South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 2 > Chapter 15 – Conventions for Amendment of United States Constitution
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- 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.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.