12-13-28. Employment and compensation of petition circulators.
No person may employ, reward, or compensate any person to circulate a petition for an initiated measure, referred law, or proposed amendment to the South Dakota Constitution based on the number of registered voters who signed the petition. Nothing in this section prohibits any person from employing a petition circulator based on one of the following practices:
(1)Paying an hourly wage or salary;
(2)Establishing either express or implied minimum signature requirements for the petition circulator;
(3)Terminating the petition circulator's employment, if the petition circulator fails to meet certain productivity requirements; and
(4)Paying discretionary bonuses based on reliability, longevity, and productivity.
Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 2007, ch 78, ยง1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 13 - Constitutional Amendments And Submitted Questions
Section 12-13-1 - Delivery of proposed questions to county auditors--Attorney general's explanation.
Section 12-13-1.1 - Requirements for elections beginning in 2018.
Section 12-13-2 - Measures and questions to be sent to official newspapers.
Section 12-13-4 - Lettering and numbering of submitted questions.
Section 12-13-9.1 - Availability of attorney general's explanation of proposed questions.
Section 12-13-11 - Materials printed on ballot in lieu of full text--Separate ballot.
Section 12-13-23 - Distribution of public information.
Section 12-13-24 - Style, form, and wording of initiative or initiated amendment.
Section 12-13-25 - Review and comment--Legislative Research Council--Opinion.
Section 12-13-25.1 - Attorney general's statement--Initiated measure--Initiated amendment.
Section 12-13-25.2 - Exception to time for director's comments.
Section 12-13-26.1 - Initiated amendment--Written certification by secretary of state--Resubmission.
Section 12-13-28 - Employment and compensation of petition circulators.