On page 1, line 1, of the Introduced bill, delete "enhance South Dakota" and insert " modify provisions related to county redistricting and to declare an emergency"
On the Introduced bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
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Section 1. That § 7-8-10 be AMENDED:
7-8-10.
The board of
county commissioners, at its regular meeting in
February
December of
each year ending in the numeral
2
1,
or within three months of the federal decennial census data becoming
available, and
after giving notice by publication for one week in the official
newspapers of the county, shall change the boundaries of the
commissioner districts if
such
the change is
necessary in order that each district
shall be
is as regular
and compact in form as practicable
and it shall so.
The board shall
divide and redistrict its county that each district
may contain as near as possible an equal number of residents
complies with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment, as
determined by the last preceding federal decennial census; or the
board may, at
its discretion
that time,
choose to have
all of its
commissioners
run
elected at
large.
The board may choose to have its members elected from single-member
districts, from multi-member districts, or from a hybrid plan of
single- and multi-member districts..
Section 2. That § 7-8-12.3 be AMENDED:
7-8-12.3.
The board of
county commissioners may, within one hundred eighty days of receipt
of such written order, redistrict the county's commission districts
once to avoid any perceived or potential violation of state or
federal law. The commissioners may change the boundaries of the
commissioner districts in order that each district
shall be
is as regular
and compact in form as practicable and shall redistrict the county so
that each commission district
contains an appropriate number of residents
complies with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment, as
determined by the last preceding federal decennial census; or the
board
of county commissioners
may, at
its discretion
that time,
choose to have
all of its
commissioners
run
elected at
large.
The board may choose to have its members elected from single-member
districts, from multi-member districts, or from a hybrid plan of
single- and multi-member districts.
Such redistricting shall
Redistricting may
occur only after giving notice by publication for at least one week
in the official newspapers of the county.
Section 3. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval."