Incumbents and legislative aspirants looking to write good laws on data centers will want to read all 17 pages (and well-footnoted sources!) of the Legislative…
Tag: Legislative Research Council
Thank goodness Marty Jackley is doing Monae Johnson’s job. Thanks to the Attorney General’s posting of documents relating to the proposed 2028 raw-milk deregulation initiative,…
Yeah, I’ve got a bee in my bonnet. Petitions, public participation, personhood, and Legislative history and intent—how could I not get fired up? On Wednesday,…
Rapid City pastor Greg Blanc, who moonlights as rookie Republican Senator from District 35, proposes micromanagerial Senate Bill 108 to “require that all recorded votes…
Along with its unnecessary digression into a redefinition of petition circulator that would land South Dakota in court again, Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s Senate Bill 33…
LRC: Schools, Counties, Cities Will Lose $850 Million Taxing Retail Transactions Instead of Property
In their dog-and-pony slideshow presented to the Legislature’s property tax task force this summer, sponsors of a proposed initiated amendment to ban property taxes and…
Still speaking of ballot measures, did anyone else notice that Senator Julie Frye-Mueller’s improperly submitted property tax cap initiative also includes an improper enactment date?…
The currently headless Legislative Research Council popped out four new Issue Memoranda for the Executive Board’s Tuesday meeting, including a nice little brief on the…
Even a 10% raise to $170,665 a year can’t keep some people in Pierre. Legislative Research Council director Reed Holwegner resigned yesterday at a surprise…
This summer, code counsel Justin Goetz of the Legislative Research Council, produced an issue memorandum on the emergency clause for the Legislature’s Executive Board. The…