Title 2, LEGISLATURE AND STATUTES

The elective officers of the House of Representatives shall be a speaker and a speaker pro tempore, who shall be members of that body, one chief clerk and such other officers as shall be necessary to properly conduct the business of the House of Representatives. Source: SDC 1939,…

In the event that there is a tie vote for purposes of organizing the House of Representatives then, for the purposes of organization, the political party's candidate for speaker of the house, speaker pro tempore and clerk, then having a member of its party duly elected as the Gov…

The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint employees necessary to properly conduct the business of the house and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint employees necessary to properly conduct the business of the Senate. Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0508; S…

All elective and appointed officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives designated in §§ 2-5-2 , 2-5-3 , and 2-5-5 shall receive compensation determined and agreed upon by a joint select committee of both houses. Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0508; SL 1947, ch 240 ;…

The compensation of the officers and employees of the Senate, except the lieutenant governor, and the compensation of the officers and employees of the House of Representatives shall be fixed by a joint select committee of both houses. The compensation shall be paid out of the st…

Any member of the Senate or House of Representatives, while acting as a member of any committee thereof, shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall be examined before such committee. Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0609.

The Retirement Laws Committee shall select a chairman and vice - chairman and shall be provided with staff assistance from the Legislative Research Council staff. Source: SL 1974, ch 36 , § 3.

The Retirement Laws Committee shall continue the study of the retirement and pension laws applicable to employees and officers in government service throughout the state and shall appraise and evaluate existing laws relating to retirement and pension. It shall give particular stu…

The Retirement Laws Committee shall present legislative drafts to effect sound and equitable public employees retirement programs. The Retirement Laws Committee shall study and make recommendations concerning the extension of retirement coverage to public employees to whom retire…

An interim joint bonding committee, established pursuant to the rules of the Legislature, shall review the operations, programs, accomplishments, and financial status of the South Dakota Housing Development Authority, the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority, …

Each of the entities shall submit to the joint committee a complete and detailed report no later than December first of each year, setting forth: (1) Its operations and accomplishments; (2) Its receipts and expenditures during its fiscal year for its operating and capital outlay …

For each issuance of bonds or notes of any such entity, there shall be provided to the joint committee a report of the details of the issuance, including a citation to the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds and notes, the use of the proceeds of such issuance, the …

The joint committee may request at any time a detailed accounting of the security underlying outstanding bonds or notes, the ability to make timely repayment of bonds or notes, or the investments of such entity. Source: SL 1976, ch 26 , § 4; SDCL Supp, § 2-9-23; SL 1978, ch 20 , …

The joint committee may at any time require the governing board, or its designee, of any such entity to appear before it to provide detailed explanations of the public purpose underlying any of its programs or detailed explanations of any of its operations or activities. Source: …

There is hereby created the Legislative Water Development Oversight Committee. The committee shall consist of four legislators, one each appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and one each appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the House of Repres…

There shall be appointed at each regular session of the Legislature a Government Operations and Audit Committee of ten, consisting of five members of the Senate appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be a member of the Judiciary Committee, and fiv…

There is hereby created the South Dakota State - Tribal Relations Committee to make a continuing study of the relations between the state and its political subdivisions and the tribes and their tribal governments. Source: SL 1993, ch 30 , § 1; SDCL 2-16-20 .

The State - Tribal Relations Committee shall consist of five members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate. The members of the State …

The State-Tribal Relations Committee shall be co-chaired by one member of the House of Representatives, chosen by the speaker of the House, and one member of the Senate, chosen by the president pro tempore of the Senate, and shall be provided with staff assistance from the Legisl…

The State - Tribal Relations Committee shall continuously study the relationship between the state and its political subdivisions and the tribes and their tribal governments. The committee shall give particular study and consideration to matters concerning jurisdiction, taxation,…

The Government Operations and Audit Committee shall develop and implement a performance management review process that provides the Legislature with a consistent system to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of state agencies and to provide additional government transparenc…

For the purposes of §§ 2-6-35 to 2-6-39 , inclusive, performance management is an ongoing, systematic approach to improving outcomes with a focus on accountability for performance by utilizing data-based measurements. For the purposes of §§ 2-6-35 to 2-6-39 , inclusive, a state a…

The Government Operations and Audit Committee shall establish a schedule whereby the committee reviews the performance management of each state agency at least once every three years. The performance management review shall include the following: (1) The strategic goals of each a…

After the Government Operations and Audit Committee has completed a performance management review of a state agency, and the committee has approved the agency's desired outcomes and accompanying performance measures, the agency shall provide the committee with a report highlighti…

