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South Dakota Statutes § 12-5-1.6 Reward prohibited-Violation as misdemeanor

Up to Chapter 5: Political Parties And Party Affairs

Statute Text

No person may employ, reward, or compensate any person to circulate a petition for the organization of a political party based on the number of registered voters who signed the petition. Nothing in this section prohibits any person from employing a petition circulator based on one of the following practices:
(1) Paying an hourly wage or salary;
(2) Establishing either express or implied minimum signature requirements for the petition circulator;
(3) Terminating the petition circulator's employment, if the petition circulator fails to meet certain productivity requirements; and
(4) Paying discretionary bonuses based on reliability, longevity, and productivity.
Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source

SL 2017 , ch 12 , § 6 .

History

Added by S.L. 2017 , ch. 12 , s. 6 , eff. 7/1/2017 .

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