, art IV, § 12; RPolC 1903, § 1209; RC 1919, § 6215; SDC 1939, § 45.0707; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2017, ch 56, § 9; SL 2025, ch 38, § 25.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036208SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2036208Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-8-11"><span class="s2036208SENU">9-8-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036208SENU">. </span><span class="s2036208CL">Reconsideration of council action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036208Normal-000000"><span class="s2036208DefaultParagraphFont">A vote of the council may be reconsidered or rescinded at a regular or special meeting if a quorum is present and a majority vote to reconsider or rescind the action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036208Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036208000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036208Normal"><span class="s2036208SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036208SCL-000002"> SL 1890, ch 37, art IV, § 13; RPolC 1903, § 1210; RC 1919, § 6216; SDC 1939, § 45.0708; SL 2017, ch 56, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5Normal { 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.s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-8-12 - Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-12 - Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-12"><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="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5SENU">9-8-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5SENU">. </span><span class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5CL">Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5DefaultParagraphFont">In the temporary absence or temporary incapacitation of the mayor, the president of the council shall serve as the mayor pro tempore, as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5DefaultParagraphFont">9-8-13</span></a><span class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5DefaultParagraphFont">, until the temporary absence or temporary incapacitation ends.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5Statute"><span class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5DefaultParagraphFont">In the temporary absence or disability of the mayor and president of the council, the vice president of the council shall serve as the mayor pro tempore until the temporary absence or temporary incapacitation ends.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2718785beec34e36a450044bf9e7e1c5SCL">SL 2025, ch 38, § 26.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-8 - ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666Normal { 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.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666Statute { 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.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666NoIndent { 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.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666SCL { 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 9-8-13 - Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore--Duties and authority."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-8-13 - Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore--Duties and authority."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-8-13"><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="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-8-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666SENU">9-8-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666SENU">. </span><span class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666CL">Mayor--Temporary absence or incapacity--Mayor pro tempore--Duties and authority.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666Statute"><span class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666DefaultParagraphFont">The mayor pro tempore shall perform the mayor s duties, except that the mayor pro tempore may not appoint, employ, or remove appointive officers without approval of the council.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666Statute"><span class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666DefaultParagraphFont">The mayor pro tempore acts as the presiding officer of the council, but the mayor pro tempore may only vote as an alderman. No alderman acting as mayor may vote as the mayor to break a tie vote.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666Statute"><span class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section "appointive officers" are municipal employees or members of a board, commission, committee, or similar body that the mayor has the authority to appoint, with or without the approval of the council.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s50a474d50ff440a3a34a2c2611798666SCL">SL 2025, ch 38, § 27.</span></p></div></body></html>