Chapter 8

(Senate Bill 187)

An Act to require state agencies to provide certain information for initiated measure or constitutional amendment fiscal notes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 2-9-30 be AMENDED:

2-9-30. If the director of the Legislative Research Council determines in the review and comment under § 12-13-25 that an initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution may have an impact on revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or its agencies and subdivisions, the director shall notify the petition sponsor. If the director of the Legislative Research Council determines that an initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution in final form under § 12-13-25.1 may have an impact on revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or its agencies and subdivisions, the director shall prepare a fiscal note. The fiscal note shall must include an estimate of the impact on revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or its agencies and subdivisions, by the provisions of the proposed initiated measure or initiated amendment to the Constitution. The fiscal note expenditure estimate shall must also include any impact to the prison or county jail population. Any state agency, board, commission, department, or institution of state government shall provide information requested by the director for the purpose of preparing the fiscal note. The fiscal note may not exceed fifty words. The director shall file the fiscal note with the secretary of state and shall provide a copy to the sponsors not more than sixty days following receipt of the initiated measure or initiated amendment in final form pursuant to § 12-13-25.1.

Signed March 16, 2022