Special or annual election--Notice.

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9-13-31. Special or annual election--Notice.

The governing body shall, within ten days of presentation, order and fix a date for holding a special election, to be on a Tuesday not less than thirty nor more than fifty days from the date of the order of the governing body. If a petition is filed after December thirty-first before the annual municipal election and within sufficient time to comply with the provisions of §9-13-14, the question of a successor shall be submitted at that annual election.

The governing body shall have a notice of election published in the same manner as provided in §9-13-13.

Source: SL 1913, ch 119, §15; RC 1919, §6332; SL 1937, ch 176, §1; SDC 1939, §45.1325; SL 1963, ch 280; SL 1977, ch 68, §7; SL 1983, ch 53, §5; SL 2016, ch 49, §2.


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