State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  2007
 

291N0722  
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION   NO.     14  

Introduced by:     Senators Kloucek, Jerstad, Katus, Koetzle, and Maher and Representatives Lucas, Miles, and Sigdestad  


         A JOINT RESOLUTION,  To propose a constitutional amendment to combine the offices of state treasurer and state auditor into the single office of state comptroller.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
     Section  1.  That at the next general election held in the state, the following amendment to Article IV, section 7 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 IV, section 7 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, be amended to read as follows:
     § 7.   There shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the state at the general election of the Governor and every four years thereafter the following constitutional officers: attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, comptroller, and commissioner of school and public lands, who shall severally hold their offices for a term of four years. Commencing with the 1992 general election, no person may be elected to more than two consecutive terms as attorney

general, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, or commissioner of school and public lands.