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SD Codified L § 8-2-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-8 - Regulatory powers of township containing unincorporated town.

8-2-8. Regulatory powers of township containing unincorporated town.Each organized township in the state has power, when an unincorporated town is within its limits:(1)To regulate the laying of sidewalks and crosswalks along, over, or across the streets and alleys thereof;(2)To regulate the depositing of garbage, ashes, offal, or any offensive matter which might endanger the health of its inhabitants;(3)To prohibit within the limits of such unincorporated town the use of dangerous or defective stovepipes or chimneys;(4)To abate any nuisance found within its corporate limits;(5)To provide for the purchase and operation of such appliances as may be needed to protect the property of its inhabitants from fire;(6)To provide for planting and caring for shade trees along the streets and on public squares or grounds of such town;(7)To grant franchises and rights to persons, associations, or corporations, for the sale of electric current, the erection of lampposts, electric towers, light or powerlines, or other apparatus;(8)To authorize and regulate the erection and maintenance of street lamps, but the township shall incur no expense for such erection or maintenance;(9)To vote any appropriation necessary for providing a jail, and prescribe such regulations as may be necessary regarding the same. Any civil township providing such jail shall cause notice of the same to be published in the newspaper having the largest circulation in such township, if there be any, or cause the township clerk to post notice therefor in three of the most public places in the township;(10)To construct, operate, equip, maintain, extend, and improve any system or part of a system of waterworks and sewers for supplying water and sewerage services for an unincorporated town within its boundaries for industrial and domestic use therein, for such compensation and terms and conditions as it may determine;(11)To purchase, construct, maintain, operate, and lease parks and public recreational facilities when approved by the voters as provided by subdivision 8-3-2(8). Source: Subd. (1) to (6): SL 1901, ch 200; RPolC 1903, §1003, subdiv 6; RC 1919, §6044 (5); SL 1919, ch 347; SL 1925, ch 290; SDC 1939, §58.0201 (6). Subd. (7) and (8): SL 1925, ch 290; SDC 1939, §58.0201 (6). Subd. (9): PolC 1877, ch 23, §§39, 40; CL 1887, §§841, 842; RPolC 1903, §§1148, 1149; RC 1919, §§6138, 6139; SDC 1939, §58.0201 (6). Subd. (10): SDC 1939, §58.0201 (6) as added by SL 1963, ch 452; SL 1968, ch 265; SL 1977, ch 65.
SD Codified L § 8-2-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-9 - Regulatory powers of township adjacent to large municipality--Subordination to powers of county or municipality.

8-2-9. Regulatory powers of township adjacent to large municipality--Subordination to powers of county or municipality.Each organized township in the state has power, when a municipality with a population of fifty thousand or more is within four miles of the township:(1)To regulate the depositing of garbage, ashes, offal, or any offensive matter which might endanger the health of its inhabitants;(2)To compel any privy, sewer or cesspool maintained in such a manner as not to be offensive or endanger the health of any persons in the township;(3)To prevent the pollution of or any injury to any water supply;(4)To do what may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease;(5)To regulate the moving of any house or building into, within, or out of the township, and to prevent the moving into the township of any house or building of dangerous construction or condition, and to require that a license or permit shall first be obtained from the board of township supervisors before any house or building may be moved into, within, or out of the township. The granting of such license or permit shall be within the sound discretion of the board of township supervisors and no house or building shall be moved into, within, or out of the township until such permit or license has first been issued;(6)To prescribe the manner of constructing buildings and structures to be erected within the township, and to require that a building permit shall be first obtained from the board of township supervisors before the construction of any building or structure within the township;(7)To prevent and provide for remedying any dangerous construction or condition of any building, enclosure or manufactory or any equipment used therein, and to require all buildings and places to be put in a safe condition;(8)To regulate and restrict the height, and size of buildings and other structures and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes, with the object of promoting the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the township, and for such purpose to divide the township into districts for zoning purposes;(9)To abate any nuisance found within its corporate limits;(10)To compel compliance with and to prevent the violation of any of the provisions of this section.The powers as provided in this section shall be subordinate to any zoning or other powers of the county or adjoining municipality when such powers are, or shall be, exercised by said county or municipality in respect to said township. Source: SDC 1939, §58.0201 (9) as added by SL 1959, ch 448, §§1, 2; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 8-2-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-10 - Powers restricted to those expressly granted.

