Title 2, LEGISLATURE AND STATUTES

The Legislative Research Council shall continue and shall consist of all members of the South Dakota Legislature. The Legislative Research Council may consider legislative policies between sessions of the Legislature. Source: SL 1951, ch 286 , § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.05A01; SL 2…

The Legislative Research Council shall prepare an annual report regarding any opinion of the South Dakota Supreme Court or a federal court issued in the preceding year, which recommends any change or notes any deficiency or ambiguity in a statute. The report may include recommend…

The code counsel must be provided with offices within or adjacent to the office of the Legislative Research Council. Source: SL 1970, ch 15 , § 4; SL 2025, ch 19 , § 7.

In addition to other powers and duties conferred by law or authorized by the executive board or by the Code Commission, the code counsel shall: (1) Provide staff assistance to and attend all meetings of the Code Commission and make such recommendations to the commission as he dee…

There is hereby created a college student intern program within the Legislative Research Council to provide legislative internships for college students to foster knowledge and understanding of the governmental process and to provide assistance to the legislative branch of state …

The executive board shall assign college student interns to the legislative branch of government. The executive board shall set the number of interns and divide the total number of interns between the political parties in each chamber in proportion to the party membership in each…

The executive board shall administer the program and supervise the college student interns who are assigned to the legislative branch of government. Source: SL 1973, ch 15 , § 12; SL 2025, ch 19 , § 9.

There is established the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council, consisting of fifteen members, as follows: (1) Four members from the Senate, elected by a majority vote in party caucus in odd-numbered years; (2) Five members from the House of Representatives, elected…

The party makeup of the executive board members of the House of Representatives, including the ex officio members, shall be proportional to the party makeup of the House of Representatives as a whole. The party makeup of the executive board members of the Senate, including the ex…

The speaker of the House of Representatives is the chair of the executive board and the president pro tempore of the Senate is the vice chair from the first day of the regular session of the Legislature in an odd-numbered year to the day prior to the first day of the regular sess…

The term of each executive board is from the first day of the regular session of the Legislature in the odd-numbered year until the first day of the regular session of the Legislature in the next succeeding odd-numbered year. During the entire period of each executive board's ter…

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 South Dakota Constitution may impact the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or any agency or pol…

If after an initiated measure, initiated amendment to the South Dakota Constitution, or referred law is certified for the ballot pursuant to § 2-1-17 , the director must review any fiscal note prepared pursuant to § 2-9-30 or as described in § 2-9-32 . If the director determines …

If any referred law had a fiscal note prepared by the director of the Legislative Research Council prior to passage of the law, the sponsor shall obtain the fiscal note from the Legislative Research Council website and attach the fiscal note to the petition filed pursuant to § 2-…

The executive board shall: (1) Instigate research and collect information concerning the government and general welfare of the state; (2) Investigate and make recommendations concerning important issues of public policy and questions of statewide interest; (3) Prepare a legislati…

The executive board shall meet as often as may be necessary to perform its duties. The board shall meet at least four times each year. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum, and a majority of the quorum may act on any matter falling within the scope of the executive boar…

In the discharge of any duty herein imposed, the executive board or its duly appointed committees shall have authority to administer oaths, require reports, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, and test…

Claims of members of the Legislative Research Council and members of the executive board for compensation and expenses must be paid out of funds appropriated therefor, and on vouchers approved according to rules determined by the executive board. Source: SL 1951, ch 286 , § 6; SL…

The executive board shall appoint a director of the Legislative Research Council. The director shall employ the members of the Legislative Research Council staff and procure the supplies and equipment as may be necessary to assist the Legislature. Source: SL 1951, ch 286 , § 7; S…

There is hereby established within the Legislative Research Council the position of code counsel. The executive board shall appoint a code counsel who is a graduate of an accredited law school and who is either admitted to the practice of law in this state at the time of appointm…