If the secretary of state does not certify a proposal for an amendment to the Constitution pursuant to § 12-13-26.1, any interested party may directly appeal the secretary of state’s decision to the Supreme Court within fifteen days of the secretary of state publishing notice of the decision not to certify on the secretary of state’s website.

Any interested party may directly appeal the secretary of state’s certification of a proposal for an amendment to the Constitution pursuant to § 12-13-26.1 to the Supreme Court within fifteen days of the secretary of state publishing notice of certification on the secretary of state’s website.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 12-13-26.2

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 16-3, defining the procedures for an appeal taken under this section.

Source: SL 2021, ch 64, § 4, eff. Mar. 18, 2021; SL 2023, ch 48, § 2.

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