CHAPTER 11

(SB 142)

Attorney general may contract to study open government issues.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  direct the Office of the Attorney General to study open government issues in South Dakota.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  The attorney general is hereby directed to study open government issues in South Dakota. The study shall address school district, city, county, and state government entities and their actions, and shall specifically address which matters are open to the public and which are not. The attorney general shall report findings and recommendations to the executive board of the Legislative Research Council by June 30, 2007.

     Signed March 2, 2006

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