South dakota constitution

Article I: name and boundary

Section 1 - The name of the state shall be South Dakota.

Section 2 - The boundaries of the state of South Dakota shall be...

Article II: division of the powers of government -

Article III: legislative department

Section 1 - This section shall not be construed so as to deprive...

Section 2 - The sessions of the Legislature shall be biennial except as...

Section 3 - No judge or clerk of any court, secretary of state,...

Section 4 - No person who has been, or hereafter shall be, convicted...

Section 5 - The Legislature shall apportion its membership by dividing the state...

Section 6 - A regular session of the Legislature shall be held each...

Section 7 - The Legislature shall meet at the seat of government on...

Section 8 - Any member or officer of the Legislature who shall refuse...

Section 9 - Each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings, shall...

Section 10 - The Governor shall make appointments to fill such vacancies as...

Section 11 - Senators and representatives shall, in all cases except treason, felony...

Section 12 - No member of the Legislature shall, during the term for...

Section 13 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and...

Section 14 - In all elections to be made by the Legislature the...

Section 15 - The sessions of each house and of the committee of...

Section 16 - Neither house shall without the consent of the other adjourn...

Section 17 - Every bill shall be read twice, by number and title...

Section 18 - The enacting clause of a law shall be: "Be it...

Section 19 - The presiding officer of each house shall, in the presence...

Section 20 - Any bill may originate in either house of the Legislature,...

Section 21 - No law shall embrace more than one subject, which shall...

Section 22 - No act shall take effect until ninety days after the...

Section 23 - But the Legislature may repeal any existing special law relating...

Section 24 - The Legislature shall have no power to release or extinguish,...

Section 25 - The Legislature may not authorize any game of chance, lottery,...

Section 26 - The Legislature shall not delegate to any special commission, private...

Section 27 - The Legislature shall direct by law in what manner and...

Section 28 - The offense of corrupt solicitation of members of the Legislature,...

Section 29 - Notwithstanding any general or special provisions of the Constitution, in...

Section 30 - The Legislature may by law empower a committee comprised of...

Section 31 - In addition to the provisions of Article IV, § 3,...

Section 32 - Commencing with the 1992 election, no person may be elected...

Article IV: executive department

Section 1 - The executive power of the state is vested in the...

Section 2 - The Governor and lieutenant governor must be citizens of the...

Section 3 - The Governor may, except as to convictions on impeachment, grant...

Section 4 - Bills with errors in style or form may be returned...

Section 5 - The lieutenant governor shall be president of the senate but...

Section 6 - The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to...

Section 7 - There shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the...

Section 8 - Except as to elected constitutional officers, the Governor may make...

Section 9 - The Governor shall have power to nominate and make interim...

Article V: judicial department

Section 1 - The judicial power of the state is vested in a...

Section 2 - The Supreme Court is the highest court of the state....

Section 3 - The circuit courts consist of such number of circuits and...

Section 4 - Courts of limited jurisdiction consist of all courts created by...

Section 5 - Imposition or execution of a sentence may be suspended by...

Section 6 - Justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the circuit courts...

Section 7 - Retention of each Supreme Court justice shall, in the manner...

Section 8 - The chief justice shall be selected from among the justices...

Section 9 - The Legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of...

Section 10 - During his term of office no Supreme Court justice or...

Section 11 - The chief justice may authorize retired justices and judges to...

Section 12 - The Supreme Court shall have general superintending powers over all...

Section 13 - The Legislature by law and the Supreme Court by rule...

Article VI: bill of rights

Section 1 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have...

Section 2 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property...

Section 3 - No person shall be compelled to attend or support any...

Section 4 - The right of petition, and of the people peaceably to...

Section 5 - Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all...

Section 6 - The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate and...

Section 7 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right...

Section 8 - All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for...

Section 9 - No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to...

Section 10 - No person shall be held for a criminal offense unless...

Section 11 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 12 - No ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation...

Section 13 - Private property shall not be taken for public use, or...

Section 14 - No distinction shall ever be made by law between resident...

