§ 12-13-1 Delivery of proposed questions to county auditors–Attorney general’s explanation
§ 12-13-1.1 Requirements for elections beginning in 2018
§ 12-13-2 Measures and questions to be sent to official newspapers
§ 12-13-3 Newspaper publication of submitted questions–Compensation–Suspension of status on failure to publish–Election valid despite refusal to publish
§ 12-13-4 Lettering and numbering of submitted questions
§ 12-13-9 Attorney general’s statement regarding constitutional amendment proposed by legislature or referred law
§ 12-13-9.1 Availability of attorney general’s explanation of proposed questions
§ 12-13-9.2 Action to challenge adequacy of attorney general’s statement–Appeal–Time limits
§ 12-13-11 Materials printed on ballot in lieu of full text–Separate ballot
§ 12-13-16 Publication of false or erroneous information on constitutional amendment or submitted question as misdemeanor
§ 12-13-23 Distribution of public information
§ 12-13-24 Style, form, and wording of initiative or initiated amendment
§ 12-13-25 Review and comment–Legislative Research Council–Opinion
§ 12-13-25.1 Attorney general’s statement–Initiated measure–Initiated amendment
§ 12-13-25.2 Exception to time for director’s comments
§ 12-13-26 Unreviewed initiatives or initiated amendments unacceptable–Uncertified initiated amendments unacceptable
§ 12-13-26.1 Initiated or proposed constitutional amendment–Single subject or revision determination by secretary of state–Certification
§ 12-13-26.2 Action to challenge the secretary of state’s decision–Time limits–Promulgation of rules
§ 12-13-27 Special elections for constitutional amendments–Procedural changes–Reimbursement of costs
§ 12-13-28 Employment and compensation of petition circulators

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 12 > Chapter 13 - Constitutional Amendments and Submitted Questions

  • Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
  • 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.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2