South Dakota Municipal League Current Statement of Policy The SDML Policy Committees will consider policy additions and revisions at their meetings August 17 and 18 in Ft. Pierre. SDML member municipalities will vote on the policy resolutions at the 2016 Annual Conference October 4-7 in Rapid City. This Statement of Policy is also posted on the League’s website, www.sdmunicipalleague.org.
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The SDML supports refining the definition of residence for purposes of incorporating a municipality. (GG – 2015)
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The SDML supports working cooperatively with other state entities to clarify residence for voter registration. (GG – 2015)
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The SDML supports making provisions for the time to qualify for office consistent. (GG – 2015)
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The SDML supports making provisions for supplementing municipal budgets consistent with provisions found in county law. (GG – 2015)
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The SDML supports cooperative activities between county and municipal governments, the protection of existing joint activities, and elimination of barriers that hinder the creation of such arrangements. (Added by SDML Board of Directors, December 9, 2015)
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The SDML supports legislation allowing elected officials to continue to serve in office even though displaced from their residence by a natural disaster. (GG – 2015)
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The SDML supports increasing the audit “trigger” to $750,000. (GG – 2014)
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The SDML supports increasing the Internal Control Review range to between $100,000 and $750,000. (GG – 2014)
The current League policies follow: MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES 1. The SDML supports an amendment to restrict or repeal the presumptions included in SDCL 9-1645 pertaining to circulatory or respiratory disease as “occupational” in firefighters, and opposes any amendment to expand the disease presumption regarding occupational diseases affecting volunteer and active paid firefighters. (GG – 2000; CB7) 2.
The SDML supports legislation authorizing municipal access to federal background checks for licensees. (GG – 2008; 2009)
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The SDML supports legislation to make municipal laws consistent as to the use of the term “finance officer” rather than “clerk/treasurer.” (GG – 2010)
GOVERNMENT ETHICS AND OPERATIONS 4. The SDML supports legislation that would exempt municipalities from the regulations of the unclaimed property laws. (GG – 2000; 12) 5.
The SDML supports amending SDCL 12-1-5 to include municipal election officials on the State Board of Elections. (GG – 2000; 13)
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The SDML supports establishing a deadline 90 days in advance of the annual municipal election for the submission of initiative or referendum petitions or petitions involving recall elections. (GG – 2011)
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The SDML supports clarifying the voting requirements for non-ordinance items in the aldermanic form of government to a majority of the quorum present at the meeting. (GG – 2010; 2015)
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The SDML supports amending state law to clarify residence requirements for municipal elected officials. (GG – 2014)
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