March 25, 2016

The Honorable Matt Michels

President of the Senate

500 East Capital Avenue

Pierre, SD 57501-5070

Dear Mr. President and Members of the Senate,

I respectfully return Senate Bill 65 with the following recommendations as to STYLE and FORM.

Senate Bill 65 is an Act to revise the procedure for a municipal recall petition.

The bill as presented contains ambiguity as to the commencement of the ten-day timeframe for council action. This ambiguity can be resolved by making the following style and form corrections to the Enrolled version of Senate Bill 65:

In Section 2, on the first line, insert "of presentation" after "within ten days."

I respectfully request you concur with my recommendations as to style and form.

Respectfully submitted,

Dennis Daugaard

Governor