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.