A JOINT RESOLUTION, Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a number of signatures on a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment be obtained from each county senatorial district.

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That at the next general election held in the state, the following amendment to Article XXIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, as set forth in section 2 of this Joint Resolution, which is hereby agreed to, shall be submitted to the electors of the state for approval.

Section 2. That Article XXIII, § 1 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, be AMENDED:

§ 1. Amendments An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed by initiative or by a majority an affirmative vote of all members a majority of the members-elect of each house of the Legislature.

An amendment proposed by initiative shall require may be presented only by a petition signed by qualified voters from each senatorial district, equal in number to at least ten percent of the total votes cast for Governor in the last gubernatorial election. The number of signatures from each senatorial district must equal at least two percent of the total votes cast for Governor in each senatorial at the last gubernatorial election, provided that the total number of signatures on the petition equals at least ten percent of the total votes cast for Governor in the last gubernatorial election.

The petition containing must contain the text of the proposed amendment and the names and addresses of its sponsors shall Be the sponsor of the petition. A petition may not be circulated unless the petition has been filed with the secretary of state at least one year before the next general election at which the proposed amendment is submitted to the voters.

An amendment may not embrace more than one subject. A proposed amendment may amend one or more articles and related subject matter in other articles as necessary to accomplish the objectives of the amendment; however, no proposed amendment may embrace more than one subject. If more than one amendment is submitted at the same election, each amendment shall be so must be prepared and distinguished so that it can may be voted upon separately.