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SDCL § 1-19C-1 Legislative findings regarding offensive geographic place names
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The Legislature finds that all geographic place names containing the term, squaw, are offensive and insulting to all South Dakota's people, history, and heritage. These place names have been replaced by names that reflect South Dakota's people, history, and heritage without resor…
SDCL § 1-19C-2.1 South Dakota Board on Geographic Names created--Members--Meetings--Investigations--Promulgation of rules
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The South Dakota Board on Geographic Names is hereby created. The board consists of one representative each from the Department of Tribal Relations, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, the South Dakota State Historical Society, a…
SDCL § 1-19C-2.2 Board may only act on name change if identified by law as offensive or insulting--Exception
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The South Dakota Board on Geographic Names may only act on a name change for a geographic place name that has been identified by state law as being offensive or insulting, except that the board may hold hearings to consider recommending names to the Legislature as offensive or in…
SDCL § 1-19C-2.3 Unnamed geographic place--Public meetings
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Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1-19C-2.2 , if a geographic place has not previously been named and the naming of that unnamed geographic place is requested, the South Dakota Board of Geographic Names may conduct public meetings to consider and determine whether to recommend …