After amendments, Maher’s county seat bill passes in Senate

A bill that would make it more difficult to move a county seat to another city has been stripped down by committee amendments moved on to the Senate floor. Senate Bill 56, as originally introduced, would have made numerous changes to the state law (SDCL 7-6) governing the relocation of a county seat, including raising the percentage of petition signatures from 15% to 40% of registered...

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