An Act to require a school board to hold a bond election at a primary or school general election.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 13-16-6.4 be AMENDED:
13-16-6.4.
Approval to enter
into an agreement or issue capital outlay certificates
to which 13-16-6.3
applies,
pursuant to
13-16-6.3,
is subject to a referendum if five percent of the registered voters,
based upon the total number of registered voters at the last
preceding general election, petition, within twenty days thereafter,
to have the question of approval
or disapproval of
to enter into
the agreement or issue of capital outlay certificates
or the lease‑purchase agreement
placed upon the ballot at the next
regular
primary or general
election
or at a special election called for that purpose.
The business manager shall give notice
of the fact
that the question will be on the ballot at
a regular or special
the primary or general
election as provided by law for school elections and prepare official
ballots therefor according to the provisions of this title relating
to elections
and the issue shall be decided by sixty percent of those voting
thereon.
Approval of the question to enter into an agreement or issue capital
outlay certificates requires an affirmative vote of at least sixty
percent of those voting on the question.
If the question is submitted to the voters at a primary election and is not approved by the voters, the school board may, by resolution, place the question on the ballot at the next general election immediately following the primary election.