{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-6-12-6","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 6-12-6","heading":"Restrictions on power of home rule units.","body":"The power of a home rule unit does not include the power to:\n(1) Enact private or civil law governing civil relationships except as incident to the exercise of an independent county or municipal power;\n(2) Define and provide for the punishment of a crime, but this limitation shall not abridge the power of a home rule unit to provide punishment for the violation of ordinances or charter provisions by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment;\n(3) Abridge laws relating to elementary and secondary education;\n(4) Change assessment practices and procedures relating to ad valorem taxation of property;\n(5) Exempt itself from providing the necessary personnel and facilities to perform services required by general law to be performed by a like unit or units of local government;\n(6) Deny referendum on ordinances or bylaws provided by chapter 9-19;\n(7) Regulate rates or conditions of service of any public utility regulated by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.","path":["TITLE 6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY","CHAPTER 6-12. HOME RULE CHARTERS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/6-12-6","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"c3bf8cebe57f00a71dc91a362576de0276417001cc505cd343bae7cfaf2e0052","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-6-12-5","next":"us-sd/sdcl-6-12-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}