2-12-16. Limitation on gifts from or through lobbyists--Violation as misdemeanor.
No public official and no member of the immediate family of a public official may accept from any lobbyist or principal any gifts with a cumulative value greater than one hundred dollars during any calendar year. Beginning on January 1, 2019, and again on January first of each year thereafter, the cumulative value applicable in this section shall be adjusted by the index factor as provided in §2-12-19, and the adjusted cumulative value for the year shall be published on the secretary of state's website. Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 2017, ch 20, §2.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 2 - Legislature and Statutes
Section 2-12-3 - Annual registration fee.
Section 2-12-4 - Authorization to act as lobbyist for employer.
Section 2-12-6 - Contingent compensation employment prohibited.
Section 2-12-8 - Lobbyists not to go on floor except by invitation--Violation as petty offense.
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 2-12-14 - 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.