An Act to modify certain provisions related to school district elections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 13-7-11 be AMENDED:

13-7-11. The number and place of voting precincts shall must be determined by the school board.

A school board of a sparse school district, as defined in § 13-13-78, may not designate fewer polling places than the number designated by a county commission within the school district's boundaries pursuant to § 12-14-1.

Section 2. That § 13-16-6.4 be AMENDED:

13-16-6.4. Approval to enter into an agreement or issue capital outlay certificates to which § 13-16-6.3 applies is subject to a referendum if five percent of the registered voters, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, petition, within twenty days thereafter, to have the question of approval or disapproval of the agreement or issue of capital outlay certificates or the lease‑purchase agreement placed upon the ballot at the next regular election or at a special election called for that purpose. The question may not be voted on until one hundred eighty days after the date of the public hearing in § 13-16-6.3. The business manager shall give notice of the fact that the question will be on the ballot at a regular or special election as provided by law for school elections and prepare official ballots therefor according to the provisions of this title relating to elections, and the issue shall must be decided by sixty percent of those voting thereon.