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2020 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - Elections
Chapter 13 - Constitutional Amendments And Submitted Questions
Section 12-13-25.1 - Attorney general's statement--Initiated measure--Initiated amendment.

Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 12-13-25.1 (2020)
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12-13-25.1. Attorney general's statement regarding proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to Constitution.

Following receipt of the written comments of the director of the Legislative Research Council, the sponsors shall submit a copy of the proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution in final form to the attorney general and the director of the Legislative Research Council. The attorney general shall prepare an attorney general's statement that consists of a title and explanation. The title shall be a concise statement of the subject of the proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution. The explanation shall be an objective, clear, and simple summary to educate the voters of the purpose and effect of the proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution. The attorney general shall include a description of the legal consequences of the proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution, including the likely exposure of the state to liability if the proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution is adopted. The explanation may not exceed two hundred words in length. The attorney general shall file the title and explanation with the secretary of state and shall provide a copy to the sponsors within sixty days of receipt of the proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution.

If the petition is filed as set forth in §§2-1-1.1 or 2-1-1.2, the attorney general shall deliver to the secretary of state before the third Tuesday in May a recitation as provided in this section. The recitation for an initiated amendment to the Constitution shall state "Vote 'Yes' to adopt the amendment" and "Vote 'No' to leave the Constitution as it is". The recitation for an initiated measure shall state "Vote 'Yes' to adopt the initiated measure" and "Vote 'No' to leave South Dakota law as it is". On the printed ballots, the title shall be followed by the explanation and the explanation shall be followed, if applicable, by any fiscal note prepared pursuant to §2-9-30, and then followed by the recitation.

Source: SL 2009, ch 64, §2, eff. July 1, 2010; SL 2013, ch 101, §75; SL 2016, ch 24, §3; SL 2017, ch 16, §6; SL 2018, ch 77, §4; SL 2018, ch 80, §1.

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