After the petition has been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, if the secretary of state finds that the petition conforms to law and contains the required number of valid signatures, the secretary of state shall file the petition and issue a certificate of filing of the petition to the county auditor of any counties in which the proposed district lies or the municipal finance officer if the proposed district is confined to one municipality.

Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 17, § 10; SDC Supp 1960, § 52.1710; SL 1998, ch 276, § 4.