AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain programs regarding transparency of the petition circulation
process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 2-1-1.3 be amended to read:
2-1-1.3. Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1)

"Petition circulator," a person who is a resident of this state for at least thirty days prior
to registration as a petition circulator, is at least eighteen years of age, and who circulates,
for pay or as a volunteer, petitions or solicits petition signatures from members of the
public for the purpose of placing ballot measures on any statewide election ballot;

(2)

"Petition sponsor," any person who proposes the placement of a statewide ballot measure
on the ballot;

(3)

"Ballot measure," any measure placed on a statewide ballot in accordance with §§ 2-1-1.1,
2-1-1.2, or 2-1-3.1;

(4)

"Paid circulator," any person who receives money or anything of value to be a petition
circulator;

(5)

"Volunteer circulator" any person who does not receive money or anything of value to be
a petition circulator.

Section 2. That § 2-1-1.4 be repealed.
Section 3. That chapter 2-1 be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Prior to circulation of any petition for a ballot measure, a petition circulator shall submit an
application to the secretary of state, obtain a circulator identification number, and be included in a
directory of registered petition circulators. For each ballot measure on which a petition circulator
seeks to circulate a petition, the petition circulator shall certify the circulator's name, that the

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