SDCL § 34-31A-2: Electors' petition to establish district--County commissioners' resolution to initiate proceedings.

If an application for organization as provided in § 6-16-2 covering any rural territory is completed and requests to form, organize, establish, equip, and maintain a rural fire protection district, the application shall be filed with the county auditor of each county in which the territory is located. The board of county commissioners in each county where the rural fire protection district would be located may by resolution initiate the formation of the district.