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Senate approves bill letting municipalities repurpose parkland by ordinance
Summary
The South Dakota Senate passed Senate Bill 97 to let first- and second-class municipal governing bodies change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance if the land continues to serve a public purpose; the measure includes notification, public hearing and referral safeguards and passed 34-1.
The South Dakota Senate on the floor passed Senate Bill 97, which allows the governing body of a first- or second-class municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance rather than holding a local public vote. The bill passed on final passage by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nay.
Senator Reid, speaking on the measure, said the bill "allows the governing body of a first or second class municipality to change the use of municipality owned parkland by ordinance versus bringing it to a public vote"…
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