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South Dakota Statutes § 12-27-18 Independent communication expenditures-Violation as misdemeanor

⤴ Up to Chapter 27: Campaign Finance Requirements

Statute Text

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.

Source

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 .

History

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 .

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