§ 2-1-21 Violations by petition sponsor or circulator--Four-year prohibition--Civil penalty .

SD Codified L § 2-1-21 (2019) (N/A)
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2-1-21. Violations by petition sponsor or circulator--Four-year prohibition--Civil penalty. If any petition sponsor, or any person or entity compensated by the petition sponsor or a ballot question committee for purposes of petition circulation, knowingly or with reckless disregard commits multiple violations of the law regarding petition circulation, residency of a petition circulator, or campaign finance regulation, the petition sponsor, person, or entity, including any person serving as a member of the board or as an officer of the entity, is prohibited from being a petition sponsor or petition circulator, and from performing any work for any ballot question committee for a period of four years in addition to any other penalty imposed under state or federal law. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall also result in a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars to be deposited into the state general fund.

Source: SL 2018, ch 22, § 7.