The resident owners of at least fifty - one percent of the sheep, or the resident owners of at least fifty - one percent of the cattle, or the resident owners of at least fifty - one percent of both sheep and cattle acting jointly, in any county, as shown by the last county livestock census as provided for in § 40-37-1.1 , may petition the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to designate the county as a predator control district. Source: SL 1974, ch 275 , § 1; SL 1979, ch 272 , § 1; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3 ), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.