AN ACT

        ENTITLED, An Act to prohibit registered sex offenders from circulating petitions and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 12-1 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    No registered sex offender may circulate any petition, either on the registered sex offender's own behalf or on the behalf of, or in the employ of, another person in any place frequented by the public or door to door on private property. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
    Section 2. That chapter 12-1 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    The provisions of section 1 of this Act do not apply, if the registered sex offender circulating or assisting in circulating petitions under circumstances where the registered sex offender is in the employ of, and under the immediate supervision of, another person and where the circumstances preclude any contact with children.
    Section 3. That chapter 12-1 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    The provisions of section 1 of this Act do not apply, if the registered sex offender is circulating any nominating petitions on his or her own behalf for election to any federal, state, or local office for which the registered sex offender is otherwise qualified.
    Section 4. That chapter 22-24B be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    No registered sex offender is eligible to circulate certain nominating petitions pursuant to sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this Act.
An Act to prohibit registered sex offenders from circulating petitions and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof.

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I certify that the attached Act originated in the

HOUSE as Bill No. 1186

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Chief Clerk
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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

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President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1186
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______  
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

20____ at ____________ M.


By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___

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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State