South Dakota Statutes § 12-27-22 Persons and entities required to submit campaign finance disclosure statements-Violation as misdemeanor

Statute Text

A campaign finance disclosure statement shall be submitted to the secretary of state. The treasurer of each:

(1) Candidate or candidate campaign committee for any statewide office shall file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years. In odd numbered years shall file a year-end and, if applicable, amendments. A termination report may be submitted at any time;

(2) All candidates running for a legislative or county office with a recognized political party shall file a pre-primary report if there is any primary race for that particular office in the legislative district or county, and all candidates or candidate campaign committees for a legislative or county office shall file a pre-general, year-end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years. A termination report may be submitted at any time;

(3) Statewide political action committee shall file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years. In odd numbered years shall file a year-end or, if applicable, amendments. A termination report may be submitted at any time;

(4) Statewide political party shall file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years. In odd numbered years shall file a year-end or amendments, if applicable. A termination report may be submitted at any time. A political party that loses its status as a qualified party shall file a termination statement by 5:00 p.m. central time the last Friday in January following the calendar year in which qualified party status was lost;

(5) County political party and auxiliary organization shall file a pre-general and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years. A termination report may be submitted at any time; and

(6) Statewide ballot question committee shall file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years. In odd numbered years shall file a year-end and, if applicable, amendments. A termination report may be submitted at any time. If a statewide ballot question committee does not list any activity on the next required campaign finance report submitted to the secretary of state, that committee has until the next reporting period to report activity. If that committee does not have any activity to report by the next reporting period, the committee shall submit a termination report by that reporting period deadline.

A campaign finance disclosure statement shall be submitted to the secretary of state by the treasurer of each committee who shall file the following financial disclosure reports in accordance with the time frames stated in this chapter: pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, amendment, supplemental, and a termination when a committee is terminating its existence.

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 , § 22 ; SL 2008 , ch 67 , § 6 ; SL 2009 , ch 67 , § 1 ; SL 2010 , ch 76 , § 3 , eff. Mar. 25, 2010; SL 2011 , ch 84 , § 1 ; SL 2012 , ch 18 , § 10 ; SL 2015 , ch 78 , § 1 ; SL 2015 , ch 79 , § 1 ; SL 2016 , ch 78 , § 2 ; SL 2017 , ch 222 (Initiated Measure 22), § 21; SL 2017 , ch 72 , § 20 , eff. Feb. 2, 2017; SL 2017 , ch 71 , § 22 ; SL 2018 , ch 83 , § 3 ; SL 2019 , ch 79 , § 1 .

History

Amended by S.L. 2019 , ch. 79 , s. 1 , eff. 7/1/2019 .

Amended by S.L. 2018 , ch. 83 , s. 3 , eff. 7/1/2018 .

Amended by S.L. 2017 , ch. 71 , s. 22 , eff. 7/1/2017 .

Amended by S.L. 2017 , ch. 72 , s. 20 , eff. 2/2/2017 .

Amended by S.L. 2016 , ch. 78 , s. 2 , eff. 7/1/2016 .

Amended by S.L. 2015, ch. 79,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2015 .

Amended by S.L. 2015, ch. 78,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2015 .

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