South Dakota Codified Laws 38-32-3.3. Voting eligibility of participating growers–Affidavit
To be eligible to vote in a district election, a participating grower as defined in § 38-32-1 shall sign a participating grower affidavit at the time of voting. A husband and wife, a landlord and tenant, and a landowner and purchaser under a contract for deed which is of record in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the real property is situated are each entitled to vote for director, if they meet the requirements of § 38-32-1. No individual, landlord, tenant, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, cooperative, association, or fiduciary may cast more than one vote per election even if operations are carried on in more than one council district. A participating grower may vote only in the council district in which he resides. A partnership, limited liability company, corporation, cooperative, or association resides in the council district where its principal place of business is located. A partnership, limited liability company, corporation, cooperative, or association shall attach a written authorization to the participating grower affidavit which indicates that the person casting the vote has been authorized to do so.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 38-32-3.3
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SL 1991, ch 328, § 8; SL 1994, ch 351, § 91.