Section 34A-6-25 - Vote required for municipal grant of franchise--General or special election--Adoption of ordinance before vote--Notice of election. - South Dakota Statutes

34A-6-25. Vote required for municipal grant of franchise--General or special election--Adoption of ordinance before vote--Notice of election. No franchise shall be granted by any municipality pursuant to § 34A-6-24 unless the governing body of the municipality shall submit the proposition of issuing such franchise to a vote of the electors at a general or special election called for that purpose. Before submitting such proposition, the governing body shall first approve the proposed franchise by ordinance duly adopted, incorporating the proposed franchise in full and providing for submission of such proposition at an election to be held not sooner than thirty days after the publication thereof. The notice of election and the proposition shall refer to such ordinance by number and shall include the full title thereof. No such franchise or franchise ordinance shall be effective unless the proposal to grant the same be approved at such election by a majority vote of the electors.

Source: SL 1975, ch 226, § 1; SDCL Supp, § 34-16B-21.2.