CHAPTER 30: GOVERNING BODY
Section
General Provisions
   30.01   Forms of government
   30.02   Classes of municipalities; change of classification
   30.03   Vacancies
Organization; Board of Commissioners Form
   30.15   Composition
   30.16   Qualifications and terms of office
   30.17   President
   30.18   Vacancies
   30.19   Meetings
   30.20   Quorum; voting
   30.21   General oversight
   30.22   Three-Board of Commissioners city
Ordinances and Resolutions
   30.35   Style of ordinances; subject
   30.36   Readings, passage, and publication
   30.37   Effective date of ordinances and resolutions
   30.38   Compilation of ordinances
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-2-1 through 9-2-3
   Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-2-1 and 9-2-2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 30.01 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.
   Each municipality shall be governed by a Mayor and Board of Commissioners. A City Administrator may serve with any of the forms of government.
(Prior Code, § 30.001)
§ 30.02 CLASSES OF MUNICIPALITIES; CHANGE OF CLASSIFICATION.
   (A)   There are three classes of municipal corporations:
      (1)   First class, with a population of 5,000 or over;
      (2)   Second class, with a population between 500 and 5,000; and
      (3)   Third class, with a population of less than 500.
   (B)   (1)   The municipality may change its classification if the territory of the municipality has changed substantially since the last preceding census.
      (2)   The governing body by resolution may authorize and direct its Clerk to determine the population by filing in his or her office a certificate showing the whole number of persons who voted at the last preceding annual municipal election, which number, multiplied by three, shall constitute the population for the purpose of classification until the next federal census shall have been completed.
(Prior Code, § 30.002)
§ 30.03 VACANCIES.
   When a vacancy exists in a municipal governing body, the remaining members shall appoint a replacement to serve until the next annual municipal election. There shall not be a special election held to fill a vacancy before the date of the annual municipal election.
(Prior Code, § 30.003)
ORGANIZATION; BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FORM
§ 30.15 COMPOSITION.
   Under the Board of Commissioners form, where a City Administrator is not employed, the Board of Commissioners shall consist of the Mayor and two or four Commissioners elected at large.
(Prior Code, § 30.055)
Statutory reference:
   Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-9-1
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