No initiated ordinance or resolution is effective unless approved by a majority of the votes cast for and against the ordinance or resolution. If approved, the ordinance or resolution is effective the day following the completion of the canvass of the election returns. Source: SL 1899, ch 94 , § 13; RPolC 1903, § 1226; SL 1913, ch 119 , § 50; RC 1919, § 6264; SDC 1939, § 45.1021; SL 1947, ch 199 , § 4; SL 2025, ch 37 , § 4.
Majority vote to approve initiated measure--Effective date
SDCL § 9-20-5 — under INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
SDCL § 9-20-5