2-7-4. Prefiled bills--Persons authorized--Rules.
Any person who has been duly elected or appointed to serve during a regular session of the Legislature may file bills and resolutions with the Legislative Research Council at any time within thirty days prior to the convening of such regular session. Notwithstanding the provisions of §2-7-6.1, any interim committee of the Legislative Research Council may file bills and resolutions under the provisions of this section. The Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council shall prescribe rules for the handling and placing in proper form of such bills and resolutions, subject to the provisions of §§2-7-4 and 2-7-5.
Source: SL 1967, ch 273, §1; SL 1969, ch 220, §1; SL 1972, ch 13; SL 1984, ch 16, §1; SL 2020, ch 11, § 8.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 2 - Legislature and Statutes
Chapter 07 - Legislative Printing, Records And Journals
Section 2-7-1 - Compilation, printing, and distribution of legislative manual.
Section 2-7-3 - Contents of legislative manual.
Section 2-7-4 - Prefiled bills--Persons authorized--Rules.
Section 2-7-5 - Prefiled bills--Numbering, printing, and disposition--Introduction.
Section 2-7-6.1 - Committee introduction of bills and resolutions.
Section 2-7-10 - Permanent journals as official record of proceedings.
Section 2-7-11 - Index and distribution of journals.
Section 2-7-12 - Certified copies of journals as prima facie evidence of proceedings.
Section 2-7-17 - Certification and filing of printed bills and resolutions--Judicial notice.
Section 2-7-18 - Engrossment of bills and amendments.
Section 2-7-19 - Enrollment of bill after passage by both houses.
Section 2-7-20.1 - Certificate of conformity by Legislature in form and style.
Section 2-7-20.4 - Bills becoming law without Governor's signature or objections.