2-12-8.2. Officials and personnel prohibited from lobbying within two years after termination of service--Violation as misdemeanor.
No elected officer, department or agency head, or division director, or the highest paid employee reporting to such person may be compensated, act, or register as a lobbyist, other than a public employee lobbyist, during a period of two years after that person's termination of service in the state government. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1977, ch 23, §15; SL 1980, ch 24, §27; SL 2011, ch 17, §1; SL 2017, ch 222 (Initiated Measure 22), §65, eff. Nov. 16, 2016; SL 2017, ch 72, §32, eff. Feb. 2, 2017; SL 2017, ch 18, §1.
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.