8-2-10. Powers restricted to those expressly granted.No organized township shall possess or exercise any powers except such as are enumerated in this chapter, or are especially given by law or are necessary to the exercise of the powers so enumerated or granted. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §9; PolC 1877, ch 23, §8; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §9; CL 1887, §712; RPolC 1903, §1004; RC 1919, §6045; SDC 1939, §58.0202.
SD Codified L § 8-2-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-11 - Publication of township bylaws and changes--Effect.

8-2-11. Publication of township bylaws and changes--Effect.No bylaw made by any township shall take effect before the publication thereof for three consecutive days in a daily, or for two consecutive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in said township; and such bylaws, duly made and so published, are binding upon all persons coming within the limits of the township as well as upon the inhabitants thereof, and shall remain in force until altered or repealed at some subsequent township meeting.The township clerk shall publish notice of any changes in the bylaws in the manner hereinbefore provided and shall make an entry in the township records of the time when and the manner in which such notice was published. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §§14, 15; CL 1887, §§735, 736; RPolC 1903, §§1027, 1028; RC 1919, §§6067, 6068; SDC 1939, §58.0205; SL 1963, ch 451, §1.
SD Codified L § 8-2-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-12 - Remedies for trespass on township lands.

8-2-12. Remedies for trespass on township lands.Whenever any action is brought to recover a penalty imposed for any trespass committed on the lands belonging to the township, if it appears on the trial thereof that the actual amount of injury to such lands in consequence of such trespass exceeds the sum of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the amount of actual damage with costs of suit shall be recovered in such action instead of any penalty for such trespass imposed by the township meeting, and such recovery shall be a bar to every other action for the same trespass. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §87; PolC 1877, ch 23, §75; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §96; CL 1887, §809; RPolC 1903, §1102; RC 1919, §6120; SDC 1939, §58.0812.
SD Codified L § 8-2-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-14 - Deferred compensation program for volunteer firefighters--Establishment and management--Participation optional.

8-2-14. Deferred compensation program for volunteer firefighters--Establishment and management--Participation optional.Any township with a volunteer fire department may establish a deferred compensation program for its volunteer firefighters. Such a program may be financed by the township or by the volunteer firefighters and may be managed through the township or through an insurance company or other financial institution. Such program shall be established by ordinance. Each township shall establish requirements for participation in the program. Participation in the program of deferred compensation shall be at the option of the volunteer firefighter. Source: SL 1986, ch 71, §3.
SD Codified L § 8-2-14.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-14.1 - Deferred compensation program for volunteer advanced life support personnel.

8-2-14.1. Deferred compensation program for volunteer advanced life support personnel.Any township with volunteer advanced life support personnel may establish a deferred compensation program for its volunteer advanced life support personnel. Such a program may be financed by the township or by the volunteer advanced life support personnel and may be managed through the township or through an insurance company or other financial institution. Such program shall be established by ordinance. Each township shall establish requirements for participation in the program. Participation in the program of deferred compensation shall be at the option of the volunteer advanced life support personnel. Source: SL 2011, ch 36, §2.
SD Codified L § 8-2-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-15 - Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries.

8-2-15. Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries.The township board of supervisors may regulate and maintain abandoned rural cemeteries within their township. The regulation and maintenance may include the mowing and cutting of weeds and grass, the repairing of fences and corrective measures relative to grave markers. Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this section may be appropriated from the township general fund. The board of supervisors shall notify the board of county commissioners in writing that the board of supervisors will maintain an abandoned cemetery. Source: SL 1993, ch 67.
SD Codified L § 8-2-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships|Section 8-2-16 - Enrollment in group health, life, and disability income insurance plans--Premiums.

8-2-16. Enrollment in group health, life, and disability income insurance plans--Premiums.A township may enroll in any group health insurance plan, group life insurance plan, or group disability income insurance plan permitted by law to be offered in this state for township officers and any employee of the township who is employed for a minimum of one thousand forty hours per year by the township. A township may only pay the premiums or any portion thereof for the insurance programs allowed by this section for such employee. Source: SL 2010, ch 39, §1; SL 2014, ch 48, §2.
SD Codified L § 8-3-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-1 - Time and place of annual meeting--Publication of notice.