Section 15 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt arising out of...

Section 16 - The military shall be in strict subordination to the civil...

Section 17 - No tax or duty shall be imposed without the consent...

Section 18 - No law shall be passed granting to any citizen, class...

Section 19 - Elections shall be free and equal, and no power, civil...

Section 20 - All courts shall be open, and every man for an...

Section 21 - No power of suspending laws shall be exercised, unless by...

Section 22 - No person shall be attainted of treason or felony by...

Section 23 - Excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed, nor...

Section 24 - The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense...

Section 25 - Treason against the state shall consist only in levying war...

Section 26 - All political power is inherent in the people, and all...

Section 27 - The blessings of a free government can only be maintained...

Article VII: elections and right of suffrage

Section 1 - Elections shall be free and equal, and no power, civil...

Section 2 - Each elector who qualified to vote within a precinct shall...

Section 3 - The Legislature shall by law define residence for voting purposes,...

Article VIII: education and school lands

Section 1 - The stability of a republican form of government depending on...

Section 2 - All proceeds of the sale of public lands that have...

Section 3 - The proceeds of all fines collected from violations of state...

Section 4 - They shall take care to first select and designate for...

Section 5 - Such lands as shall not have been specially subdivided shall...

Section 6 - All sales shall be conducted through the office of the...

Section 7 - All lands, money, or other property donated, granted, or received...

Section 8 - All lands mentioned in the preceding section shall be appraised...

Section 9 - Such option shall be exercised by the lessee by notifying...

Section 10 - No claim to any public lands by any trespasser thereon...

Section 11 - Except as otherwise required by the Enabling Act, the moneys...

Section 12 - The Governor may disapprove any sale, lease or investment other...

Section 13 - The permanent school or other educational and charitable funds of...

Section 14 - The Legislature shall provide by law for the protection of...

Section 15 - The Legislature shall make such provision by general taxation and...

Section 16 - No appropriation of lands, money or other property or credits...

Section 17 - No teacher, state, county, township or district school officer shall...

Section 18 - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 2, 3 and 7 of...

Section 19 - All gas, coal, oil and mineral rights, and any other...

Section 20 - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3, Article VI and section...

Article IX: local government

Section 1 - The Legislature shall have plenary powers to organize and classify...

Section 2 - Powers and functions of home rule units shall be construed...

Section 3 - Every local government may exercise, perform or transfer any of...

Section 4 - On or after January 1, 2001, the voters of any...

Article X: municipal corporations -

Article XI: revenue and finance

Section 1 - Provided, that for the purpose of establishing, installing, maintaining and...

Section 2 - To the end that the burden of taxation may be...

Section 3 - The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not...

Section 4 - The Legislature shall provide for taxing all moneys, credits, investments...

Section 5 - The property of the United States and of the state,...

Section 6 - The Legislature shall, by general law, exempt from taxation, property...

Section 7 - All laws exempting property from taxation other than that enumerated...

Section 8 - No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of a...

Section 9 - All taxes levied and collected for state purposes shall be...

Section 10 - The Legislature may vest the corporate authority of cities, towns...

Section 11 - The making of profit, directly or indirectly, out of state,...

Section 12 - An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the...

Section 13 - The rate of taxation imposed by the state of South...

Section 14 - The rate of taxation imposed by the State of South...

Section 15 - No tax may be levied on any inheritance, and the...

Article XII: public accounts and expenditures

Section 1 - No money shall be paid out of the treasury except...

Section 2 - The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for...

Section 3 - The Legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any...

Section 4 - An itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures of the...

Section 5 - There is hereby created in the state treasury a trust...

Section 6 - There is hereby created in the state treasury a trust...

Article XIII: public indebtedness

Section 1 - For the purpose of developing the resources and improving the...

Section 2 - For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenses and making public...

Section 3 - That the indebtedness of the state of South Dakota limited...

Section 4 - Provided, further, that no county, municipal corporation, civil township, district...

Section 5 - Any city, county, town, school district or any other subdivision...

Section 6 - 6. The states of North Dakota and South Dakota shall...

