38-8-92. Referendum on petition for dissolution of district--Form of ballot--Right to vote. Within one hundred twenty days after a petition pursuant to § 38-8-90 has been received by the State Conservation Commission and a finding by the commission of public support for a referendum, the Division of Resource Conservation and Forestry shall give due notice, as defined in § 38-7-2, of the holding of a referendum, and shall supervise the referendum. The commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 governing the conduct of the referendum. The question shall be submitted by ballots upon which the words "For continuing the existence of the __________ (name of the conservation district to be here inserted)" and "Against continuing the existence of the __________ (name of the conservation district to be here inserted)," shall be inserted with a square before each proposition and direction to insert a cross or check mark in the square before one or the other of said propositions as the voter may favor or oppose discontinuance of the district. The Division of Resource Conservation and Forestry shall certify the need for a referendum to the county auditors of the counties having area included in the district. The certification shall be provided before August first of the year in which the general election is to be held.
Source: SL 1937, ch 19, § 14; SDC 1939, § 4.1516; SL 1959, ch 3, § 6; SL 1994, ch 316, § 28.
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