8-3-1. Time and place of annual meeting--Publication of notice.The citizens of each organized civil township qualified to vote at general elections shall annually assemble and hold a township meeting on the first Tuesday of March. The township board of supervisors shall by resolution establish the location where the annual township meeting shall be held. The location of the annual meeting shall be in the county where the township is located. Notice of the time and place of such township meeting shall be given by the publication thereof for three consecutive days in a daily, or for two consecutive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the township beginning not less than twelve calendar days prior to such meeting. In case of inclement weather, any required township meeting may be rescheduled for the following Tuesday at the same place and location without additional publication in the newspaper and meeting requirements provided in §1-25-1.1. If the board of supervisors requires nominating petitions pursuant to §8-3-1.1, the notice required by this section shall include the names and the office they seek of those who have filed nominating petitions pursuant to §8-3-1.2. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §11; PolC 1877, ch 23, §11; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §11; CL 1887, §714; SL 1899, ch 85, §1; RPolC 1903, §1006; RC 1919, §6047; SDC 1939, §58.0301; SL 1963, ch 451, §1; SL 1989, ch 70, §1; SL 1990, ch 56, §4; SL 1992, ch 58, §1; SL 2014, ch 48, §3.
SD Codified L § 8-3-1.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-1.1 - Authority to require nominating petition.

8-3-1.1. Authority to require nominating petition.The board of supervisors of a township may, by ordinance, require a candidate for township office to file a nominating petition pursuant to §8-3-1.2. If a township has fifty or more registered voters, ten percent or more of the registered voters may file a petition, by October first, requesting that nomination petitions be filed by all candidates for township office. If such petition is filed, the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution requiring each candidate for township office to file a nominating petition pursuant to §8-3-1.2. Source: SL 1990, ch 56, §1; SL 1998, ch 43, §1.
SD Codified L § 8-3-1.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-1.2 - Filing nominating petition--Contents--Circulation prior to meeting.

8-3-1.2. Filing nominating petition--Contents--Circulation prior to meeting.If the board of supervisors requires nominating petitions pursuant to §8-3-1.1, no candidate for elective township office may be nominated unless a nominating petition is filed with the township clerk no later than five p.m. of the day twenty-five days prior to the annual township meeting at which such officer is to be elected. The nominating petition shall be signed by no less than ten registered voters of the township and shall be on a form approved by the state board of elections. The nominating petition shall contain the name of the candidate, his residence and business address, and the office for which he is nominated. A formal declaration of the candidate shall be signed by him prior to the circulation of petitions. The signed declaration of the candidate, or a facsimile thereof, may accompany and be part of the petition. The original signed declaration shall accompany and be a part of the petition. The signer or the circulator of the petition shall add the signer's residence address and the date of the signing. No petition may be circulated until forty-five days prior to the annual meeting. Source: SL 1990, ch 56, §2.
SD Codified L § 8-3-1.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-1.3 - Publication of election notice.

8-3-1.3. Publication of election notice.If the board of supervisors requires nominating petitions pursuant to §8-3-1.1, the township clerk shall publish a notice stating the offices that will be voted upon at the annual meeting. The notice shall be published in the official newspapers of the township once a week for two consecutive weeks. The last notice shall be at least forty-five days prior to the annual meeting. The notice shall state where nominating petitions shall be filed and the date when the petitions must be filed. Source: SL 1990, ch 56, §3.
SD Codified L § 8-3-1.4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-1.4 - Notice in township of twenty or fewer resident voters.

8-3-1.4. Notice in township of twenty or fewer resident voters.No township with a population of twenty or fewer resident voters is required to publish a notice of the time and place of an annual meeting more than once in any publication. Source: SL 1992, ch 58, §2; SL 2002, ch 44, §1.
SD Codified L § 8-3-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-2 - Powers of voters at annual meeting.

8-3-2. Powers of voters at annual meeting.The voters of each organized civil township have power at their annual meeting:(1)To select such township officers as are required by law to be chosen;(2)To vote to levy a tax for authorized township purposes, but the levy may not exceed the limit authorized by law. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §14; PolC 1877, ch 23, §10; CL 1887, §716; SL 1890, ch 35, §1; SL 1899, ch 41, §4; RPolC 1903, §1008; SL 1915, ch 292, §4; RC 1919, §6049; SDC 1939, §58.0303; SL 1965, ch 298; SL 2014, ch 48, §4.
SD Codified L § 8-3-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-3 - Special meetings of township electors--Statement calling meeting.

