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§ 2-1-3 — Referendum--Laws subject to petition--Form.

South Dakota § 2-1-3
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 2LEGISLATURE AND STATUTES
Ch. 2INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

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S.D. Codified Laws § 2-1-3 (2026).

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Any law which the Legislature may have enacted, except one that may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, shall, upon the filing of a petition as provided in this chapter, be submitted to a vote of the electors of the state at the next general election. The petition shall be signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors of the state. The form of the petition, including petition size and petition font size, shall be prescribed by the State Board of Elections.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 55.0402; SL 1957, ch 278, § 2; SL 1976, ch 105, § 77; SL 2018, ch 75, § 4.

Nearby Sections

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§ 2-1-1
Initiative and referenda petitions--Number of signatures required--Signatory information required.
§ 2-1-1.1
Initiated constitutional amendment--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.
§ 2-1-1.2
Initiated measure--Petition--Finalization--Contents--Eligible sponsor--Circulator handout--Circulation period--Signatures and affidavit filing--Form.
§ 2-1-1.3
Definitions.
§ 2-1-1.5
Repealed.
§ 2-1-1.6
Repealed.
§ 2-1-1.7
Repealed.
§ 2-1-1.8
Repealed.
§ 2-1-1.9
Repealed.
§ 2-1-10
Verification of petition circulator--Violation.
§ 2-1-11
Petitions liberally construed.
§ 2-1-11.1
Initiated measure to embrace only one subject.
§ 2-1-12
Effective date of measures approved by voters.
§ 2-1-13
Repealed by SL 1989, ch 23, § 5.
§ 2-1-14
Signatures secured contrary to law not to be counted.
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