State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

366T0124   HOUSE JUDICIARY ENGROSSED    NO.  HB 1181 -  2/1/2012  

Introduced by:    Representatives Kirkeby, Abdallah, Hickey, and Jensen and Senators Tieszen, Adelstein, Haverly, and Rampelberg
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain requirements concerning the qualifications of petition circulators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That subdivision (9) of § 12-1-3 be amended to read as follows:
            (9)    "Petition circulator," a resident of the State of South Dakota who is at least eighteen years of age who circulates nominating petitions or other petitions for the purpose of placing candidates or issues on any election ballot. No person who has been convicted of a sex offense pursuant to chapter 22-22 or whose name appears on the sex offender registry may circulate a petition for the purpose of placing candidates or issues on any election ballot;

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   		Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.
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