If a settlement is reached with a labor or employee organization or organizations and the governing body, such governing body shall implement the settlement in the form of an agreement which shall be effective only upon approval by resolution of the governing body. If the settlement requires the adoption of a law or charter amendment to implement it fully, the governmental agency shall make every reasonable effort to propose and secure the enactment of the law or charter amendment.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 3-18-8

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

Source: SL 1969, ch 88, § 8; SL 1970, ch 27, § 2; SL 1971, ch 20, § 2.