1169C

On page 1, line 11, of the House State Affairs Engrossed bill, after "election" insert ", 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"

On page 1, after line 11, of the House State Affairs Engrossed bill, insert: "

Section 2. That § 2-1-1.1 be AMENDED:

2-1-1.1. A petition sponsor shall file, in a physical and electronic format, a petition for an initiated amendment to the South Dakota Constitution, as it is to be circulated for an initiated amendment to the Constitution must be filed, with the secretary of state, including an electronic copy of the petition, prior to circulation for signatures before the petition may be circulated and at least one year before the next general election at which the initiated amendment to the constitution is proposed to be submitted to the voters. The petition filing must:

(1) Contain the full text of the initiated amendment in fourteen-point font;

(2) Contain Designate the date of the general election at which the initiated amendment is to be submitted;

(3) Contain the title and explanation as prepared by the attorney general;

(4) Be accompanied by a notarized affidavit form signed by each person who is a petition sponsor that includes the name and address of each petition sponsor; and

(5) Be accompanied by a statement of organization as provided in § 12-27-6.

Each petition circulator shall provide to each person individual who signs the petition a circulator handout containing the title and explanation of the initiated amendment to the Constitution as prepared by the attorney general; any fiscal note prepared pursuant to § 2-9-30; the name, phone number, and email address of each petition sponsor; and a statement indicating whether the petition circulator is a volunteer or paid circulator and, if a paid circulator, the amount the circulator is being paid. The secretary of state shall must approve the circulator handout for each initiated amendment to the Constitution before the petition is circulated.

For any initiated amendment petition, no signature may be obtained A petition for an initiated amendment to the constitution may not be circulated more than twenty-four months preceding before the general election that was designated at the time of filing of the full text pursuant to subdivision (1). Each sheet of the petition must indicate the senatorial district where the signatures were collected and may contain only signatures from that senatorial district. A sworn affidavit, signed by at least two-thirds of the petition sponsors, stating that the documents filed constitute the entire petition and to the best of the knowledge of the sponsors contains a sufficient number of signatures, must also be filed with the secretary of state. The initiated amendment petition signatures must be filed with the secretary of state by the first Tuesday in May of a general election year for the initiated amendment to qualify for submission to the voters at the next general election.

The State Board of Elections shall prescribe promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, prescribing the form of the affidavit and the requirements of the petition not otherwise, including petition size and petition font size for ballot measure language not prescribed in this section specified by this section."