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initiative petition. The municipal initiative petition must be in the following form: MUNICIPAL INITIATIVE PETITION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ______________ WE, THE UNDERSIGNED qualified voters of the municipality of __________________, the state of South Dakota, petition that the following (ordinance) (resolution) be submitted to the voters of that municipality for their approval or rejection pursuant to law. The proposed (ordinance) (resolution) in proper form is as follows: Here state verbatim the proposed (ordinance) (resolution). (Here insert instructions to voters and signature blanks prescribed in § 5:02:08:00.03.) VERIFICATION BY PERSON CIRCULATING PETITION INSTRUCTIONS TO CIRCULATOR: This section (bold) must (unbold) be completed following circulation and before filing. Print name of the circulator Residence Address City State I, under oath, state that I circulated the above initiative petition, that each signer personally signed this petition in my presence, that either the signer or I added the printed name, the residence address of the signer, the date of signing, and the county of voter registration, that I attest the legality of the signatures and that each person signing this petition is a resident and qualified voter of the municipality of ________________________. ________________________________ Signature of Circulator Sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, ______. (Seal) ________________________________ Signature of Officer Administering Oath My commission expires _________. ________________________________ Title of Officer Administering Oath
Source: 4 SDR 26, effective October 27, 1977; 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 16 SDR 20, effective August 10, 1989; 25 SDR 8, effective August 3, 1998; 26 SDR 168, effective June 25, 2000.