2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 27 - Campaign Finance Requirements
§ 12-27-42.1 Availability of information to public_Bulk data download files (Effective January 1, 2018).

12-27-42.1. ( Section effective January 1, 2018) Availability of information to public--Bulk data download files. The secretary of state shall make the information contained in the campaign finance disclosure statements and timely contribution disclosure statements that have been filed by electronic transmission after January 1, 2018 available to the public in an open format that:

(1) Is retrievable, downloadable, indexable, and electronically searchable by commonly used Internet search applications;

(2) Is platform independent and machine readable;

(3) Is available free of charge and without any restriction that would impede the non-commercial reuse or redistribution of the public record;

(4) Employs a descriptive and uniform naming system; and

(5) Retains the data definitions and structure present when the data was compiled, if applicable.

The secretary of state shall also provide to the public free of charge a bulk data download file of the contribution information contained in all campaign finance disclosure statements submitted after January 1, 2018, complete with annotation of amended information. This file shall be offered in an open, platform independent, and machine readable format that when appropriate displays information in an itemized and non-duplicated manner. The same shall be provided, but in a separate file, for the contribution information contained in all timely contribution disclosure statements submitted up to the present.

Source: Initiated Measure 22, § 30, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.