South Dakota Constitution
Article 17 - Corporations.
§ 4 Corporations subject to eminent domain--Police power.

§ 4. Corporations subject to eminent domain--Police power. The exercise of the right of eminent domain shall never be abridged or so construed as to prevent the Legislature from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals; and the exercise of the police power of the state shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the state.

History: Repeal proposed by SL 1975, ch 3, rejected Nov. 2, 1976.