South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 12 - Lobbyists
Section 2-12-13 - Elected board members of local government or federally recognized Indian tribe and church representatives exempt .

2-12-13. Elected board members of local government or federally recognized Indian tribe and church representatives exempt.
This chapter does not apply to any elected member of the governing board of any unit of local government or federally recognized Indian tribe. This chapter does not apply to any person representing a bona fide church solely for the purpose of protecting the public right to practice the religious doctrines of the church.
For the purposes of this section, the term, federally recognized Indian tribe, means the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and Yankton Sioux Tribe.

Source: SDC 1939, §55.0707; SL 1977, ch 23, §12; SL 1991, ch 23, §10; SL 2017, ch 19, §1.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 2 - Legislature and Statutes

Chapter 12 - Lobbyists

Section 2-12-1 - Names of lobbyists to be registered with secretary of state--Termination of employment .

Section 2-12-2 - Directory of lobbyists kept by secretary of state--Contents of entries--Open to inspection.

Section 2-12-3 - Annual registration fee.

Section 2-12-4 - Authorization to act as lobbyist for employer.

Section 2-12-5 - Specific legislation to be shown in directory entries--Employment of unregistered lobbyists prohibited.

Section 2-12-6 - Contingent compensation employment prohibited.

Section 2-12-7.1 - Employees of executive branch, a constitutional office, or the judicial system representatives required to register as public employee lobbyists--Budgetary testimony before appropriations committees excepted.

Section 2-12-8 - Lobbyists not to go on floor except by invitation--Violation as petty offense.

Section 2-12-8.1 - Badges required of lobbyists within capitol complex--Fees--Composition--Petty offense.

Section 2-12-8.2 - Officials and personnel prohibited from lobbying within two years after termination of service--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 2-12-9 - Improper influence of legislation or legislators as misdemeanor.

Section 2-12-10 - Restrictions on activities of state and federal agents and employees .

Section 2-12-11 - Expense reports filed with secretary of state_Open to public inspection--Administrative penalty for untimely report.

Section 2-12-13 - Elected board members of local government or federally recognized Indian tribe and church representatives exempt .

Section 2-12-14 - Right of citizens to appear and speak in their own interests not infringed.

Section 2-12-15 - Definition of terms in §§ 2-12-15 to 2-12-19.

Section 2-12-16 - Limitation on gifts from or through lobbyists--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 2-12-17 - Public official defined.

Section 2-12-18 - Gift defined.

Section 2-12-19 - Index factor defined.