6-12-6. Restrictions on power of home rule units.
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The power of a home rule unit does not include the power to:
(1)Enact private or civil law governing civil relationships except as incident to the exercise of an independent county or municipal power;
(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;
(3)Abridge laws relating to elementary and secondary education;
(4)Change assessment practices and procedures relating to ad valorem taxation of property;
(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;
(6)Deny referendum on ordinances or bylaws provided by chapter 9-19 ;
(7)Regulate rates or conditions of service of any public utility regulated by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.