CHAPTER 47

(HB 1176)

Municipal elections, time to qualify for an office increased.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the time permitted to qualify for a municipally elected office.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 9-13-28 be amended to read as follows:

     9-13-28.   The auditor or clerk, within two days after the result of the election is declared, shall notify all persons each person elected to office of their the person's election. Unless such persons shall If a person does not qualify in within ten days after such notice the first meeting next succeeding the election , the office shall become vacant.

     Section  2.  That § 9-14-5 be amended to read as follows:

     9-14-5.   Each appointive municipal officer shall begin discharging the duties of the office as soon as the officer has qualified and shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of a successor.

     Each elective municipal officer, if elected to fill a vacancy, shall begin discharging the duties of the office as soon as the officer has qualified. Except as otherwise provided, every each officer, if elected for a full term, shall begin discharging the duties of the office on the first Monday of May meeting of the month next succeeding the election or as soon thereafter as the officer has qualified. If the election is held on the first or third Tuesday in June the officer shall enter upon the discharge of duties on the first Monday in July next succeeding the election or as soon as the officer is qualified.

     Signed February 14, 2002.

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