If the initiating petition is signed by sixty percent or more of the eligible voters in a proposed district who own at least sixty percent of the land in the proposed district, the petition may be accepted by the conservation district supervisors in lieu of the favorable vote at a referendum as specified in § 46A-14-26 and the referendum specified in § 46A-14-15 is not required.

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Source: SL 1959, ch 452, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1505 (1); SDCL § 46-24-16; SL 1998, ch 36, § 62; SL 2013, ch 228, § 19.