8-3-3. Special meetings of township electors--Statement calling meeting.Special meetings of the township electors may be held for the purpose of electing township officers to fill vacancies that occur, or for the purpose of transacting any lawful business if the entire board of supervisors files or if two members of the board of supervisors, together with at least twelve other resident voters of the township, file in the office of the township clerk a written statement that a special meeting is necessary for the interests of the township. However, special meetings may be called in a township with a population of twenty or fewer resident voters by the entire board of supervisors or by two members of the board of supervisors and four resident voters of the township. Source: SDC 1939, §58.0306; SL 1974, ch 153, §4; SL 1985, ch 56, §2; SL 1992, ch 59; SL 2002, ch 44, §2.
SD Codified L § 8-3-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-4 - Recording and publication of notice of special meeting--Exception.

8-3-4. Recording and publication of notice of special meeting--Exception.Every township clerk with whom such statement is filed as required in §8-3-3 shall record the same and immediately cause notice to be published in the same manner as provided for the publication of notice of the annual township meeting. However, in a township with a population of twenty or fewer resident voters, the notice of the time and place of any special meeting need not be published more than once in any publication, shall be provided not less than three days before the special meeting, and may be provided by first class mail in lieu of publication. Source: SDC 1939, §58.0307; SL 1963, ch 451, §1; SL 2002, ch 44, §3.
SD Codified L § 8-3-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-5 - Contents of notice of special meeting--Business restricted to stated purposes.

8-3-5. Contents of notice of special meeting--Business restricted to stated purposes.Every notice given for a special township meeting shall specify the purpose for which it is to be held, and no business shall be transacted at such meeting except such as is specified in such notice. If vacancies in office are to be filled at such meeting, the notice shall specify the vacancies, how they occurred, who was the last incumbent, and when the legal term of each such office expires. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §17; PolC 1877, ch 23, §14; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §18; CL 1887, §719; RPolC 1903, §1011; RC 1919, §6055; SDC 1939, §58.0308.
SD Codified L § 8-3-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-6 - Organization and officers of township meeting.

8-3-6. Organization and officers of township meeting.The voters present at the annual or special township meeting shall be called to order by the township clerk, if there is one present, and if not the voters shall elect one of their number chairman. Such voters shall elect three of their number judges, who shall be duly sworn and be judges of the qualifications of township voters. They shall then proceed to choose one of their number to preside as moderator. The township clerk shall be clerk of the meeting and keep full minutes of its proceedings, in which he shall enter at length every order or direction and all rules and regulations made by the meeting. If the township clerk is absent, then such person as is elected for that purpose shall act as clerk of the meeting. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §18; PolC 1877, ch 23, §15; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §19; CL 1887, §720; RPolC 1903, §1012; RC 1919, §6056; SL 1931, ch 261, §1; SDC 1939, §58.0309; SL 1976, ch 78.
SD Codified L § 8-3-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-7 - Registration and residence required to vote at township meeting.

8-3-7. Registration and residence required to vote at township meeting.No person may vote at any township meeting unless the person is registered to vote pursuant to chapter 12-4 and resides in the township. For the purposes of this section, a person resides in the township if the person actually lives in the township for at least thirty consecutive days each year, is a full-time postsecondary education student who resided in the township immediately prior to leaving for the postsecondary education, or is on active duty as a member of the armed forces whose home of record is within the township. A voter's qualification as a resident may be challenged in the manner provided in §12-18-10. No election may be contested on the grounds that any nonresident was allowed to vote if the nonresident was not challenged in the manner provided in §12-18-10. Source: SDC 1939, §58.0312; SL 1973, ch 69, §1; SL 1984, ch 50, §1; SL 2002, ch 43, §3.
SD Codified L § 8-3-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-8 - Unlawful voting at meeting as misdemeanor.

8-3-8. Unlawful voting at meeting as misdemeanor.Every person who votes at any civil township meeting, in a township in which he does not reside, or who offers to vote at any annual township meeting, after having voted at an annual township meeting held at another township within the same year, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: PenC 1877, §741; CL 1887, §6268; RPenC 1903, §73; RC 1919, §6061; SDC 1939, §58.9903; SL 1981, ch 43, §9.
SD Codified L § 8-3-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-9 - Determination of challenge to voter.

8-3-9. Determination of challenge to voter.If any person offering to vote at any election or upon any question arising at any township meeting is challenged as unqualified, the judges shall proceed thereupon in like manner as the judges at the general election are required to proceed, adapting the oath to the circumstances of the township meeting. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §23; CL 1887, §724; RPolC 1903, §1016; RC 1919, §6060; SDC 1939, §58.0313.