Section 7 - And the state of South Dakota hereby obligates itself to...

Section 8 - In case such bonds are issued by the territorial treasurer...

Section 9 - The construction and maintenance of good roads and the supplying...

Section 10 - The manufacture, distribution and sale of cement and cement products...

Section 11 - The state may pledge such cement plants and all of...

Section 12 - The manufacture, distribution and sale of electric current for heating,...

Section 13 - The state may pledge such plants and all of the...

Section 14 - The mining, distribution and sale of coal are hereby declared...

Section 15 - The state may pledge such plants and all of the...

Section 16 - The state may engage in works of internal improvement, any...

Section 17 - The state may establish and maintain a system of credits...

Section 18 - The Legislature shall be authorized to provide by law for...

Section 19 - 2. The term "armed forces" shall mean and include the...

Section 20 - The net proceeds derived from the sale of state cement...

Section 21 - The Legislature shall transfer from the trust fund to the...

Article XIV: state institutions

Section 1 - The charitable and penal institutions of the state of South...

Section 2 - The state institutions provided for in the preceding section shall...

Section 3 - The state university, the agriculture college, the school of mines...

Section 5 - The Legislature shall provide that the science of mining and...

Article XV: militia

Section 1 - The militia of the state of South Dakota shall consist...

Section 2 - The Legislature shall provide by law for the enrollment, uniforming,...

Section 3 - The Legislature in providing for the organization of the militia...

Section 4 - All militia officers shall be commissioned by the Governor, and...

Section 5 - The militia shall in cases except treason, felony or breach...

Section 6 - All military records, banners and relics of the state, except...

Section 7 - No person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms shall be...

Article XVI: impeachment and removal from office

Section 1 - The house of representatives shall have the sole power of...

Section 2 - All impeachments shall be tried by the senate. When sitting...

Section 3 - The Governor and other state and judicial officers, except county...

Section 4 - All officers not liable to impeachment shall be subject to...

Section 5 - No officer shall exercise the duties of his office after...

Section 6 - On trial of an impeachment against the Governor the lieutenant...

Section 7 - No person shall be tried on impeachment before he shall...

Section 8 - No person shall be liable to impeachment twice for the...

Article XVII: corporations

Section 1 - No corporation shall be created or have its charter extended,...

Section 2 - All existing charters, or grants of special or exclusive privileges...

Section 3 - The Legislature shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter...

Section 4 - The exercise of the right of eminent domain shall never...

Section 5 - In all elections for directors or managers of a corporation,...

Section 6 - No foreign corporation shall do any business in this state...

Section 7 - No corporation shall engage in any business other than that...

Section 8 - No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds except for money,...

Section 9 - The Legislature shall have the power to alter, revise or...

Section 10 - No law shall be passed by the Legislature granting the...

Section 11 - Any association or corporation organized for the purpose, or any...

Section 12 - Every railroad corporation organized or doing business in this state...

Section 13 - The rolling stock, and all other movable property belonging to...

Section 14 - No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises...

Section 15 - Railways heretofore constructed or that may hereafter be constructed, in...

Section 16 - Any association or corporation organized for the purpose shall have...

Section 17 - The Legislature shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent...

Section 18 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege...

Section 19 - The term "corporations," as used in this article, shall be...

Section 20 - The Legislature shall pass laws for the enforcement of this...

Section 21 - No corporation or syndicate may acquire, or otherwise obtain an...

Section 22 - (1) A family farm corporation or syndicate. A family farm...

Section 23 - If a family farm corporation or family farm syndicate that...

Section 24 - Any corporation or syndicate that owns agricultural land or engages...

Article XVIII: banking and currency

Section 1 - If a general banking law shall be enacted it shall...

Section 2 - Every bank, banking company or corporation shall be required to...

Section 3 - The shareholders or stockholders of any banking corporation shall be...

Article XIX: congressional and legislative apportionment

Section 1 - Until otherwise provided by law, the members of the house...

Section 2 - [Omitted--See Chapter 2-2 for current provisions.]