The Legislative Research Council shall compile the reports provided pursuant to § 2-6-38 , and distribute a compiled report to the chair and vice chair of the Government Operations and Audit Committee. During the first week of the legislative session each year, members of the Gov…

The Government Operations and Audit Committee may examine all records and vouchers, summon witnesses by request or by issuing a subpoena, and thoroughly examine all expenditures and the general management of each department of state government. The committee may issue a subpoena …

If an audit report of any department, institution, board, or agency of the state includes an audit finding that also occurred in an immediately preceding year, the Government Operations and Audit Committee may require the department, institution, board, or agency to present a rep…

Before a subpoena may be issued by the Government Operations and Audit Committee, the committee shall determine that: (1) A legislative purpose exists pursuant to §§ 2-6-2 and 2-6-4 ; (2) The subpoenaed person or documents are relevant and material to accomplish the legislative p…

Any person who is summoned to attend as a witness before either house of the Legislature or any committee thereof authorized to summon or subpoena witnesses, and who refuses or neglects without lawful excuse to attend pursuant to the summons or subpoena, is guilty of a Class 2 mi…

Any person who, being present before either house of the Legislature or any committee thereof authorized to summon witnesses, willfully refuses to be sworn or affirmed, or to answer any material and proper question, or to produce upon reasonable notice any material or proper book…

The conviction of a member of the Legislature of any crime defined in § 2-6-5 or 2-6-6 involves as a consequence, in addition to the punishment prescribed therein, a forfeiture of his office and disqualifies him from ever thereafter holding any public office under this state. Sou…

There is hereby created the South Dakota Retirement Laws Committee to make a continuing study of the pension and annuity and benefit laws relating to employees and officers in public service. Source: SL 1974, ch 36 , § 1.

The Retirement Laws Committee shall consist of five members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate. The members of the Retirement Laws…

Each odd - numbered year, the secretary of state shall compile and print a legislative manual. The Bureau of Human Resources and Administration shall distribute the legislative manual free to state officials and agencies who request them and to the public at a price set by the co…

The corrected daily copies of the journal of the Senate and House of Representatives, together with the index thereof, shall constitute, and be the official permanent record of the legislative proceedings. Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0602; SL 1968, ch 201 , § 3.

The Legislative Research Council shall prepare and include the journal indexes of the Legislature within ninety days after copy therefor has been furnished. The Legislative Research Council shall provide for the electronic distribution of the daily journals at least two hours bef…

Duly certified copies of such journals shall be received in all courts of the state as original evidence, and the volumes wherein the same are published by authority of the state, shall be prima facie evidence of such proceedings. Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0602; SL 1968, ch 201 , § …

It shall be the duty of the secretary of the Senate and chief clerk of the House of Representatives to preserve one true copy of each printed bill, of each printed joint resolution, and of each printed concurrent resolution of each session of the Legislature; and to attach same t…

All bills, in either house of the Legislature, which have been favorably acted upon, preparatory to going upon the calendar shall be engrossed if amendments have been made thereto. Amendments to any bill made by either Senate or House of Representatives, after engrossment, shall …

A bill which has passed both houses of the Legislature shall at once be enrolled by the house in which it originated. Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0606; SL 1953, ch 284 ; SL 1968, ch 201 , § 9; SL 1979, ch 15 , § 1; SL 1985, ch 17 , § 12.

The original copy of each enrolled bill shall be signed by the president of the Senate, secretary of the Senate, speaker of the House of Representatives, and chief clerk of the House of Representatives and presented to the Governor. If the Governor approves the bill, the Governor…

Whenever the Governor certifies, pursuant to paragraph four of section 4 of article IV of the Constitution, that the Legislature has conformed a bill to the Governor's recommendations, that certificate must be typed and signed on the enrolled bill. Source: SL 1974, ch 24 , § 3; S…

Whenever the Governor vetoes any bill or any items of a bill presented to the Governor five or more calendar days before an adjournment or a recess of the Legislature, the Governor shall transmit the Governor's veto message with the original bill to the secretary of the Senate or…

Whenever the Governor vetoes a bill or any items of a bill presented to the Governor during the final four days preceding an adjournment or a recess, and it cannot be transmitted to the house of origin in session, the Governor shall transmit the original bill and the Governor's v…

Whenever the Governor fails to veto any bill which shall become law without the Governor's signature or the certificate referred to in § 2-7-20.1 , the Governor shall deliver it to the secretary of state, who shall note, beneath the signature line provided for the Governor, that …

The conviction of a member of the Legislature of any crime defined in § 22-12A-17 or 22-12A-18 involves as a consequence, in addition to the punishment prescribed therein, a forfeiture of his office and disqualifies him from ever thereafter holding any public office under this st…