Petitions in a form approved by the State Conservation Commission for including additional territory within an existing conservation district may be filed with the commission, and the proceedings provided for in §§ 38-8-2 to 38-8-18, inclusive, in the case of petitions to organize a district shall be observed in the case of petitions for such inclusion. If two-thirds of the voters registered for the last general election in an area proposed for inclusion or addition to an existing district file a petition with the commission for inclusion, the area shall be included within the district.

Source: SL 1937, ch 19 , § 5; SDC 1939, § 4.1507; SL 1947, ch 11 ; SL 1959, ch 3 , § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.1507 (8); SL 1994, ch 316 , § 11.