38-8-1. Filing of petition for organization of district--Number of signers--Contents--Consolidation of petitions. Any ten percent of the voters registered for the last general election within the limits of a territory proposed to be organized into a conservation district may file a petition with the State Conservation Commission asking that a conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. The petition shall set forth:
(1) The proposed name of the district;
(2) That there is need in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare, for a conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition;
(3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district;
(4) A request that the commission duly define the boundaries for the district; that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a conservation district in the territory; and that the commission determine that such a district be created.
If more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the commission may consolidate all or any such petitions. The petition shall be filed before April first of the year in which a general election is to be held.
Source: SL 1937, ch 19, § 5; SDC 1939, § 4.1507; SL 1947, ch 11; SL 1959, ch 3, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.1507 (1); SL 1994, ch 316, § 1.
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