S.D. Codified Laws § 12-27-18

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 12-27-18 - Independent communication expenditures-Violation as misdemeanor

An entity may make independent communication expenditures regarding the placement of one or more ballot questions on the ballot or the adoption or defeat of one or more ballot questions. Any entity making expenditures, equal to or exceeding fifty percent of the entity's annual gross income, for the adoption or defeat of one or more ballot measures is a ballot question committee. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

SDCL 12-27-18

SL 2007, ch 80, §18; SL 2009, ch 65, §1; SL 2010, ch 76, §8, eff. Mar. 25, 2010; SL 2011, ch 83, §2; SL 2017, ch 71, §18; SL 2018, ch 83, §2; SL 2018, ch 85, §5.

Amended by S.L. 2018, ch. 83,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by S.L. 2018, ch. 85,s. 5, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by S.L. 2017, ch. 71,s. 18, eff. 7/1/2017.