South Dakota § 31-12A-36 - Annexation of area--Procedures.
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§ 31-12A-36. Annexation of area--Procedures.
A contiguous area may be annexed to a road district by circulation of an initiating petition for annexation signed by twenty-five percent of the eligible voters in the area to be annexed and twenty-five percent of the eligible voters in the existing district, similar to an initiating petition specified in this chapter.
Upon receipt of an initiating petition and passage of a resolution by the directors finding that the petition is valid, the area shall be annexed if a majority of the eligible voters in the area to be annexed and a majority of the eligible voters in the existing area vote in favor of the annexation in the same manner as prescribed for creation of a new road district.
Source: SL 2001, ch 159, § 8; SL 2014, ch 46, § 21; SL 2016, ch 152, § 1.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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