Section 9-20-1 - Percentage of voters required to propose ordinance or resolution.

9-20-1. Percentage of voters required to propose ordinance or resolution. The registered voters of any municipality may propose ordinances and resolutions for the government of the municipality if the petition is signed by at least five percent of the registered voters in the municipality. The percentage shall be based on the number of voters of the municipality as determined by the county auditor from the master registration file of registered voters in the municipality as of the time of the filing of the petition mentioned in § 9-20-2.

Source: SDC 1939, § 45.1018; SL 1947, ch 199, § 1; SL 1968, ch 183, § 2; SL 2002, ch 40, § 2.