HB1030

The amendment substantially expands the bill from addressing only the timing of municipal elections to comprehensively amending South Dakota's municipal election law, adding a new definition of "regular election" and revising procedures for special elections, consolidations, and annexations to standardize election timing and terminology throughout Chapter 9. This BROADENS the bill's scope from a narrow timing adjustment to a sweeping overhaul of municipal election procedures.

The amendment converted the bill from its engrossed (Senate-passed) version to its enrolled (final) version by updating terminology to refer to "regular municipal elections" instead of "annual municipal elections" throughout, and made minor stylistic changes like replacing "shall" with "must" and cleaning up legislative formatting. This NARROWS the bill's scope by clarifying that municipal elections follow a regular schedule rather than necessarily occurring annually, while maintaining the substantive provisions about election timing.