§ 2-4-1 Time and place of regular sessions
§ 2-4-1.1 Leave of absence from employment for legislative service–Restrictions on employee’s right to serve in Legislature void
§ 2-4-2 Salary and expense allowances of legislators
§ 2-4-2.1 Items constituting uncompensated expenses of legislators
§ 2-4-2.2 Compensation of legislators on committees, taking oath of office, or attending Governor’s budget report
§ 2-4-2.3 Compensation of legislators prior to oath of office
§ 2-4-3.1 Per diem of lieutenant governor for duties as board member
§ 2-4-4 Time of payment of salaries and allowances
§ 2-4-6 Preventing Legislature or members from meeting as felony
§ 2-4-7 Preventing legislator from attending or voting as misdemeanor
§ 2-4-8 Compelling adjournment of Legislature as felony
§ 2-4-9 Disturbance or disorderly conduct in Legislature as misdemeanor
§ 2-4-10 Compelling action or inaction by Legislature as felony
§ 2-4-13 Forfeiture of office by legislator convicted of violation–Disqualification from public office
§ 2-4-14 Contempt of Legislature–Punishment
§ 2-4-15 Contempt of Legislature as misdemeanor

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 2 > Chapter 4 - Sessions of Legislature

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • uncompensated expenses: as used in this chapter , includes, but is not limited to, postage, stationery, printing, office supplies, telephone, incidental costs in the maintenance of a legislative office at home, subscriptions to publications, conference dues, and travel for attendance at meetings with constituents, and such other unreimbursed costs associated with legislative service. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-4-2.1