Article XX: seat of government

Section 1 - The question of the location of the temporary seat of...

Section 2 - The Legislature at its first session after the admission of...

Section 3 - Should no place voted for at said election have a...

Article XXI: miscellaneous

Section 1 - The design of the great seal of South Dakota shall...

Section 2 - The Legislature by two-thirds vote of each branch thereof at...

Section 3 - Every person elected or appointed to any office in this...

Section 4 - The right of the debtor to enjoy the comforts and...

Section 5 - The real and personal property of any woman in this...

Section 6 - The drainage of agricultural lands is hereby declared to be...

Section 7 - The irrigation of agricultural lands is hereby declared to be...

Section 8 - The providing of insurance against loss or damage to crops...

Section 9 - Only marriage between a man and a woman shall be...

Article XXII: compact with the united states -

Article XXIII: amendments and revisions of the constitution

Section 1 - Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by initiative or...

Section 2 - A convention to revise this Constitution may be called by...

Section 3 - Any constitutional amendment or revision must be submitted to the...

Article XXIV: prohibition -

Article XXV: minority representation -

Article XXVI: schedule and ordinance

Section 1 - That no inconvenience may arise from the change of the...

Section 2 - That all fines, penalties, forfeitures and escheats accruing to the...

Section 3 - All criminal prosecutions and penal actions, which have arisen, or...

Section 4 - All officers, civil and military, now holding their offices and...

Section 5 - At such election the person voted for, for any one...

Section 6 - And upon the canvass and return of the vote, made...

Section 7 - The election provided for herein shall be under the provisions...

Section 8 - Immediately after the election herein provided for, the judges of...

Section 9 - Said board of county canvassers shall issue certificates of election...

Section 10 - When two or more counties are connected in one senatorial...

Section 11 - The Governor of the territory shall make and issue certificates...

Section 12 - At the first election held under this ordinance for senators...

Section 13 - The Legislature elected under the provisions of this ordinance and...

Section 14 - Immediately after the organization of the Legislature and taking the...

Section 15 - Immediately after the election of the United States senators as...

Section 16 - Nothing in this Constitution or schedule contained shall be construed...

Section 17 - The ordinances and schedule enacted by this convention shall be...

Section 18 - These ordinances shall be irrevocable without the consent of the...

Section 19 - The terms of office of the members of the Legislature,...

Section 20 - That the first general election under the provisions of this...

Section 21 - For the Constitution: Yes. No. For Prohibition: Yes. No. For...

Section 22 - The president of this convention shall also supervise the making...

Section 23 - The expense of all copies or abstracts of records, books...

Article XXVII: state control of manufacture and sale of liquor -

Article XXVIII: county investment of permanent school and endowment funds

Section 1 - The several counties of the state shall invest the moneys...

Article XXIX: state elevators, warehouses, flouring mills, and packing houses

Section 1 - The Legislature may provide by law and appropriate money for...

Article XXX: marijuana and hemp

Section 1 - (5) "Marijuana accessory," any equipment, product, or material, which is...

Section 2 - (13) Performing solvent-based extractions on marijuana using solvents other than...

Section 3 - (4) Limit the ability of the state or a local...

Section 4 - (4) Possessing, using, delivering, distributing, manufacturing, transferring, or selling to...

Section 5 - (5) A person who is under twenty-one years of age...

Section 6 - (4) Licenses permitting retail sales outlets to sell and deliver...

Section 7 - (13) Civil penalties for the failure to comply with rules...

Section 8 - (2) Limit the number of licenses issued, if necessary, to...

Section 9 - Actions and conduct by a licensee, a licensee's employee, and...

Section 10 - A local government may enact ordinances or regulations governing the...

Section 11 - An excise tax of fifteen percent is imposed upon the...

Section 12 - Any rule adopted by the department pursuant to this article...

Section 13 - The department shall publish an annual report that includes the...

Section 14 - (2) Regulate the cultivation, processing, and sale of hemp.

Section 15 - This article shall be broadly construed to accomplish its purposes...