2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - Elections
Chapter 27 - Campaign Finance Requirements
Section 12-27-18.2 - Contributions to ballot question committee from nonresidents and certain entities prohibited--Civil penalty.
12-27-18.2. Contributions to ballot question committee from nonresidents and certain entities prohibited--Civil penalty.
Any contribution to a statewide ballot question committee by a person who is not a resident of the state at the time of the contribution, a political committee that is organized outside South Dakota, or an entity that is not filed as an entity with the secretary of state for the four years preceding such contribution is prohibited. If a statewide ballot question committee accepts a contribution prohibited by this section, the secretary of state shall impose a civil penalty equal to two hundred percent of the prohibited contribution after notice and opportunity to be heard pursuant to chapter 1-26. Any civil penalty collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the state general fund.
Source: SL 2019, ch 237 (Initiated Measure 24), ยง1, approved Nov. 6, 2018.
