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Transcribed from South Dakotans for Ethics Reform. Section numbers (e.g. “Section 1”) are new statutes to be added to state law. Special section numbers (e.g.: § 12-27-1) refer to existing South Dakota Codified Law. Overstrikes mean language to be stricken from existing statute. Underlines mean language to be added to existing statute.

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, an Act to increase accountability to the people of South Dakota in electoral politics by revising certain provisions concerning campaign finance and lobbying, establishing an ethics commission, creating a democracy credit program, and making an appropriation therefor.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the “South Dakota Government Accountability and Anti-Corruption Act.”

Section 2. The people find and declare that accountability to the people is of the utmost importance in South Dakota’s political system. Today, that system does not properly prevent corruption or its appearance and is weakened by: insufficient participation by citizens, who believe that current campaign financing incentives have rendered their role insignificant; rapidly rising costs of elections that force candidates to prioritize special interest donors, often from outside of South Dakota, who have the potential to make large contributions; insufficient and delayed disclosure to the public of relevant information on campaign contributions, political advertising, and paid lobbying; and inadequate enforcement of the laws intended to address these problems. Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to increase accountability to the people of South Dakota in electoral politics and to combat government corruption and its appearance.

Section 3. Terms used in this Act mean: