9-39-7. Petition for placement of utility under utility board--Number of signers required.
The municipal governing body, upon a petition signed by fifteen percent of the registered voters in the municipality, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, filed with the municipal finance officer, shall submit to the voters of the municipality the question described in §9-39-6 at a special election to be governed by the provisions of §9-13-14. The petition shall set forth the question which the petitioners desire submitted.
Source: SL 1955, ch 221, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §45.3901; SL 1987, ch 67, §17.