Title 1, STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT

Any official meeting may be conducted by teleconference. A teleconference may be used to conduct a hearing or take final disposition regarding an administrative rule pursuant to § 1-26-4 . A member is deemed present if the member answers present to the roll call conducted by tele…

At any official meeting conducted by teleconference, there shall be provided one or more places at which the public may listen to and participate in the teleconference meeting. For any official meeting held by teleconference, that has less than a quorum of the members of the publ…

A proposed agenda, as required by § 1-25-1.1 or 1-25-1.3 , must list all items to be considered by a public body during any official meeting. The proposed agenda items must be described in sufficient detail to reasonably inform the public of any official business or public policy…

The State Investment Council, in executive session, may discuss and consider any document or information exempt from public disclosure requirements under the provisions of subdivision 1-27-1.6 (5). Source: SL 2010, ch 7 , § 1.

No public body may prevent a person from recording, through audio or video technology, an official meeting as long as the recording is reasonable, obvious, and not disruptive. This section does not apply to meetings closed to the public pursuant to specific law. Source: SL 2016, …

Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Official meeting," any meeting of a quorum of a public body at which official business or public policy of that public body is discussed or decided by the public body, whether in person or by means of teleconference or electronic means, inclu…

Any agency, as defined in § 1-26-1 , or political subdivision of this state, that is required to provide public notice of its meetings pursuant to § 1-25-1.1 or 1-25-1.3 must annually review the following, during an official meeting of the agency or subdivision: (1) The explanati…

An executive session or closed meeting may be held only for the purposes of: (1) Discussing the character, competence, fitness, performance, or qualifications of any current or prospective public officer or employee, not including an independent contractor; (2) Discussing a stude…

The state shall keep detailed minutes of the proceedings of all regular or special meetings. The minutes required in this section shall report how each individual member voted on any motion on which a roll call vote is taken. The minutes shall be available for inspection by the p…

If a complaint alleging a violation of this chapter is made pursuant to § 23A-2-1 , the state's attorney shall take one of the following actions: (1) Prosecute the case pursuant to Title 23A; (2) Determine that there is no merit to prosecuting the case. Upon doing so, the state's…

If a complaint alleges a violation of this chapter by a board of county commissioners, the state's attorney shall take one of the following actions: (1) Prosecute the case pursuant to Title 23A; (2) Determine that there is no merit to prosecuting the case. The attorney general sh…

Upon receiving a referral from a state's attorney or the attorney general, the South Dakota Open Meetings Commission shall examine the complaint and investigatory file submitted by the state's attorney or the attorney general and shall also consider signed written submissions by …

The South Dakota Open Meeting Commission is comprised of five state's attorneys or deputy state's attorneys appointed by the attorney general. Each commissioner serves at the pleasure of the attorney general. The members of the commission shall choose a chair of the commission an…

No member of the commission may participate as part of the commission or vote on any action regarding a violation of this chapter if that member reported or was involved in the initial investigation, is an attorney for anyone who reported or was involved in the initial investigat…