2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - Elections
Chapter 27 - Campaign Finance Requirements
Section 12-27-7 - Limits on contributions to statewide candidate or candidate's campaign committee--Violation as misdemeanor.
12-27-7. Limits on contributions to statewide candidate or candidate's campaign committee--Violation as misdemeanor .
A statewide candidate or the candidate's campaign committee may accept contributions during any calendar year as follows:
(1)Not to exceed four thousand dollars from a person, unless the person is the candidate or a member of the candidate's immediate family, in which case contributions may be made without limit;
(2)Not to exceed four thousand dollars from an entity;
(3)Without limit from a political action committee;
(4)Without limit from a political party; and
(5)Without limit from a candidate campaign committee.
Any contribution from a ballot question committee is prohibited. Any contribution from a person who is an unemancipated minor shall be deducted from the total contribution permitted under this section by the unemancipated minor's custodial parent or parents. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 2007, ch 80, §7; SL 2017, ch 222 (Initiated Measure 22), §5, eff. Nov. 16, 2016; SL 2017, ch 72, §4, eff. Feb. 2, 2017; SL 2017, ch 71, §7; SL 2018, ch 85, §1; SL 2019, ch 77, §1.
